Fulcrum Community
Fulcrum Community is a no-cost, short term crowdsourced data collection solution for qualified humanitarian or disaster preparedness / recovery efforts led by volunteer organizations or teams.
Submit a RequestFulcrum Community Data Grants
Our grant process is simple. We request that you're a 501(c)(3) organization or a volunteer first-responder team actively preparing a humanitarian or disaster recovery effort. However, even if your project doesn't qualify for a provisioned Community account, you can still try Fulcrum free.
Partnerships
NetHope
NetHope empowers committed organizations to change the world through the power of technology. This consortium of nearly 60 leading global nonprofits unites with technology companies and funding partners to design, fund, implement, adapt, and scale innovative approaches to solve development, humanitarian, and conservation challenges.
Team Rubicon
Team Rubicon serves communities by mobilizing veterans to continue their service, leveraging their skills and experience to help people prepare, respond, and recover from disasters and humanitarian crises.
StEER
StEER’s mission is to deepen the structural natural hazards engineering (NHE) community’s capacity for reliable post-event reconnaissance by generating new knowledge on the performance of the built environment through impactful post-disaster reconnaissance disseminated to affected communities.
Bird’s Eye View GIS
Bird’s Eye View GIS trains and uses Fulcrum to conduct Community Health Maps (CHM) which provides information about low/no cost mapping tools. It was developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) with a focus on increasing capacity within under-served and other at-risk communities.
Giving over $1,224,000 in Data Grants to Volunteers Responding to Disasters Worldwide.
2,630
Users
229,375
Records Collected
1,224,000
Invested
Who can use it?
| Eligibility | Membership Privileges |
|---|---|
| 501(c)(3) status | Fulcrum Community Platform Access |
| Emergency Response Deployment | Uncapped Users |
| Emergency Preparedness | Storage Space |
| Humanitarian Efforts (Global/Domestic) | Web Dashboard |
| Qualified Volunteer Teams | Customizable Templates |
| Community Maps | |
| 1-year License |
As a FirstNet® Listed app, you can be confident Fulcrum is relevant to first responders, secure, highly available, and protective of data privacy.
Check out some of our Fulcrum Community programs at work.
NCSJ Nashville Recovery
New Covenant Social Justice Ministry
Several large tornadoes touched down in West and Middle Tennessee, March 2-3, 2020 hitting downtown Nashville and areas west of Cookeville, Tennessee. 70,000 residents lost power, 300 were injured and twenty-five lost their lives. NCSJ volunteers are accessing damage and surveying the needs of the residents affected using Fulcrum to collect that data and communicate information to other organizations on the ground.
Hurricane Dorian Relief Resources
Team Rubicon
Dorian made landfall on Grand Bahama, Abaco Islands on September 1st, 2019 as a category five hurricane with sustained winds of 180 mph, torrential rains, and flooding destroying much of the affected area. Using Fulcrum, Team Rubicon WHO- verified (EMT) team is helping relief efforts by stabilizing victims, removing debris, restoring roads and rescuing individuals trapped in inaccessible areas of the islands.
Searles Valley Earthquake Response
EERI
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute is using Fulcrum Community to conduct post-earthquake investigations across Southern California after an M6.4 earthquake struck near Searles Valley, CA on July 4th, 2019.
Post Irma & Maria Damage Assessment
NSF Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance Network
The StEER network is funded by the NSF to build resilience through structural engineering reconnaissance following extreme events.
Hurricane Harvey Relief Resources
Harvey Relief
Houston, TX was inundated with more than 50 inches of rain after Hurricane Harvey made landfall Aug. 26 and stalled over the area.
Harvey Damage Assessment
Houston Volunteers
If you are near a Harvey-affected area and want to help with relief efforts, we need you! Help conduct a street-by-street damage assessment using Fulcrum.
Northern Illinois Tornado Damage Assessment
American Red Cross
In the late evening of February 28th an EF-3 tornado caused serious damage to Naplate and Ottawa, Illinois. American Red Cross carried out an internal damage assessment.
Whittier and Alamo Fire Damange Assessment
County of Santa Barbara
Whittier and Alamo Fires in Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara County conducted a preliminary damage assessment. Occurred July 8, 2017.
Post-Irma Environment Reporting
Community Health Mapping
This project is designed to collect information about King Tide flooding during this period and to determine to what extent, if any, water quality, water depth or water salinity will be impacted. Collected September 19-20.
Carson City Flood Damage
Carson City Public Works
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Carson City and Douglas County. Carson City Public Works conducted a preliminary damage assessment. Occurred Jan 10, 2017.