November 17, 2022. Developed by Catalyst California.
The following is a brief analysis of the power-building organizations in Los Angeles County against the BIPOC youth in poverty to identify opportunities and overlaps for the Bold Vision power-building grant program.
The first interactive map visualizes 178 power-building organizations across the county by their budget size. Note that the organizations location is of their headquarters and does not indicate the entire range that they cover. Additionally, this map shows data by Census PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas) to showcase the variation of BIPOC youth in poverty across Los Angeles. The darker areas represent a higher density of BIPOC youth in that area living below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line.
The second interactive map calculates the rate of power-building organizations per 10,000 BIPOC youth living below 200% of the FPL in that area. The lighter shade indicates a less than favorable ratio for the number of power-building organizations per youth living in poverty while the darker shade indicates that there are potentially more power-building organizations for the number of youth. Note that the effectiveness of a power-building organization is not measured in this analysis, just the availability to this type of organization in the region. Additionally, because the data only include headquarter locations and not the entire area each organization covers, the map may underestimate power-building organizations in regions that are serviced by organizations located elsewhere.
Each map is interactive, to find out more about a specifics area, feel free to click on the object to learn more information.
KEY FINDINGS
Only 1 organization is shown in the entire Antelope Valley region, in Palmdale, and it is a relatively small organization. This indicates a high percentage of BIPOC youth living below the 200% Federal Poverty Line with unmet needs in Lancaster and Palmdale. The data show a potential opportunity to increase power-building resources here.
The majority of power-building organizations are clustered in Central Los Angeles County, including areas adjacent to Downtown LA. The area also has some of the highest percentages of BIPOC youth living in poverty, this raises the question of how well-equipped organizations in this area are to serve some of the most vulnerable populations and the effectiveness of their work. Some of these organizations may also be headquartered in the area but serve other regions in the county.
South El Monte and Central San Fernando Valley (Van Nuys, North Sherman Oaks, Panaroma City) are two areas that show a very high percentage of BIPOC youth living in poverty and only a few power-building organizations in both regions. Additionally, the organizations present do not have a large budget to serve these potentially high demand areas.
KEY FINDINGS
In most regions of LA County there are relatively few power-building organizations for the number of BIPOC youth in poverty with the majority (up to 75% of areas) having fewer than 2 organizations per 10K youth in poverty. There is a need for investing in power-building capacity across the county for low-income youth of color, but some areas stand out.
Reflective of the finding in the first map, we see that the Antelope Valley presents an extremely disproportionate ratio of power-building organizations to the number of BIPOC youth in poverty. This region is potentially an area that needs an increase in power-building organizations to tap into the capacity of BIPOC youth.
The Southern and Southeast regions of the county show a greater need for power-building organizations. South Central and Watts have less than 2 organizations per 10K BIPOC youth in poverty though they are closer to the cluster of organizations near Downtown. Huntington Park, Bell, South Gate, Compton, and San Pedro have even lower numbers per their number of BIPOC youth with less than 1 organization per 10K BIPOC youth.
Aligning with the first map, the regions of South El Monte and Central San Fernando Valley do showcase that over 60% of the BIPOC youth are living below 200% of the FPL and there’s only an average of 0.4 organizations per 10,000 BIPOC youth in poverty in both of these PUMA regions.
The far West Coastal and Central regions of Los Angeles County (Calabasas, Malibu, Mid-Wilshire, etc.) show the highest ratios of power-building organizations per BIPOC youth in poverty. Similarly, the region far East of Los Angeles County (Glendora, Claremont, etc.) show a more positive ratio for potentially a sufficient number of power-building organization per BIPOC youth in poverty.
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