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PROJECT HAMBURG RESEARCH INCORPORATED
Buffalo, NY · EIN 994921180 · Form 990EZ · FY2024 · NTEE U41 · Science & Technology · Micro (<$100K) · research.projecthamburg.com
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mission · from form 990

Develop and distribute ethical, open-source AI tools that convert, preserve, and make complex documents and data accessible, while providing training and support so schools, clinics, and underserved communities can obtain essential information and services.

profile · synthesized from sources

Project Hamburg Research Incorporated is a nonprofit developing and distributing ethical, open-source AI tools to restore, preserve, and make complex data accessible. The organization serves schools, researchers, and nonprofits by providing AI-driven document conversion, archival systems, and educational outreach. It focuses on democratizing technology and ensuring long-term access to critical information for underserved communities.

named programs · 8 · from sources

What they call their work

Academic Forensics & AI Integrity Auditing
Services to detect and prevent unethical AI usage in academic theses and journal publications
Discovery Research Co-Pilot for MIMIC III Dataset
Provides cleaned, curated medical datasets for research and education in academic and nonprofit settings
Fillable PDF Conversion
Tool that transforms static documents into interactive PDFs for improved accessibility and digital archiving while preserving original integrity
Legacy Code Conversion
Modernizes outdated codebases by converting legacy programming languages into sustainable, current technologies
Maple OCR Level 2 & 3
Advanced Optical Character Recognition system that converts complex visual data such as plots and charts into structured, AI-ready formats
OnlySPX Monitoring
Comprehensive archive of S&P 500 data since 2000, including market trends, SEC filings, and sentiment analysis for economic research
Publication LLM Benchmark Meta-analysis
Semiannual reports analyzing Large Language Model performance with peer-reviewed insights and standardized evaluation frameworks
SPX Wayback Machine
Searchable historical archive enabling financial education and long-term economic research
activities · 4 groups

What they do

  • AI Governance and Ethical Research 2 activities
    • AI auditing services for academic integrity
      Provides auditing services to detect unethical AI use in academic theses and journal publications, ensuring compliance with scholarly standards and promoting responsible AI adoption in research.
    • Production of meta-analysis reports on Large Language Model performance
      Produces semiannual meta-analysis reports on LLM benchmarks using peer-reviewed insights and standardized evaluation frameworks to advance research transparency and methodological rigor in AI.
  • Teacher Professional Development 1 activity
    • AI training and capacity building for educational and nonprofit institutions
      Offers workshops, seminars, and consultancy services to schools, universities, and nonprofits on ethical and sustainable integration of AI technologies, enhancing organizational capability and digital literacy.
  • Data & Technology Capacity Building 1 activity
    • Data integration and cleaning services for survey platforms
      Provides data integration services for survey data from platforms like SurveyMonkey, including cleaning, structuring, and preparing datasets for analysis to support research and evaluation efforts.
  • Uncategorized 6 activities
    • Archiving and maintenance of longitudinal financial and economic research data
      Operates a searchable digital archive of S&P 500 data from 2000 to present, including market trends, SEC filings, sentiment, and Commitment of Traders (COT) data, to support economic and financial research.
    • Conversion of complex documents and visual data into structured, AI-ready formats
      Uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR), including Maple OCR Level 2 & 3, to convert complex visual content such as plots, charts, and static documents into structured, machine-readable data. This includes transforming non-digital or image-based information into formats suitable for AI processing and research.
    • Modernization and preservation of legacy software codebases
      Converts outdated or proprietary code—such as Thinkscript from Thinkorswim—into modern, open, and reusable programming languages like Python. This ensures long-term functionality, accessibility, and sustainability of digital tools and systems.
    • Peer review services using agentic AI frameworks
      Delivers peer review services powered by agentic AI systems to uphold high academic standards in publishing and research, improving efficiency and consistency in evaluation processes.
    • Provision of cleaned medical datasets for nonprofit and academic research
      Prepares and provides cleaned versions of the MIMIC III medical dataset for use in research and education, enabling accurate analysis in academic and nonprofit settings while reducing data preprocessing burdens.
    • Transformation of static documents into interactive digital formats
      Converts static PDFs and other fixed-format documents into interactive, fillable forms to improve accessibility, usability, and digital archiving. This service supports both individual users and institutions in modernizing legacy documentation.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
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1 years on record · 2024–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

board members · 3
  • Ayanda Dube — Director
  • Christian Munashe Shirichena — Director
  • Mordecai Machazire — President/ Executive Director
relationships · 4

Who they work with

  • GoFundMe Funder — Platform used for targeted fundraising with transparent reporting.
  • Gravatar Partner — Integrates Gravatar for commenter avatar display.
  • Gravatar Partner — Provides commenter avatars for the organization's website.
  • PayPal Giving Fund Funder — Platform used for targeted fundraising with transparent reporting.
strategies · 2

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.

  • AI-Driven Information Preservation and Restoration
    methodology: ai_driven_restoration
    By using advanced AI models like Diffusion LLM to restore and archive degraded documents and data, the organization ensures long-term knowledge accessibility, because AI enhances the speed, accuracy, and scalability of reconstructing vital but deteriorating information assets.
  • Democratizing Ethical AI for Public Access
    methodology: democratizing_ethical_ai
    By providing open-source AI tools and training to schools, clinics, and underserved communities, the organization improves access to essential information and services, because equitable technology access enables marginalized institutions to independently retrieve and use complex data.