Perpetual announced a partnership with Seer Data & Analytics (Seer), a start-up technology company working with not-for-profits (NFP), social sector organisations and government agencies.

Perpetual’s General Manager of Community & Social Investment, Caitriona Fay, said “As the administer of the IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program, one of Australia’s largest philanthropic grant-making programs supporting the NFP sector, Perpetual has collected many years of data which has the potential to generate insights and improve outcomes within the social sector.”

“Partnering with Seer exemplifies Perpetual’s commitment to helping facilitate data usage by the broader social sector while adding value to our client base. Working together with Seer, we will be able to explore important data capabilities for our clients, providing key decision makers with strategic insights,” she said.

Seer’s data platform makes it easy for people to find, share and use data to solve social
problems in a collaborative environment. Seer collects and analyses thousands of public data sets including demographic, health, education, and justice and economic indicators.

Founder of Seer, Kristi Mansfield, commented, “Seer’s vision is to transform the social sector by deepening people’s understanding of how to better solve social challenges by using data analytics.”

She adds that users of the Seer Data Platform can explore, blend and analyse data sets to make evidence-based decisions about programs and interventions, and ultimately improve outcomes in their communities.

“We are excited to be partnering with Perpetual to help support NFP organisations and
philanthropists advance the use of data for social benefit across the sector,” she said,