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By the Numbers

RISE’s impact, rendered the way it should be: in the HTML, readable by everyone, on the first byte.

$10M+
in funding and support to small-business innovators
45+
pilot projects supported across Virginia
400+
challenge applications received worldwide

Figures published by RISE Resilience Innovations. Shown as static, screen-reader-readable text. No counter animation required.

The technical case

The same impact, two ways to render it

The live site animates these counters up from zero with JavaScript. Before that script runs, for a screen reader, a crawler, or a slow connection, the page literally says RISE has awarded $0. Toggle to see the difference an accessible, server-rendered build makes.

Impact counters

Rendered before JavaScript

$0+
million awarded
0+
jobs created

Hero image: (no alt text)

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  • Counters animate from zero, so pre-JS value reads $0+ million (WCAG 1.3.1 / credibility)
  • Hero and innovator headshots missing alt text (WCAG 1.1.1)
  • “Learn More” gives no link purpose (WCAG 2.4.4)
  • Blue text over photo heroes needs a contrast pass (WCAG 1.4.3)

And we instrument what matters

Section 3 of the RFP asks the website partner to install, manage, and use analytics to inform continuous improvement. We wire a clean GA4 event model around the actions RISE actually cares about, not just pageviews, so content and CTA decisions follow data.

Sample event counts shown for illustration.

GA4 events · last 30 dayssample
challenge_view1,284
application_start312
application_submit96
resource_download540
funder_contact41

Awardee case studies

Where the funding went

Real RISE awardees from the organization’s public past winners, presented as sample case records.

Storm clouds gathering over the Hampton Roads coastlineFloodMapp
Real-time flood forecasting and mapping that helps communities act before water arrives.

Founder Juliette Murphy. FloodMapp’s predictive models turn flood data into operational decisions for emergency managers and infrastructure operators.

The Berkley Bridge spanning the Elizabeth River in NorfolkStormSensor
A connected sensor network that reads stormwater and tidal flow in real time.

Steven Cal and Suzie Housley. StormSensor gives utilities and coastal cities visibility into where water moves, and where it backs up, during storms and king tides.

A working dock on the Norfolk waterfrontNatrx
Engineered natural infrastructure that defends shorelines as living systems.

Leonard Nelson. Natrx fabricates nature-based structures that slow erosion and rebuild coastal habitat, pairing hard engineering with ecological recovery.

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