Fiscal Sponsorship
EDGI is fiscally sponsored by Public Lab, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation which develops and applies open-source tools to environmental exploration and investigation.
Current Support
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
April 2018 - March 2020
$500,000 “Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) General Support”
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) is using this funding to continue and expand its very successful work in archiving federal environmental data, monitoring and reporting on changes in federal websites involving environmental issues, interviewing past and present staff of EPA and other agencies, producing analyses of federal environmental reports and rules changes, publishing lay and academic articles on federal environmental concerns, and working with data justice organizations to develop new democratic approaches to environmental data production, access, and use, as well as additional general organizational support.
Proposal Developers: Phil Brown, Michelle Murphy, Nick Shapiro, Raymond Cha
Organizational Coordinator: Aparna Sundar
Community Coordinator: Kevin Nguyen
Web Monitoring Project Lead: Gretchen Gehrke
Web Monitoring Software Developer: Jason Sherman
Archiving Project Manager: Kelsey Breseman
Grant Coordinator: Stephanie Knutson
October 2018 - September 2019
$35,200 “Organizational Effectiveness Grant”
This project involves working to build more organizational effectiveness within EDGI, including working with two consultants with complementary skills. Zulakya Santiago of Libélula Consulting is focusing on EDGI’s internal structure and Susanne Moser is focusing on EDGI’s external relationships with many different audiences and types of organizations. This funding also supported a two-day in-person meeting of EDGI’s core membership.
Proposal Developers: Phil Brown, Gretchen Gehrke, Stephanie Knutson, Susanne Moser, Zulayka Santiago, Aparna Sundar, Sara Wylie
Organizational Effectiveness Consultants: Libélula Consulting, Susanne Moser Research and Consulting
Grant Coordinator: Stephanie Knutson
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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
EDGI’s work is funded in part by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
June 2018 - May 2020
$200,000 “Archiving, Monitoring, and Ensuring the Accessibility of Federal Environmental Data: Support for the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative”
This grant will be used to promote access to government data and information, refine assessments of data vulnerability, and promote social and environmental justice movement building.
Proposal Developers: Nick Shapiro, Stephanie Knutson, Phil Brown, Ray Cha, Lindsey Dillon, Matt Price, Dawn Walker, Sara Wylie
Community Coordinator: Kevin Nguyen
Archiving Project Manager: Kelsey Breseman
Web Monitoring System Administrator: Jonathan Buys
Grant Coordinator: Stephanie Knutson
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Individual Donations
Our work is made possible through grants and direct tax-deductible donations from the public.
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In-kind resources:
Previous Support
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, with Climate Central
May 2017 - June 2018
$97,020 “Collaborative Website Monitoring, Analysis, and Strategic Communications to Protect Science Infrastructure Under the Trump Administration”
Climate Central is partnering with The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) to comprehensively assess which government-based climate science resources (including databases) are threatened and to establish a model and plan for ongoing monitoring and strategic communications that protect vital scientific infrastructure.
EDGI Proposal Developers: Andrew Bergman, Toly Rinberg, Sara Wylie, Rebecca Lave, Nick Shapiro
Remote Project Manager: Raymond Cha, Weather Pattern, LLC
Grant Coordinators: Stephanie Knutson, Nick Shapiro
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
March 2017 - September 2017
$50,000, “Environmental Data and Governance Initiative”
This grant provided funding for three of EDGI’s core working groups: archiving, website monitoring, and interviewing.
Proposal Developers: Nick Shapiro, Michelle Murphy, Sara Wylie
Contractors: Andrew Bergman, Rob Brackett, Toly Rinberg
Working Group Coordinators: Brendan O’Brien, Matt Price, Dawn Walker, Chris Sellers, Toly Rinberg
Project Directors: Nick Shapiro, Stephanie Knutson