Nonprofit Data Visualization: Showing Impact Instead of Just Telling It

07/05/2025 26 min Episodio 9

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Long data sets are hard to comprehend. Charts, graphs, and maps are not. That's why data visualization is a key tool for nonprofits to demonstrate impact to funders, stakeholders, and the community. In this episode, Alex Montgomery, Senior Director of Impact & Advocacy at Chinese American Service League, reveals how CASL harnessed the power of data visualization to spearhead a data-sharing effort with other organizations serving the Asian-American community. This program called Change InSight is increasing visibility for the AANHPI community to help increase funding and support for this rapidly growing demographic.Provisio Senior Data Analyst Josefine Hansen joins as well to reveal what nonprofits must do to implement data visualization for themselves.Change InSight: https://www.changeinsight.org/s/Provisio Data Management & Strategy: https://provisiopartners.com/data-management-strategyChapters: 00:00 - Introduction to Data Visualization in Nonprofits03:06 - The Impact of Data Visualization on Community Engagement11:45 - Learning from Data: Insights and Community Needs11:55 - Building a Roadmap for Data Visualization14:47 - Exploring Tableau: A Powerful Visualization Tool17:43 - Fostering Data Literacy in Nonprofit Organizations21:12 - The Ripple Effect of Data Visualization23:50 - Future Aspirations for Change Insight