About this Project
About the Blockchain Impact Ledger
The Blockchain Impact Ledger was created to fill an information gap in the blockchain for social impact space. Without a trustworthy source of aggregated data about how blockchain is used in social impact projects, it is difficult for organizations interested in leveraging this powerful tool to learn from, and potentially coordinate with, other aligned initiatives.
The Blockchain Impact Ledger fills that gap, and complements research released by the Blockchain Trust Accelerator in the Blueprint for Blockchain and Social Innovation. Together, these two resources will help organizations and social impact leaders think through how to address global challenges with the support of frontier technology.
About the Blockchain Trust Accelerator
The Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA) is the world’s leading platform for harnessing blockchain technology to solve social impact and governance challenges. Established in 2016, BTA brings together governments, technologists, civil society organizations, and philanthropists to build Blockchain pilots that benefit society. BTA projects and research help organizations and institutions increase accountability, ensure transparency, create opportunity, and build trust in core institutions.
Team
Tomicah Tillemann leverages innovations in technology and finance to help organizations solve complex global challenges. He serves as founder and director of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator at New America and chairman of the Global Blockchain Business Council. From 2010 to 2014, Tillemann served under Hillary Clinton and John Kerry as the Secretary of State's Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies. Tillemann led a team of experts that translated over 20 promising ideas and technologies into successful policy initiatives on behalf of two Secretaries of State. He also established and chaired the State Department's Global Philanthropy Working Group. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Blockchain Council, the United Nations World Food Program Innovation Council, and the Board of Trustees of the Lantos Foundation.
Allison Price is the executive director of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), a program of New America. The BTA is committed to advancing blockchain technology through research and innovative pilot projects designed to address some of the world’s most persistent challenges like transparency, identity, and corruption. Prior to diving into the global frontier technology community she served in senior public affairs positions with the Department of Justice and the Peace Corps. Price has also worked at the intersection of public policy and communications for Obama for America, the Center for American Progress, Gillibrand for Congress, and Stonebridge International. She earned degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics.
Dahna Goldstein is a senior fellow with the Blockchain Trust Accelerator at New America. She is a social entrepreneur and advisor to social impact organizations. Goldstein was the founder and CEO of PhilanTech, which created PhilanTrack, an online grants management software solution designed to reduce the transaction costs of grants administration to redirect grant dollars to program and service delivery to achieve greater social impact. When PhilanTech was acquired by Altum in 2014, Goldstein served as director of philanthropy solutions at Altum. Prior to starting PhilanTech, she worked for venture philanthropies, including Ashoka and Blue Ridge Foundation New York, and produced interactive eLearning programs for Global Education Network and Harvard Business School Publishing, including the award-winning "What Is a Leader?" program. Goldstein teaches Blockchain at American University and has taught Technology Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University. She earned degrees from Williams College, Harvard University, and New York University, and was named one of Newsweek’s "13 Women Entrepreneurs to Bet On" and one of BusinessWeek’s "25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs."
Ben Gregori is a policy analyst at New America, where he researches the application of blockchain technology in the public and nonprofit sectors. Gregori is a recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies, where he earned a Master of Arts in International Political Economy. He conducted research on the challenges faced by government in creating and deploying effective policy in evolving technology landscapes, with particular attention to governance. Prior to graduate school, Gregori was a digital marketing executive at LinkedIn. He earned a double Bachelor of Arts from UC Berkeley in Political Science and Classical History.