Sources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping Software
February 6, 2003 | Read Time: 2 minutes
CommEn Space. Provides assistance to environmental and local activist groups in the
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Pacific Northwest on the use of mapping in their work. Contact: 1305 Fourth Avenue, Suite 303, Seattle, Wash. 98101; (206) 749-0112; fax (206) 749-0112; info@commenspace.org; http://www.commenspace.org.
Community Mapping Assistance Project. Part of the New York Public Interest Research Group, the project provides mapping services to nonprofit organizations in and around the city. Contact: 9 Murray Street, Third Floor, New York, N.Y. 10007; (212) 349-6460; fax (212) 349-1366; cmap@nypirg.org; http://www.cmap.nypirg.org.
Conservation Technology Support Program. Sponsored by the Hewlett-Packard Company and Environmental Systems Research Institute, a software company that produces geographic information systems software, the program awards grants of hardware, GIS software, and training to environmental organizations. For the past year, the program has been reviewing its grant making and has not made any awards, but it is scheduled to announce its new giving guidelines later this year. Contact: ctsp@ctsp.org; http://www.ctsp.org.
GreenInfo Network. Helps public-health, social-service, and environmental groups in California use geographic information systems to create maps and analyze data. Contact: 116 New Montgomery, Suite 738, San Francisco, Calif. 94105; (415) 979-0343; fax (415) 979-0371; info@greeninfo.org; http://www.greeninfo.org.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation and PolicyLink. Have published a report, “Mapping for Change: Using Geographic Information Systems for Community Development,” which is available online at http://www.liscnet.org/resources/2002/12/information_991.shtml. Free registration is required to gain access to the report. Additional information about the mapping efforts profiled in the report is available in another publication on PolicyLink’s Web site called, “What is Community Mapping?” It is available at http://www.policylink.org/EquitableDevelopment/content/tools/32/33-1.asp.
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. A collaboration between the Urban Institute and organizations in 19 cities that have built advanced information systems that integrate data on neighborhood conditions, such as education, health, housing, and poverty. Members of the partnership help local nonprofit groups, community organizers, and government agencies make use of the data in their work, often in the form of maps. Contact: 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037; (202) 833-7200; nnip@ui.urban.org; http://www.urban.org.
