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Annual report season is upon us ! Ditch your boring static PDF and wow your donors with an interactive impact report 🗺️
Who Drew the Line?
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The Nonprofit GIS Lab: How-to link a Google Sheet to ArcGIS Online for live updates
A simple way to create live-updating maps with Google Sheets and ArcGIS. This guide helps nonprofits build and maintain point layer maps.
Charles Grosperrin
Mar 204 min read
Bridging the Gap Between Small Nonprofits and Complex GIS
We helped Mazí Housing leverage GIS at low costs by creating a live asylum seekers services map that they can maintain easily on their own.
Charles Grosperrin
Mar 133 min read
Spatial Storytelling: the Case for GIS in Nonprofit Fundraising
Nonprofits need better tools for fundraising. We are convinced of the power of GIS to craft better stories and drive donations.
Charles Grosperrin
Feb 124 min read
Interactive Annual Reports: Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project
The Shanti Bhavan School has a unique transformative model worth sharing far & wide. Discover their work in their Interactive Annual Report!
Charles Grosperrin
Jan 222 min read
2024 in Maps & Milestones 🗺️
As we celebrate a second year filled with maps and impact, we start 2025 with gratitude and a renewed sense of urgency.
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Jan 162 min read
Collaborative Real-time Maps: New Tools for Activism
Nonprofits can and should use real time mapping technology to gain feedback from partners, collaborators and community members.
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Jul 9, 20243 min read
Interactive Asset Mapping: A New Standard for Education Equity
Asset mapping is a powerful tool for school district administrators & education advocates who want to equalize resources among their schools
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Jun 26, 20243 min read
How a forward-thinking BID leverages geospatial intelligence
We worked with Sunnyside Shines BID to develop a granular intelligence platform to visualize various public dataset and help the BID thrive.
Charles Grosperrin
May 21, 20243 min read
A Decade of New York's Opt-Out Movement
2024 is marking the 10th year of the Opt Out movement, that has seen thousands of 3-8 grades students refusing to take state imposed tests.
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Apr 25, 20248 min read
The Interactive Impact Tour : a fundraising "gamechanger"
A case study on Partnership with Children’s Interactive Impact Tour At North Arrow we are convinced that it is much more powerful to show...
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Feb 20, 20242 min read
Using mapping to simplify the legislative boundaries maze
Maps are great tools for organizers to make sense of complex administrative geographies. A case study with Carroll Gardens Association.
Charles Grosperrin
Jan 31, 20243 min read
It's 2024, and we're 1 year old!
We want to thank everyone who has been part of 2023, which was an incredible first year for North Arrow.
Charles Grosperrin
Jan 3, 20242 min read
A New Map for Tackling New York’s Affordable Housing Crisis
We collaborated with ERASE Racism to build the Affordable and Inclusive Housing Tool, designed to empower affordable housing advocacy
Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Mapping the Real Climate Killers
Large-scale fossil fuel projects are the real climate killers. Browse them on a comprehensive dashboard and learn how to act.
Charles Grosperrin
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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