Data ethics

Data is the information that allows us to live, decide, and grow. Each miniscule datum helps us optimize our personal, professional, and communal lives. It also fuels and inspires our most inherent human trait: giving. Data helps us decide if to give, how much, to whom, when, and why.

Our data ethics are driven by metrical dos and don'ts. What we do and do not do in creating our tools, products, and solutions; what we do and do not do in their process and production; and what we do and do not do in implementing a more giving future.

Collecting and Holding Data

Sourcing, Owning, Transparency, and Security

  • We will only use data for the purposes of promoting the work of nonprofit 501c3 organizations and philanthropic corporations and consultants.
  • We will only use personal data that is legally obtained from public sources (public personal data), shared with us by organizations after proper disclosures (organization personal data), or willfully shared with by individual donors (private personal data).
  • We will always maintain full transparency regarding our data processing.
  • We will never edit or modify data to misrepresent their sources.
  • We will always adhere to the best practices and highest industry standards of data safety and security.
  • We will never compromise the security of even the slightest bit of datum.

Creating Data-Driven Products:

Unbiased, Representative, Diligence/Vigilance/Attentive

  • We will always vet our products for potentially biased outputs and other ethical risks associated with data driven products, especially machine learning. This includes working hard to collect data on the diverse array of people who our products will impact.
  • We will never misrepresent individuals by selectively concealing or altering public data about them.
  • We will always research and do our due-diligence to innovate and lead to a more giving and cause-driven future. We will never be satisfied by the ethical status quo.
  • We will never allow our research, discovery, or production processes to dictate our ethics.

Relationships to data subjects and third parties:

Control, Sharing, and Expectations

  • We will always ensure that individuals have control over their private personal data; upholding individual’s right to ask for all their data to be removed from our systems.
  • We will always allow individuals to have control over their data, including:
    • What organization uses it
    • What they do with it
    • Deleting the data upon request
  • We will never use private personal data in a way that will disadvantage the individual.
  • We will never present private or organizational personal data, as a whole or specific parts, against the will of the individual.
  • We will always guarantee organizations proactive, meaningful, mutually beneficial opt-in for any third-party data shares.
  • We will never share data with anyone outside of the Hatch purview, including cross-pollination with our clients, without the organizations’ clear, complete opt-in and meaningful consent.
  • We will always respect agreements and understandings between individuals and organizations on the control and usage of organization data. We will never take sides in case of a dispute between the latter.
  • We will always protect individual’s private and organization intellectual property in accordance with the highest ethical, legal, and security standards
  • We will never monetize personal data, public, organizational or private without an organization's permission.
  • We will never partner with any person or entity that doesn't adhere to their relevant data privacy and security laws.
  • We will always audit our processes through the clearest ethical lens of our advisory board, The Donor Bill of Rights, and AFPs Code of Ethical Standards, refining as we evolve and preempting any opaque algorithms or outputs.

To view our full terms of use and privacy policies, please click here

Values

Use for Good - Personal data should only be used for the purposes of promoting good.

  • We will always service non profit 501c3 organizations and philanthropic organizations that uphold to the corporate ethical standards (CES)
  • We will never create products or services solely for for profit gains
  • We will always create products and services that foster inclusive giving

Abstract

Hatch exists to help people give better and more intelligently. We can only do that if we create solutions that help people do Ethically Good; if our products and processes are Rigorously Ethical; and if we are perpetually Ethically Trailblazing, setting higher ethical standards by which to soar.

FAQ

How do I get started?

Use of data

Three steps:

  1. After creating an account, you upload your nonprofit's donor data into our platform. If we're integrated with your CRM, you can easily sync the data with a few clicks.
  2. Then we enrich every record with up to 90 pieces of new information using 3rd party public data and our proprietary algorithms.
  3. We then leverage our Altruistic Intelligence™ to recommend the most personalized methods of engagement and fundraising.

Who is Hatch for?

Use of data
  • Nonprofit fundraisers looking to improve fundraising efforts.
  • Nonprofit prospect researchers tasked with identifying and verifying major donor prospects.
  • Nonprofit marketers and P2P campaign managers seeking to leverage data to accelerate results.

Does something similar to Hatch exist yet?

Use of data

The most comparable tool for nonprofits today is 'wealth screening' companies. Nonprofits traditionally rely on wealth screening tools and manual research to identify potential donors. These methods are often time-consuming, inefficient, and yield limited results. Hatch offers a superior solution by automating prospect research and providing a centralized platform that aggregates more data points, simplifies scoring and filtering, and offers prospect research as a service. This empowers nonprofits to identify, engage, and cultivate the right donors more effectively, ultimately leading to increased fundraising success.

What data is needed for my Hatch enrichment?

Use of data

A name, phone number, email address and mailing address is all that's needed for Hatch to work our magic! Yet, the more data fields you provide us, the better the quality and quantity of data insights we can return. If all you have is a name then QuickSearch is good place to start.

Where does the Hatch data come from?

Use of data

Hatch licenses only the most accurate and ethically gathered data from over 30 sources. Not a single piece of data found in your enriched data set has come from illegal web scraping or unethical sources, and we will keep it that way.

How accurate is Hatch's data?

Use of data

Hatch matches your prospects to data from many sources, by using the key identifiers that you provide, such as name, email address, phone number, home address, and spouse name. The more key identifiers you have for a prospect, the more accurately we'll be able to match that prospect to the correct individual in our data sources. Depending on the quality of your data, you may get an overall match rate that is anywhere from 40-80%. On the Hatch profile page, we provide "Accuracy Scores" that tell you how confident we are in the accuracy of each data point.

How often is this data updated?

Use of data

Different categories of data are updated at varying frequencies. News, Tweets, and Youtube videos are updated daily. Social, lifestyle, career, and contact data is updated approximately once a month. Foundation, Individual, and Political Donations, as well as real estate and stock holdings are updated annually.