Hema Motiani - Children's Funding Project

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- Learn About Our WorkThrough strategic public financing we help communities, states, and Native nations ensure that all children thrive.
- Strategic Public FinancingWe develop strategic public financing plans that sustain investments for kids.
- Sourcing Additional FundingWe help leaders determine which funding options are viable in their context.
- Fiscal MappingWe analyze existing funding sources and coach local leaders on budget data.
- Voter-Approved Children’s FundsWe help communities pursue dedicated public funding for kids at the ballot.
- Cost Analysis and ModelingWe identify the true cost of services to help communities reach their goals.
- Native Children’s Funding ProjectWe help Native nations create sustainable funding for Native children and youth.
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About
Our Work
- Learn About Our WorkThrough strategic public financing we help communities, states, and Native nations ensure that all children thrive.
- Strategic Public FinancingWe develop strategic public financing plans that sustain investments for kids.
- Sourcing Additional FundingWe help leaders determine which funding options are viable in their context.
- Fiscal MappingWe analyze existing funding sources and coach local leaders on budget data.
- Voter-Approved Children’s FundsWe help communities pursue dedicated public funding for kids at the ballot.
- Cost Analysis and ModelingWe identify the true cost of services to help communities reach their goals.
- Native Children’s Funding ProjectWe help Native nations create sustainable funding for Native children and youth.
Impact
Resources
- View Our Resource LibraryVisit our resource library to explore all our tools, case studies, fact sheets, and custom resource collections.
- Featured Resources
- New Resources
Updates
Events

Hema joined Children’s Funding Project in 2026 as a Senior Data Scientist Associate on the Fiscal Data Infrastructure Team. She supports the organization’s state fiscal mapping efforts by developing AI-powered workflows that extract, classify, and validate funding streams from complex public budget documents. Her work focuses on building scalable data pipelines that improve the speed, accuracy, and consistency of fiscal mapping across states.

Previously, Hema worked on AI-powered document processing and data pipeline development, building machine learning workflows that transformed unstructured data into standardized, high-quality datasets.

Hema received her bachelor’s degree in Computer science and Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College.

She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she enjoys cooking, spending time on the lakes, and being with family.