Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Local Data for Equitable Communities
Informing efforts to improve community conditions and well-being.
About
Contact Us
Older Posts
Follow
Using Data for Community Action on Environmental Justice
Using Data for Community Action on Environmental Justice
A Houston nonprofit equips residents to use local data on air quality to benefit their neighborhoods.
NNIP HQ
Nov 27
Advancing Local Priorities with Community-University Partnerships
Advancing Local Priorities with Community-University Partnerships
by Gabe Samuels
NNIP HQ
Nov 27
Centering Community Experiences in Child Care through Mixed-Methods Research
Centering Community Experiences in Child Care through Mixed-Methods Research
Utilizing mixed methods to understand community experiences and form more equitable solutions
NNIP HQ
Jul 18
Ending Environmental Harm for Healthy Communities
Ending Environmental Harm for Healthy Communities
Community groups are using data to address environmental racism and resulting health disparities.
NNIP HQ
Jan 25
How Can Foundations Invest in Building Local Data Capacity?
How Can Foundations Invest in Building Local Data Capacity?
Two grant programs to local nonprofits build local data capacity and show the need and opportunity for local investments.
Jake Cowan
Jan 24
Addressing Housing Challenges and Their Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being
Addressing Housing Challenges and Their Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being
Local groups are using data to advance equity by supporting tenant organizing, residential mobility, and housing quality and stability.
NNIP HQ
Jan 23
Informing Equitable Futures: Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism
Informing Equitable Futures: Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism
Thirty-eight local nonprofit organizations are using data to improve community conditions that have been shaped by structural racism.
NNIP HQ
Nov 16, 2022
Guide to Data Chats: Convening Community Conversations about Data
Guide to Data Chats: Convening Community Conversations about Data
This guide provides support to groups interested in bringing information to back to the people represented in the data.
NNIP HQ
Jun 22, 2022
Communication of New Data Drives Improved Community Health Services in Rural Georgia
Communication of New Data Drives Improved Community Health Services in Rural Georgia
Leveraging surveys and interviews provided as a starting point for bringing stakeholders together to improve community health.
NNIP HQ
Jan 14, 2022
Keeping People in Their Homes: Best Practices for Eviction Moratoria and Emergency Rental…
Keeping People in Their Homes: Best Practices for Eviction Moratoria and Emergency Rental…
Examining the relationship between eviction prevention programs and eviction patterns in Dallas to keep families in their homes.
NNIP HQ
Dec 16, 2021
Communities Need Data for Crisis Response and Recovery
Communities Need Data for Crisis Response and Recovery
Access to reliable and credible data is important in any crisis, and this blog post outlines four ways local partners can contribute.
NNIP HQ
Nov 22, 2021
Reflections on Responsive Grantmaking in the Wake of the Pandemic
Reflections on Responsive Grantmaking in the Wake of the Pandemic
There is a need for ongoing investments in data-to-action initiatives, which effectively build community-wide data capacity.
NNIP HQ
Oct 28, 2021
Building Inclusive Virtual Organizing: Focusing on the Process
Building Inclusive Virtual Organizing: Focusing on the Process
Drafting a Community Bill of Rights grounded in community members’ lived experience.
NNIP HQ
Oct 21, 2021
Leveraging Community Organization and Research Partnerships for Stronger Data Cultures
Leveraging Community Organization and Research Partnerships for Stronger Data Cultures
Sharing a field example and guidance for organizations seeking to build capacity to use data for community change.
NNIP HQ
Sep 2, 2021
Creating Effective Partnerships between Community Partners and Universities
Creating Effective Partnerships between Community Partners and Universities
A unique collaboration in Cleveland uncovered how COVID-19 affected the health and sustainability of the region’s childcare system and pro
NNIP HQ
Jul 29, 2021
Collecting Community Survey Data during COVID-19
Collecting Community Survey Data during COVID-19
Informing best practices for data collection efforts during and after the pandemic.
NNIP HQ
Mar 29, 2021
Fostering Resident-Led Research across All Stages of Research
Fostering Resident-Led Research across All Stages of Research
Resident-led research collaborations can be a key strategy to begin undoing the systemic exclusion of communities of color in research.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Mar 18, 2021
Earning Trust by Collaborating with Resident Researchers
Earning Trust by Collaborating with Resident Researchers
Collaborating with resident researchers can be one of the most impactful ways of ceding institutional power to local communities.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Mar 18, 2021
Improving Data to Combat Structural Racism, a Public Health Emergency
Improving Data to Combat Structural Racism, a Public Health Emergency
To tackle racism as a public health emergency, we need to disaggregate data by race and ethnicity.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Feb 9, 2021
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19
The effect of social determinants has become clear, as communities of color and low-income communities battle COVID-19 disproportionately.
Camille Anoll-Hunter
Feb 9, 2021
How Well Does Your Community Use Data?
How Well Does Your Community Use Data?
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the City of Minneapolis, local funders, and community groups knew they could turn to the Center for Urban…
Leah Hendey
Jan 21, 2021
Using 211 Data to Measure Real-Time Community Need during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Using 211 Data to Measure Real-Time Community Need during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 211 has become a lifeline for many families in the US as they struggle with financial stress, housing…
Camille Anoll-Hunter
Jan 6, 2021
Five Insights from Accelerated Grantmaking for COVID-19 Response and Recovery
Five Insights from Accelerated Grantmaking for COVID-19 Response and Recovery
During this challenging year, philanthropy has taken critical steps to mobilize and deploy resources outside of traditional grantmaking.
NNIP HQ
Dec 14, 2020
The Importance of Real-Time Small Business Data for Pandemic Recovery
The Importance of Real-Time Small Business Data for Pandemic Recovery
Small businesses employ almost half of workers across the country, and many are the retail and service businesses most affected by the…
NNIP HQ
Dec 3, 2020
Taking an Equity Lens to Our Data Practice
Taking an Equity Lens to Our Data Practice
The COVID-19 pandemic and the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and other Black Americans at the hands of police have laid bare the
NNIP HQ
Dec 3, 2020
About Local Data for Equitable Communities
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams