Nonprofit organizations and NGOs are mission-driven, high-impact organizations that aim to promote the common good. However, due to extremely tight budgets, nonprofits often rely on publicly available data that is typically outdated and insufficient at the scale at which they operate.

Planet hopes to change some of that dynamic.

Organizations have been taking advantage of freely available satellite imagery, such as Landsat and Sentinel, for decades. However, imagery at 30m and 10m respectively often does not provide the detailed spatial information required to monitor change at a local level. In many cases, they need daily imagery so they can take action as change happens in real-time on the ground. Clouds also are commonly an issue with publicly available imagery due to their less frequent temporal resolution. 

The Planet Nonprofit Program strives to reduce the barriers that nonprofits face by providing a customized offering of its imagery and services. Through tiered product bundling inclusive of steeply discounted pricing on PlanetScope, SkySat, and the Planet cloud-free Basemaps, we hope to enable nonprofits to discover the value of high-temporal, high-resolution imagery to help advance their mission.

Planet has worked closely with nonprofit organizations in the past on impactful initiatives, such as detecting illegal mining in the Amazon, preserving cultural heritage in active conflict areas, mapping renewable energy, and measuring global carbon emissions. 

But to efficiently scale and move faster than the problems we have to solve to ensure a safe, healthy planet for future generations, we need to increase the rate of our ability to get Planet products into the world’s hands. We believe Planet’s Nonprofit Program will help us get closer to that goal. 

Are you a nonprofit/NGO that is ready to unlock the power of Planet data? 

Contact the Nonprofit Program!