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At Tableau Foundation, our partners are working in the midst of these issues to close the gaps between treatments and those most in need of them. A good health system is a well-networked one. In this blog, we dive deeper into this, and other, powerful insights our partners have shared with us over the last year.

At Tableau Foundation, we’ve learned from our grant partners that while solving poverty on a broad scale may be their goal, it’s not how they go about their work. Instead, they’re using data to see deep into the issue and understand the needs of the people they’re trying to serve. Here are some of the key insights that have come out of our grant partnerships to end poverty in the past year.

As the year comes to a close, the Tableau Foundation team took the opportunity to reflect back on what we’ve learned about these four complex challenges, and also on how we can most meaningfully engage our employees in these issues. In this series of blog posts, we will share the most critical insights we’ve gained from our partners and our programming over the past year, and look forward to what’s to come in the next decade.

The Tableau Foundation Summit offers a platform for nonprofits to share how data has transformed their work. But even more importantly, it equips everyone listening with universal lessons around data use, overcoming roadblocks, and transforming organizational culture that they can take back to their own work—regardless of sector or geography.

We’re guessing you probably haven’t heard of Operation Fistula, so before we share the incredible impact that Tableau has had on their work, they want to give you a bit of background about what they do and why they exist. Read on to find out more about fistula and their work.

Over 2,000 veterans are now members of the FourBlock alumni community, working at more than 400 different companies across the United States. Together with FourBlock's corporate, university, and veteran services organization partners, they are improving the military transition process.

Participating in Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month at Tableau, Adriana Gil Miner had the opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Latina, how she identifies with that community, and the value and impact of being part of these groups—both at Tableau and the larger community.

The Global Fund is an innovative partnership—between governments, civil society, the private sector, and people affected by AIDS, TB and Malaria. To help the Global Fund meet its critical goal, ONE launched a campaign calling on governments around the world to commit funding and help save an additional 16 million lives.

Equal Opportunity Schools’ mission is to close the opportunity equity gap in America by getting more students of color and low-income students enrolled in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. To accomplish this, we need to measure the equity gap in school districts across the country and work with teachers and administrators to close it.

Since launching Community Grants in 2015, Tableau Foundation has granted over $800,000 USD to organizations, like FamilyWorks, that are working to make the communities where we have offices healthy, stronger, and more vibrant for everyone.

Equal Measures 2030 and Tableau Foundation join forces to visualize gender equality data in 129 countries.

Today is an exciting day for Tableau Foundation! We're joining with PATH to expand the Visualize No Malaria initiative in up to 6 countries, which will cover 60 million at-risk people in sub-Saharan Africa.