Community PRISM

3rd Place: Nate Davis Olds, Benefits Data Trust. Nate Davis Olds led the development of Community PRISM, a CRM tool designed to integrate across all Philadelphia community-based organizations enrolling poor seniors and families into benefit programs that enable them to achieve economic stability. The only system of its kind, it screens and applies individuals for multiple benefits at once, guides service providers by automatically determining documents required, and submits applications to multiple agencies at the same time, reducing the time burden on clients and agencies alike. Nate’s expertise in software development and user experience design, coupled with a unique ability to strategize solutions across organizational capacities, enabled him to integrate the critically important work of serving Philadelphia’s neediest into a technological platform that works efficiently and effectively for all service providers. Says Nate about his work and this recognition, “It is easy to get lost in the everyday details of designing and building software to making benefits access simple, comprehensive, and cost-effective. The Social Innovations Awards shift the focus from the grind to the big picture allowing me to take a step back and realize ‘Wow, this really is cool.’”