Each year, 16 million people in the U.S. dial 2-1-1 for help with basic needs like food and shelter or emergency services. Using 2-1-1 Counts, you’ll find a snapshot of community-specific needs displayed by ZIP code, region or call center, enabling you to easily check trends, make comparisons and share information.
CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
PLACES provides model-based, population-level analysis and community estimates of health measures to all counties, places (incorporated and census-designated places), census tracts, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) across the U.S.
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps provides county-level data, evidence, guidance, and examples to build awareness of the multiple factors that influence health and support leaders in growing community power to improve health equity.
The KIDS COUNT Data Center provides detailed information about children and families in the following areas: overall well-being, economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. State data can be viewed by state, county, cities, school district, congressional district, or by zip code.
Recovery Ecosystem Index Mapping Tool
NORC at the University of Chicago’s Recovery Ecosystem Index Mapping Tool provides local data on substance use recovery ecosystems. Community organizations, policymakers, researchers, substance use treatment providers, other decision-makers, and the general public can explore county-level maps and create data dashboards to see where additional resources are most needed to support individuals in recovery.
People who are “ALICE” (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) earn more than the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford the basics where they live. The United for ALICE research center provides county- and state-level data about the cost of household essentials and how it affects ALICE families.
Jeremiah Tree Foundation Resource Portal
The Jeremiah Tree Foundation is a nonprofit organization in West Virginia dedicated to serving and encouraging families caring for a loved one with a disability or chronic illness. The organization provides an online resource portal with information on various topics, including care partner support, advocacy, education, transition, home and community life, state programs, national resources, and traumatic brain injury.
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Health Facts site provides more than 800 up-to-date health indicators at the state level that can be mapped, ranked, and downloaded.
The National Cancer Institute’s State Cancer Profiles page provides dynamic views of cancer statistics in every state. It was developed to provide a geographic profile of cancer burden in the U.S. and reveal geographic disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, risk factors for cancer, and cancer screening, across different population subgroups.
U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts: West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio
The Census Bureau’s mission is to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Under the umbrella of the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC is a science-based, data-driven organization that works to protect the United States from health, safety, and security threats.
Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (ERS)
The mission of USDA’s Economic Research Service is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making. The ERS research and analysis covers a broad range of topics including agriculture, food and nutrition and food safety.
National Alliance to End Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization using research and data to find solutions to homelessness and working with federal, local, and community partners.
NORC at the University of Chicago
NORC at the University of Chicago is an objective, nonpartisan research organization that provides insights and analysis through its partnerships with government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world.
RAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the United States and the world safer and more secure, healthier, and more prosperous. RAND’s research and analysis address issues that impact people on a variety of topics including security, health, education, sustainability, growth, and development.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
Foundant Technologies – Foundant for Nonprofits
Foundant Technologies offers Nonprofit Core, which manages fundraising, accounting, CRM, and reporting in a cloud-based software solution.
GrantStation.com, Inc. offers nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies the opportunity to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects as well as resources to mentor these organizations through the grant seeking process.
TechSoup provides eligible nonprofit organizations with donated or discounted software, hardware, and services. TechSoup’s catalog includes more than 375 products from over 100 companies including Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, and Intuit.
Canva is an online design and visual communication platform that enables the creation of high-impact marketing materials and social media graphics with versions available to nonprofits at no cost.
Bonterra helps small nonprofits cultivate donor relationships and advance their missions with fundraising software, personal coaching, and online resources.
Candid/GuideStar provides comprehensive data and insights about nonprofit organizations. GuideStar provides searchable IRS Forms 990 for nonprofits, public charities, and private foundations.
Volgistics offers a comprehensive online tool for the management of volunteer programs.
SignUpGenius offers a comprehensive online tool for events and volunteer management programs.
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development partnership entity of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 423 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Under the umbrella of the Department of Health and Human Services, the CDC is a science-based, data-driven organization that works to protect the Unted States from health, safety, and security threats.
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
HRSA works to provide equitable health care to the nation’s highest-need communities by supporting people with low incomes, people with HIV, pregnant people, children, parents, rural communities, transplant patients, and the health workforce.
National Alliance to end Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization using research and data to find solutions to homelessness and working with federal, local, and community partners.
Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (ERS)
The mission of USDA’s Economic Research Service is to anticipate trends and emerging issues in agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America and to conduct high-quality, objective economic research to inform and enhance public and private decision making. The ERS research and analysis covers a broad range of topics including agriculture, food and nutrition and food safety.
