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GoodThought NGO has been a catalyst for positive change, focusing its efforts on education, healthcare, and sustainable development to make a significant difference in communities worldwide. With this mission, GoodThought has orchestrated an array of assignments aimed at uplifting underprivileged populations and fostering long-term growth.

This project offers a hands-on opportunity to explore how data-driven insights can direct and enhance these humanitarian efforts. In this project, you'll engage with the GoodThought PostgreSQL database, which encapsulates detailed records of assignments, funding, impacts, and donor activities from 2010 to 2023. This comprehensive dataset includes:

  • Assignments: Details about each project, including its name, duration (start and end dates), budget, geographical region, and the impact score.
  • Donations: Records of financial contributions, linked to specific donors and assignments, highlighting how financial support is allocated and utilized.
  • Donors: Information on individuals and organizations that fund GoodThought’s projects, including donor types.

Refer to the below ERD diagram for a visual representation of the relationships between these data tables:

You will execute SQL queries to answer two questions, as listed in the instructions. Good luck!

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DataFrameas
highest_donation_assignments
variable
-- highest_donation_assignments
WITH top_assignments AS (
	SELECT
		d.assignment_id,
		dn.donor_type,
		ROUND(SUM (d.amount), 2) AS rounded_total_donation_amount
	FROM donations AS d
	INNER JOIN donors AS dn ON d.donor_id = dn.donor_id
	GROUP BY d.assignment_id, dn.donor_type
)

SELECT
	a.assignment_name,
	a.region,
	ta.rounded_total_donation_amount,
	ta.donor_type
FROM assignments AS a
INNER JOIN top_assignments as ta ON a.assignment_id = ta.assignment_id	
ORDER BY rounded_total_donation_amount DESC
LIMIT 5;
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DataFrameas
top_regional_impact_assignments
variable
-- top_regional_impact_assignments

-- highest impact score
-- each assignment at least one donation
-- sorted by region ASC
-- only highest scoring assignment per region
-- no duplicates within same region

WITH ranked_table AS (
	SELECT
		a.assignment_name,
		a.region,
		a.impact_score,
		COUNT(d.donation_id) OVER (PARTITION BY a.assignment_id) AS num_total_donations,
		ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY a.region ORDER BY a.impact_score DESC) AS impact_rank
	FROM assignments AS a
	JOIN donations AS d ON a.assignment_id = d.assignment_id
)

SELECT
	assignment_name,
	region,
	impact_score,
	num_total_donations
FROM ranked_table
WHERE impact_rank = 1
ORDER BY region;