What Dillinger Research and Applied Data does

Dillinger Research and Applied Data, Inc. (DillingerRAD) is a women-led, HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant 501c3 nonprofit founded in 2021 and headquartered in Connecticut. The organization delivers consulting and applied data services to youth-serving organizations, including state agencies, K-12 school districts, and nonprofits. Its practice is organized into three service lines — Problem Definition and Implementation Support, Data Analysis, Infrastructure and Custom Tools, and Research, Facilitation, and Communication — delivered across three focus areas: Finance and Budgeting, Driving Youth Outcomes, and District Operations.

Technical capabilities include SQL data transformations, pipeline automation, Tableau and Power BI dashboards, GIS-based spatial analysis, cross-system data integration, and custom web and application development. The organization has supported over 100 youth-serving organizations and produced documented policy outcomes, including school funding formula revisions adopted into law in Colorado. It maintains an active engagement with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families spanning 100+ youth services bureaus and an ongoing multi-workstream relationship with Indianapolis Public Schools that includes a transportation data warehouse and enrollment projections.

DillingerRAD operates on a project-based professional services revenue model, delivering work through direct consulting engagements with government agencies, school districts, and nonprofits; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement. Core staff of five — two co-founders, a Director of Operations, a Director of Data, and a Data Engineer — are supported by a six-person Board of Directors. The organization has a formal AI Statement governing responsible AI use that prohibits consumer-grade AI for client deliverables and enforces HIPAA/FERPA-compliant handling of identifiable data. No outside funding rounds have been recorded; growth to date has been organic and contract-funded.

Name

Dillinger Research and Applied Data

Legal name

Dillinger Research and Applied Data, Inc

Website

https://dillingerrad.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Dillinger Research and Applied Data (DillingerRAD) is a women-led, HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant 501c3 nonprofit consulting firm that helps youth-serving organizations, state agencies, and K-12 districts use data for strategic planning, infrastructure, and stakeholder communication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodstock

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Contracted consulting engagements with youth-serving organizations to support data-informed decision making, strategic planning, and youth outcome improvement. Services include thought partnership, executive leadership coaching, strategic plan development, data analysis, and stakeholder facilitation.
2. Project-Based Engagements: Custom project engagements that may include data infrastructure development, dashboard creation, policy analysis, and program evaluation for government and non-profit clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DillingerRAD is a women-led nonprofit consulting organization that provides data-informed professional services to youth-serving organizations. Its work spans strategic planning and implementation support, custom data infrastructure and dashboard development, and research/stakeholder communication — delivered to government agencies, school districts, and youth-focused nonprofits to help them use data more effectively.

Product overview

Dillinger Research and Applied Data is a women-led nonprofit consulting organization that provides professional services to youth-serving organizations. The company operates three integrated service lines: (1) Problem Definition, Priority Setting and Implementation Support for strategic planning and process changes; (2) Data Analysis, Infrastructure & Custom Tools for building data systems, dashboards, and pipelines using tools like Tableau and Power BI; and (3) Research, Facilitation, and Communication for survey work and stakeholder engagement. These services are delivered across three focus areas: Finance and Budgeting, Driving Youth Outcomes, and District Operations. The organization has a dedicated AI Statement governing responsible AI use in their consulting practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Problem Definition, Priority Setting and Implementation Support

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped over 100 youth-serving organizations use data more effectively
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Colorado School Finance Task ForcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFacilitated the work of the Colorado School Finance Task Force by providing critical guidance and analysis for revising the state's school funding formula. The collaboration resulted in recommendations being adopted and passed into law, demonstrating significant policy impact.
• Connecticut Department of Children and FamiliescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with over 100 youth services bureaus to provide expertise needed to better assess program impact, effectively communicate findings, and streamline data collection through automation. Ongoing collaborative relationship supporting youth programming evaluation.
• Indianapolis Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership providing key strategic solutions including development of a sophisticated transportation data warehouse, modeling for student-based budgeting and portfolio changes, detailed enrollment projections, and enhanced financial reporting.
• Andover Public SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted redistricting analysis project to support school planning and optimization. Featured as a case study on the organization's StoryMaps platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Panorama Education: EdTech company offering a student success and social-emotional learning data platform for K-12 districts. Competes for the same district budget on data-driven student outcomes, but through a SaaS platform rather than consulting services.

Broad incumbents

• RAND Corporation: Major policy research institution with a dedicated education and workforce division conducting rigorous data analysis, program evaluation, and policy advising for governments — a much larger-scale version of DillingerRAD's policy/research role.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): Large behavioral and social science research organization with substantial K-12 and youth services evaluation practice. Competes in the same research, evaluation, and data analysis space but at far greater scale and breadth.
• WestEd: Large nonprofit education research and consulting organization with broad services including data analysis, evaluation, and policy work serving districts and states. Overlaps with DillingerRAD across research, evaluation, and district support.

Direct peers

• Hanover Research: Provides research, data analytics, and survey/insights services to education and public-sector organizations. Comparable in delivering custom research, data infrastructure, and analytics for K-12 and higher education clients.
• Education Resource Strategies (ERS): Nonprofit that partners with school districts on resource allocation, school funding formulas, and district operations — directly overlapping DillingerRAD's Finance and Budgeting and District Operations focus areas.
• Public Impact: National nonprofit consulting firm working with education leaders on policy, strategy, and program design. Comparable in serving youth-serving organizations and education agencies with research- and data-informed consulting.
• Child Trends: Nonprofit research organization focused on improving the lives of children and youth through data-driven research, evaluation, and program design for youth-serving organizations. Closely comparable in mission and data/research delivery model.
• Education First: Nonprofit consulting firm focused on education strategy, policy, and organizational effectiveness for foundations, states, and districts. Comparable in mission-driven consulting model and K-12/youth outcomes focus.
• Bellwether Education Partners: Nonprofit education strategy and policy consulting organization serving school districts, states, and philanthropies. Closely comparable in nonprofit consulting model and education-domain specialization, though at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dillinger-research-and-applied-data-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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