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A First Look at Jumo

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The organizations are a combination of smaller, progressive organizations like Ushahidi and the Sunlight Foundation and large venerable institutions like NPR and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Jumo has been raising $2 million in funding from individuals and foundations. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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What is Jumo? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a.

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Chris Hughes Jumo has been raising $2 million in funding from individuals and foundations. “We saw on the Obama campaign you’ve got to combine content and technology to facilitate action. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5

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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

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A new Global Open Data Initiative has been launched through a partnership with the Web Foundation, Sunlight Foundation, Open Institute and Open Knowledge Foundation. Facilitating global literacy about Big Data is viewed as important for the media, civic hackers, and civil society.