Standards

Support Existing Data Standards and Structures

Why reinvent the wheel?  Many organizations and individuals have spent countless hours, days and years defining standards and protocols for the social sector.  To every extent possible, these standards will be supported in the new  database. 

HGrant for Grant Records

Publishing grant data using hGrant allows for easy aggregation of data and dissemination of knowledge. 

Open Standard for Taxonomy

The NTEE (National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities) describes standard coding for all investment data.  This is an evolving standard.  The database will provide for crowd-sourced tagging as well as keep the original tags assigned by the data donor. 

BRIDGE Number for Matching 

The newly developed BRIDGE number provides a unique identifies for all nonprofit entities, both domestic and global.  Using these unique identifiers will ensure that data can be tracked to the appropriate entity 

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