ProPublica is not a technology company, it's a non-profit investigative journalism outlet. They and countless other journalism/civic orgs would likely be happy

ProPublica is not a technology company, it's a non-profit investigative journalism outlet. They and countless other journalism/civic orgs would likely be happy for you to show them up by whipping up usable ETL scripts relevant in their respective domains. Since it all involves public open data you don't have to wait for anyone's permission.