The Ripple
Effect

One Gift.
Ripples of Change.

This holiday season, the Data Science Alliance (DSA) is raising $15,000 to drive meaningful change in San Diego through responsible data science and
AI practices.

Make a ripple

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Your support helps us provide hands-on internships, complete community-focused projects, and expand
AI literacy.

Our Fundraising Goal
One of our interns playtesting a product at our 2026 Summer Showcase

When you invest in
mission-driven innovation, you create waves of impact. 

DSA interns presenting at an event

If we reach our goal, our Board will add another $5,000.

That means your gift can help unlock $20,000 in impact for San Diego.

Start the new year knowing you’re helping create a brighter, more equitable future for everyone.

Two interns demonstrating their project at our 2026 Summer Showcase

Make a ripple

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Your donation…

Gives a student the chance to become a leader.

Our intern Kieran presenting their game at our 2026 Summer Showcase event.

Enables a local nonprofit to tackle issues like homelessness
and hunger.

Local Foodbank workers distributing food to those in need.

Protects our most vulnerable community members from online scams.

A data safety academy student learning ways to protect herself from scams

Give today and receive DSA merch

As a special thank-you for joining the Ripple Effect, you’ll get exclusive DSA merchandise at select donation levels.

$25 membership with Mystery T-shirt $50 membership with Mystery T-shirt and DSA Tote $75 membership with Mystery Long Sleeve T-shirt
$100 membership DSA Tote and Owala Bottle $250 membership with Mystery T-shirt, Owala Bottla, DSA tote, and a Hoodie

Inspire tomorrow's innovators

100+ students have interned with DSA in just the past two years.

Many of them now hold full-time roles at companies like Apple, the Walt Disney Company, and Booz Allen Hamilton—three even joined the full-time DSA team in 2026.

Regardless of where they end up, our interns carry with them the responsible data science and AI practices they learned here.

That is the ripple effect in action.

Former intern Anya Chandorkar

“Your support is helping future generations like me learn, grow, and become more responsible voices in tech,”

- Anya Chandorkar, former DSA intern, Senior Data Scientist at the Walt Disney Company

Protect an entire community

In 2025, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office reported that local seniors lost more than $130 million in just one year to financial scams.

Former marketing director, Kallyn Hobman, pressenting at one of our events.

That's why we created the Data Safety Academy, a three-part workshop series made to prevent financial loss, identity theft, and online harm.

Each session equips participants with strategies to recognize phishing attempts, avoid identity theft, and protect themselves in the digital world.

A data safety academy student learning ways to protect herself from scams

But the ripple doesn't stop when the workshop ends.

Each participant leaves with resources they can revisit at home and share with spouses, friends, neighbors, and family. One lesson can help keep an entire community safe.

Support local organizations driving positive change

Every gift, no matter the size, strengthens DSA’s ability to serve as the responsible data science team for local nonprofits tackling societal challenges, including Feeding San Diego (FSD), our county’s leading hunger-relief and food rescue organization.

“I don’t have data scientists on my staff. I have people who are focused on hunger relief. So I draw on resources outside of Feeding San Diego to help offset my expertise shortfalls. That’s the essence of nonprofit collaboration,” said Bob Kamensky, CEO of Feeding San Diego.

Thankfull Foodbank Recipients

Since partnering with FSD in 2022, DSA has helped the food bank leverage data to better understand food insecurity, identify communities most in need, and make more informed decisions about resource allocation.

The result is invaluable: More targeted support for our neighbors facing food insecurity.

A Foodbank patron receiving support

As we work to raise $15,000 and unlock our Board’s $5,000 match to fund our 2027 initiatives, stories like Feeding San Diego’s remind us what’s possible when our community invests in responsible innovation.