Data & Methodology
Data & Methodology
During Phase 1, Baltimore's Promise collected program data from over a dozen sources, mostly from philanthropic and public institutions. Our final dataset contained 2,086 programs that served Baltimore City youth ages 0-24 from September 2018 to September 2019.
For Opportunities Landscape 2023, we sought information about programming opportunities that served Baltimore City youth ages 0-24 during 2022. We first reached back out to organizations that provided data from Phase 1 and received updated data. Baltimore’s Promise then reached out to CLLCTIVLY and the National Center for Charitable Statistics from the Urban Institute, among others, to source additional program information.
After aggregating the collected data, Baltimore’s Promise hired two Community Outreach Representatives to contact programs to confirm programmatic information. Our team then spent several weeks cleaning and formatting data from different sources, including a robust check for duplicated programs.
Compared to Phase 1, Opportunities Landscape 2023 identified 32% more programs, with higher quality information about the programs captured. This makes this year’s report the largest and most comprehensive dataset of youth opportunities in Baltimore City.
Baltimore's Promise is grateful for receiving or sourcing data from the following institutions,
as well as hundreds of programs that directly provided data:
