On May 23-24 the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI) hosted the first-of-its-kind Form 990 Datathon. The Datathon, a unique collaboration between nonprofit researchers and data scientists, brought together individuals from the Aspen Institute, Charity Navigator, GuideStar, Urban Institute, Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University.

Written by Aspen's Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, this piece explores the DATA ACT's potential to shed light on federal nonprofit spending. It is posted on the Markets for Good blog, an initiative of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society to improve the data infrastructure for social good.

The members of the Nonprofit Data Project group work with government to improve the quality, timeliness, accessibility and efficiency of our nation’s nonprofit data collection system.

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Updated: September 2013.