Community Commons

Institute for People, Place and Possibility (IP3)

Community Commons

To spur actions and investments that lead to healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable communities…

Providing change makers with public access to meaningful data, maps, & reporting capability & featured stories/guest voices

Providing collaboratives & networks with digital tools to support collective action: data integration, shared measures, strategy and message alignment

Access to 1,000’s GIS Data layers (Free)

& Ability to Upload &

Contextualize Local Data

Education

Civic

Economic /Income

Political

Demographic

Environment

Housing

Food

Poverty

Transportation

Health

Emergency Management

Integrated Nationwide Database

Custom & “Starter” Maps

Data Reports & CHNAs

Curated Stories & Voices

Action Campaigns

Data integration, shared measurement &

shared messages

Standard & custom

Collaboration Hubs Front-facing,

publicly accessible landing page

Password-protected areas for community &

network collaboration

Investing In The Commons WK Kellogg: Building Next Generation Dashboards for the Kellogg Board & Grantees

CDC: Developed “Vulnerable Population Footprint Tool” & tools to develop stronger grant proposals

RWJF: Built Childhood Obesity GIS, Tutorial Videos and augmenting County Health Rankings (sub county estimates)

Kaiser Permanente: Built their Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), partner on Everybody Walk! And Weight of the Nation Campaigns

CDC

RWJF

WKKF

KP

United Ways

CDC

RWJF

USAID

WKKF KP

PHI

New Hub Spaces

Leveraging Shared Investments for the Common Good!

Growing A Shared Database

Generating Stories Across Networks

Innovating Together & Sharing Functionality

Co-Investing to Ensure Sustainability

Constant Innovation

Create the Conditions for A Movement!

Health Education Environment Economy Energy &

Transportation

Policy & Program Alignment

Leadership for Healthy Communities

At School At

Work

Around

Town

Before

and After

School

At the

Doctor

At

Mealtime

For Fun

Greenville, SC: Collective Action @

Catalyst & Convener On Key Health Issues

The Purveyor of Community Health Data

An Incubator or Home for New Initiatives

Investment & Policy Advisors Advisors

Steward & Sustainer of Public Health Infrastructure

LWO – 5 Pillars For Change

Exchange Information

+ Harmonize Activities

+ Share

Resources

Exchange Information

+ Harmonize

Activities

Coordinate Cooperate

Exchange Information

+ Harmonize Activities

+ Share Resources

+ Enhance Partner’s

Capacity

Collaborate

Trust, Time & Effort

Based on concepts from A. T. Himmelman “Collaboration for a Change: Definitions, Models, Roles and a Collaboration Process Guide.”

Exchange Information

Network

Partnership Continuum

Community Commons

www.communitycommons.org