Different domains. Connecting dots across the public record.
Every sector reads a different stack of public records, but the work behind them is the same: read what’s filed, sort the noise, frame what matters in the reader’s own vocabulary, and send it out. Each one produces its own kind of Gleaning.
Nonprofit is shipping now. Commercial real estate coming soon.
Nonprofit Intelligence
The funders worth knowing, from the public record.
Every IRS Form 990 filed in the country, cross-referenced for the connections no single filing reveals: out-of-state funders growing into your state, peer orgs whose footing just shifted, capacity moves that change who’s worth a call.
Commercial Real Estate Permits
Birmingham CRE — Active soon. The deals worth tracking, from the public record.
Who’s building what, where developers concentrate, how zoning shifts ripple through a corridor — before the deal hits the trade press.
Environmental Enforcement
The enforcement worth watching, from the public record.
EPA and state enforcement actions, permit violations, cleanup orders. The public ECHO dataset is the most underread compliance feed in the country.
Higher Education
The institutions worth watching, from the public record.
University financial health from IPEDS and NCES — endowment trends, enrollment cliffs, program closures.
City & County Finance
The balance sheets worth reading, from the public record.
EMMA bond filings, CAFRs, single audits. Where small cities are stressed before the headlines hit.
The digest pushes. The Workbench pulls.
Most sectors ship a digest. Where the data rewards hands-on digging, a sector also gets a Workbench. Same records, two ways to read them.
| The Digest | The Workbench | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | The DigestA weekly email — a handful of sourced Gleanings, framed in your sector’s vocabulary. | The WorkbenchAn interactive app — search and rank every filer in the dataset, with the evidence behind each result, on demand. |
| Cadence | The DigestPush · weekly to your inbox | The WorkbenchPull · on demand, anytime |
| Best for | The DigestStaying current without doing the reading | The WorkbenchFinding and vetting the specific orgs, funders, or deals that matter to you |
| Coverage | The DigestScoped to the states / NTEE categories you pick | The WorkbenchThe whole dataset — 1.8M+ filers |
| Price | The DigestFree (Nonprofit) · paid per metro (CRE) | The WorkbenchInvite-only Beta — free during Beta |
| Where it lives | The DigestYour inbox | The Workbenchapp.gleantree.com |
Three commitments, regardless of which domain you read.
Every Gleaning traces to a primary record.
No second-hand reporting. No synthesis without a source. Every name, date, and dollar amount comes from a public record we can show you.
No teasing. Each Gleaning is whole.
Each Gleaning is complete as published — the finding is right there in the digest, never gated or held back to make you click. You shouldn’t have to click through to find out what we mean.
We ship when the signal warrants it.
A thin issue beats a padded one. Some weeks the record doesn’t surface anything worth your time — when that happens, we say so, and we email either way.
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