Summer Data-Guided Giving Event 2025

We have $1000 to donate. Can we make an impact on reducing infant mortality in the U.S.?

3 Questions:

Q1. Where is infant mortality highest 📍?

Q2. Do evidence-based solutions exist?

If so:

Q3. Which organizations are doing evidence-based solutions in 📍key places?

Together, we will vote on donation pitches and decide: Where should we donate?

Join us for all or part of the datathon. No prior experience needed.

Sessions

Morning Data Hunt Workshop

Where can we find infant mortality data?

Is infant mortality high in your community? How do we know? Where is infant mortality highest in the U.S.? Discover free data sources in this Step-by-Step walkthrough. Explore data. Make an infogram for your community.

90 min

Afternoon Workshop

Finding strategies that work

Do evidence-based solutions exist to reduce infant mortality? Where do we find the latest information? Discover methods for rating the level-of-evidence.

60 min

Donation Pitch

Where should we donate? Let's vote!

Where can we donate $1000 to reduce infant mortality? Who is doing:

>> strategies that work

>> in places where infant mortality is high?

75 min

Speaker / Presenter

Tracy Flood MD PhD

President and Co-founder

BroadStreet Institute

Dr. Flood has over a decade experience in community health data and data visualization. She is passionate about empowering community change, increasing data literacy, and turning data into actions that will have long-term impact.

Let's discover how data heals the world.

Schedule

• Opening Ceremony

  • 30 min - 10 am ET / 9 am CT / 8 am MT / 7 am PT

• Morning Data Hunt Workshop - Where can we find infant mortality data?

  • 90 min - 10:30 am ET / 9:30 am CT / 8:30 am MT / 7:30 am PT  

• BREAK

• Afternoon Workshop - Finding strategies that work

  • 60 min - 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 11 am MT / 10 am PT  

• Donation Pitch - We Vote!

  • 75 min - 2:15pm ET / 1:15 pm CT / 12:15 pm MT / 11:15pm PT

Goals & Objectives

Long-term Goal: Reduce infant mortality in the U.S.

Main Objective: By the end of the day, we will have a plan for distributing the $1000 donation to 1-3 ❤️ organizations

Inventory

⭐ Health Challenge: Infant Mortality

🏆 Action: A Data-Guided Donation

💰 Budget: $1000

⏰ Time: 1 day

👥 Team: Tracy + BroadStreet Support Squad + Attendees

🧰⚒️ Tools - What we will we need

Free data sources, websites with evidence-based solutions, Google Sheets, Canva infogram kit, decision matrix

Activities

Step 1. 📍Find places where infant mortality is high using free, publicly available data

Step 2. 🔍 Discover evidence-based solutions

Step 3. ❤️ Select organizations doing evidence-based solutions in 📍 key places

Donations

This is a fundraiser and all donations are given to the ❤️ organization(s) selected during the event. Donations also include a small processing fee.

Tickets

Spots are limited. Reserve your seat now by registering for the The Summer Data-Guided Giving Event. 

**Please note the timezone of event listed is Eastern Time**

Unable to attend but hoping to stay in-the-loop? A non-ticket item is below. Please also consider a donation.

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