Non Profit Explorer

	Nonprofit explorer is a database showing the tax returns and financial details of tax exempt organisations
Home page	https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
Approach	ProPublica source IRS data on tax exempt organisations and have created a database allowing this information to be explored easily
Phase	Released
Tags	non profit, financial information, US, propublica, journalism, and oversight
Practices	Publish

Project Start Date	2012
Launch Date	2013
Most Recent Update	2015
Update Frequency	true
Thematic Focus	Exposure
Issue addressed	Tracking
Geographic Focus	US

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Query	true
Lists	true

Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	Use this database to search over 1.8 million tax returns from tax-exempt organizations and see financial details such as their executive compensation and revenue and expenses.
Approach (How?)	ProPublica source IRS data on tax exempt organisations and have created a database allowing this information to be explored easily
Language	English
Commissioner	ProPublica
Publisher	ProPublica

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 409K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 84/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 80/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Facilitates journalistic research into non-profits http://journalistsresource.org/tip-sheets/reporting/investigating-nonprofits-and-charities-where-to-find-internal-data-and-public-records and helps the public to decide to which non-profits to donate http://mashable.com/2015/11/30/giving-tuesday-impact/#eMdXhL8kbPqA Last updated : 22/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Some Data Science : None Engineering : Dedicated Design : Some

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : false Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : No planning

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Collect Publish

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : List Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Spot Check Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Simple Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Cited Sources Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : API