Our Mission
Dharma Score is a cultural impact scoring engine built to recognize and elevate culture workers — particularly those from historically marginalized communities — by offering an unbiased, adaptable index that emphasizes impact over image.
What is a Dharma Score?
DHARMA stands for Dynamic Heuristic for Assessing Reach, Merit, and Achievement. It’s a score from 0 to 100 that captures the cultural impact of individuals in creative industries.
The system gathers publicly available data — news mentions, industry database listings, peer recognitions, creative works, community coverage — and uses AI to classify, analyze sentiment, and synthesize a transparent score across five dimensions.
Existing reputation tools emphasize image and follower counts. Dharma emphasizes impact — and absence of data reduces confidence in the score, not the score itself, so under-recognized creators are never penalized for having less online presence.
What We Stand For
Impact Over Image
We measure what matters — peer recognition, creative output, community presence, and industry footprint. Not follower counts. Not likes. Not algorithmic fame.
Transparency by Default
Every Dharma Score shows exactly which data sources contributed and how they were interpreted. No black boxes. No hidden weights. You can see the receipts.
Equity at the Core
We designed the system so that absence of data reduces confidence in the score, not the score itself. Under-recognized creators are not penalized for having less online presence.
Source Attribution Always
Every source is displayed. No source can be selectively excluded. The truth of your cultural impact is built from verifiable, public information.
Built for Culture Workers
Musicians, filmmakers, athletes, visual artists, writers, activists — the people who shape culture deserve a metric that reflects their real contribution, not just their social media game.
AI as a Research Partner
Our AI doesn't score you — it researches you. It scans news, databases, peer mentions, and creative works the way a thorough journalist would. Then it classifies, analyzes sentiment, and synthesizes. The methodology is open.
The Five Dimensions
Recognition, awards, mentions by peers and institutions
Volume, variety, and reach of creative works
Grassroots presence, community mentions, local press
Trade press, industry databases, professional listings
Overall sentiment tone across all gathered sources
A product of
Color Farm Impact
Color Farm Impact is on a mission to build technology that serves historically marginalized communities. Dharma Score is our first step toward making cultural impact legible, measurable, and actionable.