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Mapping Black California developed a map visualizing Black-Led Organization (BLO) giving patterns in Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) territories from 2019 – 2020.
Methods and Sources
Methodology:
A visualized representation of the Southern California Gas Company’s commitment to increasing grantmaking to Black communities impacted by COVID-19 via Black-Led Organizations in SoCalGas territories across Southern California. Utilizing giving data provided by the Southern California Gas Company, we compiled listings on Black Led and Black Guided organizations within the Company’s Central and Southern California service territories. Using standard databasing methods we sorted, tagged and enriched location information for each organization by purpose and existing grant history.
Map layers reflect Black Population Areas, SoCalGas Service Territories, and community risk for lasting COVID-19 impact on metric categories grouped by Health, Education, Housing, Employment, Demographics, Industry, Mobility and Community. We first calculate the percentage and rate estimates for each indicator and then assign County percentile scores based on how they rank from highest to lowest for each indicator. Each County is then given component scores by averaging indicator percentiles within each component and ranking these averages from highest to lowest to calculate percentile scores. Then we average the component percentile scores, and the percentile of that average is the color weighted percentile score. The use of percentile scores and components to create a single composite index closely relates to the CalEnviroScreen 3.0 methodology. Individual impact scores have been assigned based on pre-covid socio-economic indicators and can be viewed overall or categorically. Please note, this map layer displays potential for community impact; outcomes are highly dependent on external factors such as intervention by governing bodies, nonprofits, or community organizers.
External Sources:
Esri, California Department of Health, US News and World Report, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic Policy Institute, Healthy Places Index, LA Times, NY Times, Various County/City Level Government Publications.
This visualization includes additional incremental giving in response to increased awareness and calls for additional, targeted support of Black communities following global Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020. In addition to visualizing grant amounts, locations, and program areas, the map also reflects the impact potential for increased giving per county in SoCalGas territories tallied from a score of COVID-19 risk indicators.
Recommendations were made by assessing risk in each county per category then, drawing connections between risk and available BLO’s impacting targeted community. MBC recommended focusing on programmatic areas addressing homelessness, health, and workforce based upon data visualization trends.
