AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Jacob Hileman
Jacob is the information technology director at OpenSecrets. The founder of a web-hosting startup, Jacob spent 10 years in nonprofit IT before joining OpenSecrets in August 2015 to run its information technology operations. He has won the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Non-profit Technology Innovation Award, and, most recently, the Presidential Innovation Award for Telemedicine.
OpenSecrets uses AWS to transform political transparency through enhanced data matching
OpenSecrets is a nonpartisan, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve as the trusted authority on money in American politics. Its vision is for Americans to use data on money in politics to create a more vibrant, representative, and responsive democracy. Through the AWS Imagine Grant—a public grant program that provides both cash and AWS credit funding to registered nonprofit organizations that are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions—OpenSecrets embarked on an ambitious project to revolutionize its political contribution database