Data for Public Good
The Hawaiʻi Funding Project assembles disparate funding data into a clear, consolidated view of how public resources flow into and across Hawaiʻi.
We are working to close the gap between data and the community leaders best positioned to act on it.
The Infrastructure Gap
The data is there but the infrastructure to make it accessible is missing.
We are solving for three problems:
1
Public but inaccessible
State budget data is locked in inaccessible formats
2
Labor intensive
Federal funding data is difficult to wrangle and disconnected from local context
3
Viewed in siloes
No platform combines multiple sources into a holistic picture
Our solution: accessibility, integration, and action.
We are starting to fill a major gap in our public data infrastructure, with the hope that it becomes a sustained, locally-driven capacity.
Our Approach
We make the data accessible and community partners make it actionable.
Start with public data
We gather, clean, and transform publicly available data into accessible, usable formats.
Calibrate with community feedback
We share prototypes with community partners, incorporating feedback on what's useful, what's missing, and whether other data sources could unlock deeper insights.
Iterate and improve
This is a process as much as it is a product. We commit to continuous improvement driven by the communities we seek to serve.
Our Tools
Hawaiʻi State Budget Explorer
Navigate the state budget through a series of visualizations built to make the data accessible without technical expertise.
10-year trends
Year-over-year changes
Fiscal year drill downs to individual programs
Federal Funding in Hawaiʻi
Explore the role of federal funding in Hawaiʻi to learn potential local impacts of federal shifts.
Longitudinal trends in obligations
Per capita spending
Fiscal year drill downs to individual awards
Public Funding Database
Dive into the data by downloading the consolidated, standardized datasets that power our visualization tools.
State budget appropriations
State contracts
Federal funding
Methodology
Explore the sources, decisions, and frameworks behind our tools.
Key data sources
Cleaning and standardization approach
Validation and accuracy checks