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Financial Health and Wealth Dashboard
This dashboard uses financial health metrics (credit, debt, savings, assets, and wealth) to help local leaders create solutions for narrowing the racial wealth gap. Dashboard users can search by city or zip code anywhere in the United States to see financial data at the local level.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Anti-Poverty & Self-Sufficiency & Workforce Development, Social Justice & Equity, Tools and Tutorials
December 29, 2022
Funding & Grant Resources for Nonprofits Focused on Arts & Culture
This article contains a comprehensive list of regional, national, and global funding sources for nonprofits that focus on performing arts, artists, art education programs, museums, visual arts, and beyond.
Tags: arts and culture
The Opportunity Atlas
Which neighborhoods in America offer children the best chance to rise out of poverty? The Opportunity Atlas answers this question using anonymous data following 20 million Americans from childhood to their mid-30s. Now you can trace the roots of today’s affluence and poverty back to the neighborhoods where people grew up. See where and for whom opportunity has been missing, and develop local solutions to help more children rise out of poverty.
Tags: Children & Youth Development, Data Source, Social Justice & Equity, Tools and Tutorials
Pexels
This website has stock photos and videos that anyone can use free of charge. It is an excellent resource to use when your organization is in need of images for websites, pamphlets, social media, and more.
Communicating Data is About Handling Egos and Emotions
Learn how to communicate your data in a way that brings people into the conversation about the story you are telling. This article will help you learn how to answer tough questions and disruptive participants.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Nonprofit Metrics & Impact, Storytelling Tips & Resources
Five First Steps to Data Visualization
Before even beginning to format a graph, the question we need to ask first is not “how do we visualize data,” but “how do we find the story in the data?” The five steps outlined in this article will save you time and effort before you dive straight into design.
Tags: Advocacy & Policy & Government, Data Collection & Analysis Tips and Resources, Data Visualization Resources, Nonprofit Metrics & Impact, Storytelling Tips & Resources
The Power of Asset Framing
The first step toward creating equitable outcomes for everyone is recognizing people as assets to their community. Learn more about this method of thinking, commonly known as “asset-framing,” by listening to Trabian Shorters share this approach in five one-minute videos.
Tags: Children & Youth Development, Social Justice & Equity, Storytelling Tips & Resources
December 28, 2022
An Accessible Makeover
Learn five ways to make your charts more accessible for people with disabilities.
Alternatives to the Clustered Bar Chart
Bar charts are often overused. Learn six other methods to convey your data in a more effective way.
How to Improve a Line Chart in Excel
Learn how to make simple edits to a line chart in Excel that will make your data easier to read.
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