About the NNIPThe National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and local organizations that connect people with neighborhood data. We tackle challenges in education, health, housing, economic opportunity, and public safety. The NNIP Model, the partnership, and work in conjunction with affiliated organizations described below.NNIP has three main goals that drive its network activities which are conducted under the guidance of the Urban Institute and the NNIP Executive Committee.Three core functions ... make up the NNIP model and still govern what it means to be an NNIP partner today:* Build and operate an information system with recurrently updated data on neighborhood conditions across topics* Facilitate and promote the practical use data by community and government leaders in community building and local policymaking; and* Emphasize the use of information to build the capacities of institutions and residents in low-income neighborhoods. Creation of this capacity, which did not exist in any U.S. city two decades ago, represents an important technical and institutional breakthrough. The three core functions and the activities of local data intermediaries are explained in greater detail in chapter 2 of NNIP's Guide to Starting a Local Data Intermediary.National Neighborhood Indicators PartnershipNNIP_ab1f041a-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5cccUrban InstituteNNIP is supported and coordinated by the Urban Institute. All of our activities are grounded in decades of Urban's evidence-based research and expertise. Like NNIP, Urban is committed to equipping policymakers and the public with the data-driven insights they need to make smarter decisions. Through the network, NNIP partners share what they know, learn from each other, and uncover new ways to revitalize neighborhoods and improve lives...Urban Institute facilitates peer learning through in-person meetings, the NNIP website, webinars, individual referrals, technical assistance, and written and online tools and guides. Cross-site projects with NNIP partners and Urban Institute are one way the network informs local policy and contributes to national field building on specific issues. PolicymakersThe PublicLocal Data IntermediariesBegun in 1996 as a peer network of local data intermediaries, NNIP was formed by six local organizations that a saw a need for neighborhood-level data to inform local decision-making. These founding organizations believed that by democratizing information, they could give residents and community organizations a stronger voice in improving their neighborhoods...NNIP Partners are local data intermediaries - they act as mediators between data and local stakeholders - nonprofit organizations, governments, foundations, and residents. They are data translators, educators, conveners, collaborators, and voices for change. They use data to describe their communities, and they empower communities to use data in their activities, from community building, to advocacy and program planning, to policy-making. They aim to be a permanent, ongoing part of the community information system. As local data intermediaries, NNIP partners:* Assemble, transform, and maintain data* Disseminate information and apply the data to achieve impact* Use data to strengthen civic capacity and governance.G. Thomas (Tom) KingsleyG. Thomas (Tom) Kingsley directed the network from its founding until 2012. Under Tom's leadership, NNIP grew to more than 30 partners and became a space for its partners to debate ideas, share lessons, and lift up solutions. Tom passed away in 2018, but through NNIP, he left a lasting legacy that benefits urban areas across the country.NNIP Executive CommitteeThe NNIP Executive Committee is the central mechanism guiding NNIP. Six representatives from local NNIP partners and three from the Urban Institute meet monthly by phone to plan partnership activities, monitor performance under the plan, and consider ongoing activities and policies of the partnership. To the fullest extent possible, decisions are made by consensus. Local partner representatives on the Executive Committee serve three-year terms on a rotating basis, and each year, two positions are open. All partner staff are eligible for election. The candidates are announced to the full partnership and each partner city has one vote. Current Executive Committee Members:John CruzRise (St. Louis), 2018-2020 termSeema IyerBaltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore, 2017-2019 termLaura McKieranCI:Now (San Antonio), 2016-2018 termBernita SmithAtlanta Regional Commission, 2018-2020 termApril UrbanCenter on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland), 2016-2018 termNoah UrbanData Driven Detroit, 2017-2019 termKathy PettitUrban InstituteLeah HendeyUrban InstituteNNIP FundersGeneral Network Support -- The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership is thriving due to the generous support of its funders. Annie E. Casey FoundationWe would particularly like to thank The Annie E. Casey Foundation who funded the full-scale implementation of NNIP in 1996 and has provided substantial support, both financial and non-financial, for NNIP ever since.Rockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation also contributed to the early development of NNIP.John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationNNIP would also like to acknowledge the generous contributions to the partnership by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation over the past several years.NNIP Cross-Site InitiativesSeveral other funders have supported cross-site projects over the years.Microsoft TechnologyExpanding Training on Using Data and Technology to Improve Communities -- Microsoft Technology and Civic Engagement -- 2016 - 2017Civic EngagementThe Kresge FoundationTurning the Corner: Monitoring Neighborhood Change for Action -- 2016 - 2018John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationCivic Tech and Data Collaborative -- 2014 - 2018Annie E. Casey FoundationConnecting People and Place: Improving Communities through Integrated Data Systems -- 2013 - 2016Open Society FoundationsThe Effects of Foreclosures on Children and Schools -- 2009 - 2011John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationNNIP Shared Indicators System -- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; McKnight Foundation -- 2008 - 2012McKnight FoundationJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationSupport for the LISC Sustainable Communities Initiative -- 2008 - 2012Annie E. Casey FoundationSchool Readiness and Early Grade Success Initiative -- 2007 - 2010Fannie MaeAddressing the Foreclosure Crisis -- 2008 - 2009Urban Markets InitiativeDecision Support Tools to Guide Urban Land Markets -- Urban Markets Initiative, Brookings Institution, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation -- 2004 - 2008Brookings InstitutionAnnie E. Casey FoundationFannie Mae FoundationAnnie E. Casey FoundationReentry Mapping Network -- Annie E. Casey Foundation, National Institute of Justice -- 2001 - 2004National Institute of JusticeU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNeighborhoods and Health -- 2001 - 2003Rockefeller FoundationExploring Welfare-to-Work Challenges -- Rockefeller Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation -- 998Annie E. Casey FoundationNNIP Affiliated OrganizationsThe job of building the field of local information infrastructure is not one NNIP can accomplish on its own. NNIP works to catalyze a broader effort by partnering with other national organizations whose missions revolve around improving governance, program performance, and community development at the local level.KIDS COUNTAs one example, NNIP is an outreach partner for the KIDS COUNT network, a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States.Community Indicators ConsortiumWe also actively participate in the Community Indicators Consortium.Better Data. Better Decisions. Better Communities. _ab1f058c-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5cccTo connect people with neighborhood data_ab1f0654-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5cccDecisionmakingStrengthen local capacity for data-driven decisionmaking._ab1f0708-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5ccc1_ab1f07c6-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5cccExperience & LessonsInform local and national policy based on lessons from local experience._ab1f0870-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5ccc2_ab1f091a-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5cccInformation SystemsBuild national support for community information systems. _ab1f09d8-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5ccc3Communities_ab1f0a8c-86e2-11e8-87dc-c835e63a5ccc1996-12-312018-07-13https://www.neighborhoodindicators.org/about-nnip/nnip-conceptOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net