It's a pleasure to be able to go to the 2004 Indicators Report, and click on the "civic health" tab. In this area, a key indicator is "(1.9) Strength of the Nonprofit Sector," which of course is a topic close to my heart. Not only am I shown bar and pie charts on nonprofit organizations in the area, but I am given an opportunity to view the original data set onscreen, or - even better - immediately download it in spreadsheet format.
Our region can do better - but our plans to do better should be based on a solid understanding of how we are doing now - and the Boston Foundation deserves a lot of credit for helping to make that possible... more »
