The work I've done growing and maintaining the Gitcoin Grants Data Portal supports Gitcoin essential intents and ecosystem focus areas in the following ways: 

1. Making Gitcoin data easier to access and use, attracting new analysts interested in working with Gitcoin Data, and saving time for existing analysts.
2. Increasing the transparency of the Gitcoin Grants ecosystem allowing more people to understand the impact of their donations and build tools on top of the data to help future donations, making the ecosystem grow.
3. Help to surface useful insights that showcase the Gitcoin Grants ecosystem's impact to external stakeholders and attract more donations.