Support Our Work
Foundation for Shared Impact (FSI) is a Section 88 tax exempt charity pursuing a mission of collecting, aggregating and disseminating data for the public good. Among these endeavours, that we call "Shared Data" initiatives, we have developed Hong Kong's first directory of all Section 88 tax exempt charities (Charity Finder), and a directory for finding funding opportunities (Grant Finder). These initiatives, and the others we are creating, will help drive transparency and efficiency to the social impact sector.
However, in order to reach our goals, we are in need of both financial and practical support to expand and scale these operations.
Volunteer – Help us research!
One of the best ways you could support us is by helping us research charities in the directory. On any given charity page, there is the "Suggest change" feature where you could submit suggested improvements and missing details. And, while you can submit any type of details, the most impactful detail is submitted website URLs for charities that currently have no website listed. You can also filter for this in the directory to easily see the charities that are currently missing a website.
Volunteer – Other
In order to make Shared Data truly impactful we need capable champions with relevant skills ranging from legal matters, web development, python scraping, information systems, fundraising and more. Contact us, via info@shared-impact.com / jon@shared-impact.com, if you are interested in getting involved.
Donate
We would benefit greatly from any financial contributions to help make this project better.
In addition to the work hours we are putting into this, we are also taking on the cost of software and of acquiring financial statements of each charity from the Hong Kong Government's ICRIS system (at roughly 21 HKD per file).
Please consider donating.
Additional notes regarding our long-term aspirations
With external support, FSI aspires to successfully develop this new public open database and directory and then keep going! For example:
- We hope to develop a more comprehensive and flexible impact measurement assessment tool that makes it easier for charities to share their results and impact-related information with the public, and which will aid the shift towards a more holistic assessment of charities' effectiveness.
- We plan to build analysis and data visualization tools that make it easier for the general public to understand relevant data trends.
- Since FSI has connections to The University of Hong Kong and other academic researchers, we envision using Shared Data to fuel academic research, providing insights on topics related to charitable and philanthropic giving throughout the sector.
- We may aspire to build fundraising-related solutions to enable the public to donate to charities directly on the platform, set up recurring donations, receive tax-receipts and more, including the possibility to create an "e-Wallet for charities" to enable small dollar transactions and cryptocurrency donations.
- We hope to develop an API and a resource database that address an array of creative solutions, ranging from powering a company's employee giving program to enabling text notifications with suggestions of high-performing charities serving the causes respective donors care about most, and more.
- We would love to see funders implement data dashboards that they can use to better track the impact of their giving in real-time.
- We hope to work with funders (public and private) to integrate more uniform, online application processes to reduce friction and time necessary for NGOs to apply for funding.
- We aspire to include and share foundation pages and other funding opportunities, where such foundations and other private funders will be able to share information about themselves, application procedures, provide impact reports, and more.
- Finally, we hope that through all of the above, we can drive the conversation about the next generation of Asian philanthropy.
Other? Contact us!
We would love to hear from you. Drop us a message and we will get back to you.