Dark Data Project
Pro Bono Work
Every year, at least 50% of the projects undertaken by the Dark Data Project are pro bono, receiving the same investment and priority as regularly budgeted projects. Most pro bono recipients are nonprofit humanitarian organizations or government agencies, although any unfunded or underfunded entity is welcome to apply.
Recipients are selected based on need and impact. All applicants will be advised of the status of their proposals. Due to the limited number of pro bono projects which can be undertaken in any given year, repeat submissions are strongly encouraged. All applications are confidential.
Application Criteria
- To be considered for pro bono support, you must have a clearly articulated problem with a potentially achievable outcome. The outcome must result from a real-world implementation of the project, and should be in some manner quantitatively measurable.
- Both the project and the requesting entity should be noncommercial in nature. An exception to this rule would be a startup in a low-income economy where registered nonprofit status is disadvantageous for various reasons.
- As part of the project, you must commit effort and resources which are roughly equal to the effort contributed by the Dark Data Project.
- In general, the project should be unfunded, i.e. not funded be an external party. In other words, you can't accept funding to produce work that is then subcontracted pro bono to the Dark Data Project. (Because project funding can be nuanced, there are sometimes exceptions to this rule.)
- If there are multiple project partners, other peer partners must also contribute pro bono. In other words, the Dark Data Project cannot be added pro bono to a project where other participating organizations are receiving financial benefit.
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