The Secretary of State provides a variety of services that support citizens and business entities in the Commonwealth including registering corporations and limited liability companies, both profit and nonprofit, issuing certificates of incorporation for the creation of all domestic corporations and out-of-state corporations to transact business in Kentucky.
The Secretary of State provides a variety of services including registering corporations and limited liability companies, both profit and nonprofit, issuing certificates of incorporation for the creation of all domestic corporations and out-of-state corporations to transact business in Ohio. The Secretary of State also serves as Ohio’s chief charitable oversight office.
West Virginia Secretary of State (SOS)
The SOS provides a variety of services including registering corporations and limited liability companies, both profit and nonprofit, issuing certificates of incorporation for the creation of all domestic corporations and certificates of authority to foreign corporations to transact business in West Virginia. The SOS also serves as West Virginia’s chief charitable oversight office.
Internal Revenue Services (IRS) – Charities and Nonprofits
This section of the IRS website provides tax information, tools, and resources for charities and other tax-exempt organizations.
Volunteer West Virginia, State’s Commission for National and Community Service, is the lead agency for volunteerism and AmeriCorps in West Virginia. It provides information regarding volunteerism, national and community service, and offers a variety of training workshops for nonprofit organizations.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
Help and Hope WV provides substance use disorder resources.
The West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy
The Office of Drug Control Policy provides information on a variety of substance use disorder resources across the state.
Kentucky Nonprofit Network (KNN)
KNN works to strengthen and advance Kentucky’s nonprofit organizations through quality education, sharing of best practices and resources, time and money-saving member benefits, and a unified public policy voice.
Kentucky Rural Health Association
The Kentucky Rural Health Association (KRHA) educates providers and consumers on rural health issues and advocates actions by private and public leaders to assure equitable access to health care for rural Kentuckians.
Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO)
OANO provides leadership, education, and advocacy to enhance the capacity of Ohio’s nonprofit organizations to serve their communities.
The mission of the association is to enhance the health and well-being of the state’s rural citizens and communities. Through the combined efforts of individuals, organizations, professionals, and community leaders, the association is a collective voice for rural health issues and a conduit for information and resources.
West Virginia Nonprofit Association
The WVNPA seeks to strengthen nonprofit organizations individually and the sector as a whole, catalyzing innovation, fostering a collective voice of its members, and increasing the reputation and influence of the nonprofit sector in West Virginia.
West Virginia Rural Health Association
WV Rural Health Association advocates for the advancement of excellent health care for all West Virginians.
National Council of Nonprofits
The National Council of Nonprofits provides nonprofit organizations with the tools, research, and resources needed to operate more effectively, efficiently, and ethically.
National Rural Health Association
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization that provides leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, and research.
Bernard McDonought Foundation accepts requests from nonprofits that help meet the basic human needs of residents throughout West Virginia and in Washington County, Ohio.
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation accepts requests from nonprofits in West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania with focus areas that include education, economic development, community development, and health and human services.
Foundation for the Tri-State Community
Foundation for the Tri-State Community supports community needs by facilitating projects and administering endowments that support the charitable organizations serving the Tri-State area of eastern Kentucky, southwestern West Virginia, and southern Ohio.
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism whose mission is to serve as a nonpartisan source of information for policymakers, the media, the health policy community, and the public. KFF offers more than 800 current health indicators at the state level available for download.
Logan Healthcare Foundation accepts requests that support or create physical and mental health programs, improve living conditions, and promote the adoption of health policies to address the unmet needs of residents in Logan, Boone, Lincoln, Mingo, and Wyoming counties in southern West Virginia.
Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon
A “sister” foundation to the Pallottine Foundation of Huntington, the Pallottine Foundation of Buckhannon provides health-related support for nonprofits serving Barbour, Lewis, Randolph, Upshur, and Webster counties in West Virginia.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a national grantmaking foundation dedicated to building a culture of health in the United States that provides a fair and just opportunity for health and wellbeing for everyone.
Sisters Health Foundation accepts requests from nonprofits in Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, Wood in West Virginia, and Athens, Meigs, Washington in Ohio that advance Healthy Eating, Active Living; Thriving Neighborhoods; or Mental Health and Addiction.
Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation accepts requests from nonprofits throughout West Virginia that serve children and their families. Focus areas include primary prevention efforts (interventions to prevent adverse physical or mental health outcomes for whole populations or particular groups) and secondary prevention efforts (early detection and supports for those at a higher risk for adverse physical or mental health outcomes).
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (TGKVF)
TGKVF helps individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits improve lives within Kanawha, Putnam, Boone, Clay, Lincoln, and Fayette counties, and assists donor in creating charitable funds that provide grant funding to nonprofits meeting community needs.
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