Open Charities
| Open Charities is a web application that allows you to explore basic data about UK charities | ||
| Home page | http://opencharities.org | |
| Approach | Using scraped data from the Charity Commission website, Open Charities make available basic information about thousands of charities in England and Wales through an API and bulk data. | |
| Phase | Alpha | |
| Tags | charities, England, Open Charities, community, nonprofit, money, and Wales | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Project Start Date | 2010 |
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| Launch Date | 2015 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Update Frequency | true |
| Thematic Focus | Exposure |
| Issue addressed | Tracking charities |
| Geographic Focus | England and Wales |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Query | true |
|---|---|
| Lists | true |
| Raw Data | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| Approach (How?) | Using scraped data from the Charity Commission website, Open Charities make available basic information about thousands of charities in England and Wales through an API and bulk data. |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Pushrod |
| Publisher | Pushrod |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Confidential Twitter : (359 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: 5 Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 45/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 62/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Offline Audience Reached : Regional Outcome : Last updated : 12/8/2014 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 :Data Sources
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Some Engineering : Dedicated Design : SomeProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Agile Open Source : true Open Data : true Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sustainability Planning :Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : List Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Open Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : API