DataLab Services
Memory & Information Stewardship
Know what you have, where it lives, who is responsible for it, and how it should be cared for.
Learn More →DATA, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY
Better decisions don't happen by accident.Neither does trust.
ATL DataLab helps nonprofits use data, research, and technology to make better decisions. We believe “better” decisions should be mission-values aligned, responsible, and worthy of community trust.
ATL DataLab Services
Purpose-first
We start with your values, not a framework.
Practical
We build systems your team can actually use.
Independent
We help you build internal ownership and confidence.
Sustainable
We plan for continuity and long-term impact.
The reality
The problem rarely arrives with a neat label.
It starts with information nobody fully understands. A report people don't trust. An AI tool someone wants to adopt. A technical system that no longer fits. Years of institutional knowledge without a plan. Or a role your organization knows it needs but doesn't know how to define.
We help you understand what's happening, make a responsible decision, and build what comes next.
Unclear roles and accountability
Inconsistent data and definitions
Reports that don't inform decisions
Compliance without community trust
WHERE WE HELP
Start with the problem you're trying to solve.
Our work spans data, research, technology, governance, AI, institutional information, and technical capacity. Start with the problem you're trying to solve.
Memory & Information Stewardship
Know what you have, where it lives, who is responsible for it, and how it should be cared for.
Starting at $350View service →Data Governance
Create clear ownership, decision rights, accountability, and practices people can actually use.
Starting at $350View service →Responsible Technology & AI
Make technology and AI decisions grounded in purpose, risk, trust, and organizational capacity.
Starting at $350View service →Data & Decision Support
Make data, reporting, and analysis more useful for the decisions that matter.
Starting at $350View service →Technical Capacity Planning
Determine the mix of systems, skills, roles, vendors, and support your organization actually needs.
Starting at $350View service →Archival & Institutional Stewardship
Preserve institutional knowledge and make intentional decisions about what should be retained, archived, transferred, or let go.
Starting at $350View service →Technical Team Building
Define technical roles and evaluate technical talent with experienced technical leadership in the room.
Starting at $1,500View service →Research Design & Implementation
Turn important questions into thoughtful, practical research.
Starting at $3,500View service →Explore all services
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Services & PricingView all →How We Work
Build capability, not dependency.
We work with the people who will carry the work forward. That means starting with the problem, widening the frame beyond the technical question, making responsibility clear, designing for real organizational constraints, and planning for independence from the beginning.
How We WorkMULTIDISCIPLINARY BY DESIGN
Different questions call for different kinds of expertise.
Data, research, and technology decisions rarely stay within one discipline. Our collective brings together experience across data, research, technology, governance, analytics, archives, information management, and organizational change.
We bring together the expertise the work requires rather than forcing your problem into a predetermined consulting package.
WHAT BETTER MEANS TO US
Useful. Responsible. Worthy of community trust.
Better decisions help your organization do its work. They account for the people who will carry them forward. And they take the responsibilities you have to the communities affected by them seriously.
Mission-aligned decisions
Reduced risk & compliance burden
Greater community trust & transparency
Free resources
Practical tools to help you lead with clarity.
Guides, tools, and conversations to help nonprofit leaders and practitioners make thoughtful decisions about data, research, and technology.
Browse resourcesRIGHT-SIZED SUPPORT
The engagement should fit the problem.
Some questions need a focused conversation. Others require deeper investigation, facilitated decision-making, hands-on implementation, or continued support.
Our work can take the form of advisory sessions, assessments, facilitated working sessions, strategy and design projects, implementation support, or ongoing advisory.
You don't need to choose the format yourself. Tell us what you're trying to solve, and we'll recommend the smallest engagement that responsibly addresses it.