About the Local Data for Equitable Communities Program
The Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will select 30 nonprofits to each receive a $50,000 grant to use data to improve local conditions and help residents live their healthiest lives.
The program helps nonprofits use data to catalyze local action and address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place. These include housing, transportation, community safety, climate and environment, the built environment, and other local conditions. Grants are awarded annually.
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Past Grantees
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates
San Francisco, CA
Trained residents to track environmental pollution and contamination sites while building advocacy capacity around environmental justice.
Essex County Community Organization
Essex County, MA
Investigated housing security from the perspective of tenants and landlords who are immigrants to improve advocacy for housing supports.
Local Motion
Columbia, MO
Visualized walking and biking infrastructure needs to advocate for equity-focused transportation investments.