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 RecordsPublishing grant data using hGrant allows for easy aggregation of data and dissemination of knowledge.
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Open Standard for TaxonomyThe 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.
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BRIDGE Number for MatchingThe 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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