named programs · 5 · from sources
What they call their work
Community Board Database (CBDB)
Collaborative project with BetaNYC to develop Airtable-based database templates for New York City’s 59 community boards, enabling better data management for constituent tracking and city service evaluation.
Consul for NYC Participatory Budgeting
Adaptation and deployment of the open-source Consul platform for New York City Council Members’ participatory budgeting processes, enabling digital civic engagement.
Health Center Disaster Status Reporting System
Web application for the Florida Association of Community Health Centers that streamlines disaster reporting using Airtable as a backend, reducing reporting time from 10 minutes to 1 minute per site.
ORServices for Mutual Aid NYC
Development and deployment of open-source operational support tools for Mutual Aid NYC, a city-wide network of neighborhood mutual aid groups formed during the COVID-19 crisis.
WeGovNYC Databook
Open data initiative that maps and analyzes New York City capital projects, tracking budgets, timelines, and performance to increase transparency and public accountability.
activities · 2 groups
What they do
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Data & Technology Capacity Building 2 activities
- Develops open source software and data solutions for nonprofits and public sector organizationsDesigns and builds custom software, data systems, and open source codebases to support human services management, disaster response, and civic engagement. Examples include a custom web app for community health centers to report disaster status and a public-facing data portal for NYC capital projects.
- Provides technology training and capacity building for nonprofits and public institutionsOffers consultations, trainings, and educational resources to help organizations adopt free/libre/open-source (FLO) technologies, improve technology practices, and build governance and administrative systems that support open source projects. Includes individualized training for community boards and support for disaster management improvements.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Conducts research on public sector data practices and civic technologyAnalyzes data collection methods and technology use in civic institutions, such as documenting constituent tracking across 15 community boards and analyzing 5,263 NYC capital projects to reveal $71.5 billion in cost overruns. Develops functional templates based on research findings.
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financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$2K
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Program service revenue$2K100%
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Total expenses$16K
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Total assets$38K
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Net assets$38K
5 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -89.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 5
- DANIEL ALAM — BOARD MEMBER
- JOHN GODFREY — BOARD MEMBER
- MATT CYNAMON — BOARD MEMBER
- NICHOLAS DAVIS — BOARD MEMBER
- WENDY BRAWER — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 10
Who they work with
- BetaNYC Partner — Collaborated on the development and deployment of Community Board Databases (CBDBs) for New York City community boards.
- BetaNYC Partner — Kate Nicholson, a board member of Sarapis, is the Director of Partnerships and Events for BetaNYC, indicating an organizational affiliation or partnership.
- Big organizations Partner — Engages with large organizations to involve them in grassroots disaster response efforts.
- Florida Association of Community Health Centers Partner — Collaborated to develop a disaster status reporting system using Airtable and a custom web app for community health centers in Florida.
- Gotham Gazette Partner — Collaborated with Sarapis to publish analysis of NYC capital project data from WeGovNYC's Databook.
- Mutual Aid NYC Partner — Collaborated to deploy the mutualaid.nyc website, consolidate resource directories using Airtable, and launch a public-facing resource directory via ORServices.
- Open Referral Partner — Collaborates with Open Referral by building solutions aligned with its Human Service Data Standard.
- Participatory Budgeting Project Partner — Collaborated with Sarapis to explore and implement the Consul platform for participatory budgeting in New York City.
- UK Government Digital Service Partner — References and endorses the "The Strategy is Delivery" principle originated by the UK Government Digital Service.
- new economy pioneers Partner — Collaborates with innovators in the new economy space to develop open source economic solutions.
strategies · 4
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Civic Transparency as a Driver of Accountability and Engagementmethodology: civic-technology-transparencyBy making government data publicly visible and accessible, we mobilize civic engagement and create pressure for improved accountability in public projects, because transparency enables communities and advocates to monitor, critique, and influence institutional performance.
- Co-Design with Communities to Ensure Relevance and Adoptionmethodology: co_design_with_communitiesBy collaboratively building technology solutions with community stakeholders rather than for them, we ensure that tools are contextually relevant, trusted, and more likely to be adopted, because participatory design fosters ownership, usability, and equity in civic tech.
- Open Data Standards to Strengthen Service Ecosystemsmethodology: open_data_standardsBy advancing the adoption of open data standards like Open Referral, we improve interoperability and public access to human services information, because standardized, shareable data enables more coordinated, efficient, and equitable service delivery across organizations.
- Open Source Development for Institutional Effectivenessmethodology: open_source_developmentBy developing and promoting free/libre/open-source (FLO) software and open data standards, we increase the operational effectiveness, transparency, and collaborative capacity of nonprofits and public institutions, because open methodologies enable reuse, reduce costs, and democratize access to critical tools.