What it sells
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest…
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
No buyer: free to readers; funded by donations and grants to the registered charity Global Change Data Lab.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Researchers collect third-party data (WHO, UN, World Bank), visualize it, and publish narrative articles, data insights and topic pages that readers explore, download or embed.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Non-profit funded by reader donations and grants; all content is free and openly licensed (Creative Commons), 100% of website donations go to Global Change Data Lab.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Free public website with newsletters and social media; charts can be embedded in any website under a CC license; donation form and every.org for US tax-deductible giving.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2019 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.