June 2022 Updates

State of the Nonprofit Sector

Lantz McGinnis-Brown, McAllister Hall

This month, IPI finished a project for the Idaho Nonprofit Center. IPI worked with Qualtrics to survey 582 Idaho residents about their trust in the nonprofit sector and their feelings about charitable giving. Trust in the nonprofit sector grew compared to previous surveys, with a total of 82% trusting nonprofits “somewhat” or “a great deal.” Most respondents also feel that nonprofits are either somewhat or extremely effective (75%). Respondents are most motivated to support nonprofits when the organization supports an issue they care about, they trust the organization to do what is right, and are personally familiar with the organization. The results from the survey will be included in the Nonprofit Center’s State of the Sector report.

Community Health Needs Assessment

Lantz McGinnis-Brown, Vanessa Fry, Aisha Kayed, McAllister Hall, Taylor Neher

This spring, IPI signed three separate contracts with Treasure Valley United Way, St. Luke’s Medical System, and St. Alphonsus Medical System to assist in writing the Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) for the Treasure Valley, counties in Southern Idaho, and counties in Eastern Oregon. This month, IPI finished drafting surveys and focus group and interview protocols for data collection. Members of the team also conducted trainings for community members planning to facilitate focus groups and interviews. For the next three months, project partners and community volunteers will work to gather information from community members, IPI will then use the data to begin drafting the CHNAs.

County Form of Government

Cheong Kim, Vanessa Fry, Matthew May

This project examines how county government form (commission form, council-elected executive form, council-manager form) makes a difference in fiscal performance. Multi-year data is obtained from ICMA’s County Form of Government Surveys. Survey data for each year has been cleaned to facilitate merging them into a single panel dataset for analysis.

HUD Eviction Protection Grant Program

Ben Larsen, Lantz McGinnis-Brown, McAllister Hall, Vanessa Fry

IPI does data management for the HUD Eviction Protection Grant Program in partnership with Idaho Legal Aid Services and other partners across Idaho, Montana, and Utah. The program provides low-income households with free eviction legal services and representation. This month the team completed data visualizations for the first-quarter program data. These visualizations will help program staff see the overall impact of their work and evaluate the program overall.

Transfer of Development Rights White Paper

Matthew May, Aisha Kayed, Lantz McGinnis-Brown, Ben Larsen

IPI is writing a white paper outlining key takeaways from research on TDRs and considerations for establishing a TDR program in Canyon County. The research team will gather data mostly focused on surrounding partner cities and national best practices, as well as provision for TDRs in Idaho statute. This month the team reached out to planning and zoning administrators across Idaho and the Mountain West to get example ordinances and documents, as well as learn about best practices in established TDR programs.

2021 Eviction Study

McAllister Hall, Ben Larsen, Lantz McGinnis-Brown

IPI has continued collecting all eviction case data in Idaho for the third year. All eviction data for 2021 is now available on IPI’s website, including county level data. The team is creating an infographic which is set for release in July. Our results show there was an 11% increase in eviction filings from 2020 to 2021. However, there was a 1.7% decrease in formal evictions during that time. Roughly 1% of Idaho’s renting households had an eviction filing in 2021.