The Coleridge Initiative

The Coleridge Initiative is a not-for-profit organization, originally established at New York University, that is working with governments to ensure that data are more effectively used for public decision-making. We achieve this goal by working with government agencies to create value for the taxpayer from the careful use of data, by building new technologies to enable secure access to and sharing of confidential microdata, and by training agency staff to acquire modern data skills. 

Our goal is to change the empirical foundation of social science, statistical and public agencies in the United States, and transform the understanding of how our society works. We are a fast-growing startup that has already created dozens of pilot projects, worked with more than 250 agencies—federal, state and local—and more than 650 agency staff.