Our products and services help social change organizations use data and research to advance their missions.
We support partners throughout all stages of their work: informing strategy development, providing real-time decision-making support to current projects, and monitoring community change over time.
We develop and maintain web-based technology tools, like our flagship tool Community Facts, that provide free data and analysis about social issues.
View allExplore neighborhood-level data about the health and well-being of the metro Denver region.
Learn about the existing landscape of metro Denver early care and education providers.
Understand and visualize the connections between socio-economic challenges in the region.
Compare community needs based on resident demographics and neighborhood conditions.
Only a handful of urban areas across the country have anything like Community Facts. It presents data going down to the neighborhood level in a simple and understandable manner, and its flexibility and adaptability place it at the highest level of best practice in this field nationally.
We conduct research and analysis to better understand the challenges facing the Denver metro region, then we make the findings available through reports and digital information tools.
Evaluating the factors contributing to housing unaffordability.
Access objective analysis on community issues.
Inform decisions related to policy and social sector initiatives.
As a small organization, it is not feasible for Housing Colorado to staff an internal research arm on affordable housing policy, so we look to partners like Shift to work cooperatively with us.
By providing data and analysis on how socioeconomic shifts and social issues are impacting neighborhoods, our partners can develop data-driven solutions that create impact at the local level.
Examining how school enrollment in Denver is projected to change in the next five years.
Understanding the West Colfax neighborhood's need for services.
Monitor community-level change to determine the efficacy and impact of strategic investments, programs or initiatives.
Expand or shift direct service and program delivery based on community need.
Shift’s research into Colorado’s youngest children living in the region represents a first-in-the-state analysis of their needs and some of the resources available to address those needs. By combining population-level data with geographic context, Shift is prompting parents, advocates and policymakers to think differently about how we connect children with opportunities.
As a service to the metro Denver community, we provide technical assistance that builds the capacity of the social sector to use data for decision-making. In addition, we provide opportunities for the data community to make connections and build their skills.
Helping a Denver-based community of public charter schools understand future student enrollment.
Increase your organization’s ability to easily and effectively use data.
Champion data-driven decision making in the social sector.
The Data for Change Network, both through Mile High Data Day and their other fun events, has helped me solve problems related to my own data challenges. Through the network, I have also developed supportive relationships with go-to people I can ask for assistance, which has been invaluable.
We develop and maintain web-based technology tools that provide free data and analysis about social issues.
View allExplore neighborhood-level data about the health and well-being of the metro Denver region.
Learn about the existing landscape of metro Denver early care and education providers.
Understand and visualize the connections between socio-economic challenges in the region.
Compare community needs based on resident demographics and neighborhood conditions.
Only a handful of urban areas across the country have anything like Community Facts. It presents data going down to the neighborhood level in a simple and understandable manner, and its flexibility and adaptability place it at the highest level of best practice in this field nationally.
We conduct research and analysis to better understand the challenges facing the Denver metro region, then we make the findings available through reports and digital information tools.
Evaluating the factors contributing to housing unaffordability.
Access objective analysis on community issues.
Inform decisions related to policy and social sector initiatives.
As a small organization, it is not feasible for Housing Colorado to staff an internal research arm on affordable housing policy, so we look to partners like Shift to work cooperatively with us.
We monitor community-level change so that organizations better understand the regional and social context of their work. By providing data and analysis on how socioeconomic shifts and social issues are impacting neighborhoods, Shift develops data-driven solutions that create impact at the local level.
Examining how school enrollment in Denver is projected to change in the next five years.
Understanding the West Colfax neighborhood's need for services.
Monitor community-level change to determine the efficacy and impact of strategic investments, programs or initiatives.
Expand or shift direct service and program delivery based on community need.
Shift’s research into Colorado’s youngest children living in the region represents a first-in-the-state analysis of their needs and some of the resources available to address those needs. By combining population-level data with geographic context, Shift is prompting parents, advocates and policymakers to think differently about how we connect children with opportunities.
As a service to the metro Denver community, we provide technical assistance that builds the capacity of the social sector to use data for decision-making. In addition, we are stewards of the Data for Change Network.
Helping a Denver-based community of public charter schools understand future student enrollment.
Increase your organization’s ability to easily and effectively use data.
Champion data-driven decision making in the social sector.
The Data for Change Network, both through Mile High Data Day and their other fun events, has helped me solve problems related to my own data challenges. Through the network, I have also developed supportive relationships with go-to people I can ask for assistance, which has been invaluable.
Shift partners with social change organizations that are interested in using data to better serve their communities.
Is your work focused on one of our issue areas? Let’s chat to see how we can help.