In the Digital Age, the ability to successfully gather, analyze, use and communicate data is necessary for nonprofit organizations of all sizes. This is particularly the case for communitybased organizations working on social determinants of health close to home. They need to use and communicate data to:
– Meet funders’ reporting requirements
– inform local policymakers of community concerns
– Raise individual awareness
– Change health behaviors.
Data is important as a potential motor of change within the community itself, since it can contribute to creating a culture of health and empowerment.
As a trusted ally and convener for Latino-led and Latino-serving nonprofits, Hispanics in Philanthropy is a natural partner for building community-based organizations’ capacity to collect, analyze and report out on data they generate through their direct services, outreach and advocacy. To this end, HIP developed, created, and piloted a tool that promotes use of data in decision-making and communications. This new tool, the HIP Social Determinants of Health – Capacity Building Data Tool, helps organizations assess their own ability to collect, analyze, and share data.
The general purpose and nature of this tool is to allow nonprofits to evaluate their current capacity levels in data collection and communications to a diversity of internal and external stakeholders. The tool also provides accessible resources for nonprofits to access to address key areas of opportunity. Repeated use of the tool will allow nonprofits to track their institutional development in a, measurable way.
HIP worked with 15 Latino-led and Latino-serving grassroots nonprofits in California, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico, to pilot and validate this tool.
Benchmarking of Data Capacity Assessment Tools
In the Digital Age, the ability to successfully gather, analyze, use and communicate data is necessary for nonprofit organizations of all sizes. This is particularly the case for community based organizations working on social determinants of health close to home. They need to use and communicate data to:
- Meet funders’ reporting requirements
- inform local policymakers of community concerns
- Raise individual awareness
- Change health behaviors.
Data is important as a potential motor of change within the community itself, since it can contribute to creating a culture of health and empowerment.
As a trusted ally and convener for Latino-led and Latino-serving nonprofits, Hispanics in Philanthropy is a natural partner for building community-based organizations’ capacity to collect, analyze and report out on data they generate through their direct services, outreach and advocacy. To this end, HIP developed, created, and piloted a tool that promotes use of data in decision-making and communications. This new tool, the HIP Social Determinants of Health – Capacity Building Data Tool, helps organizations assess their own ability to collect, analyze, and share data.
The general purpose and nature of this tool is to allow nonprofits to evaluate their current capacity levels in data collection and communications to a diversity of internal and external stakeholders. The tool also provides accessible resources for nonprofits to access to address key areas of opportunity. Repeated use of the tool will allow nonprofits to track their institutional development in a, measurable way.
HIP worked with 15 Latino-led and Latino-serving grassroots nonprofits in California, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico, to pilot and validate this tool.