Advanced learning & strategy
for social innovation

We help visionary leaders imagine and accelerate more creative and just futures.

We are a multidisciplinary team of creators, collaborators, and educators that designs formational learning experiences.

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Collaborating, learning, and innovating across systems

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Strategy
Foresight
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Planning
Advising
data
Data Strategy
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Analytics
Visualization
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Impact Models
Landscape Analysis
Program Evaluation
Community Voice
Systems Intelligence
Research & Policy Tracking
Trends Mapping
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Work

LIIF

Mapping the Child Care Crisis in Multnomah County

Addressing Multnomah County's childcare crisis by providing comprehensive data analysis and interactive GIS tools.

Food is Medicine SC and Institute for the Advancement of Community Health at Furman University

Visualizing Food Insecurity Risk for South Carolina

Openfields developed the South Carolina Food Insecurity Risk Map to help local partners target root causes of food insecurity.

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Transforming Veteran Mental Health: Insights from the Mission 85 West Creek Summit

The West Creek Summit united stakeholders to tackle veteran mental health crises.

Missouri Foundation for Health

Addressing Suicide Prevention and Social Stigma through Systems Leadership

MFH's Firearm Suicide Prevention initiative tackled high firearm suicide rates by fostering community dialogue and dismantling stigma.

Missouri Foundation for Health

Firearm Suicide Prevention Learning Cohort

A statewide learning cohort to develop human-centered, data-driven firearm suicide prevention programs.

FUSE Corps | Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defenders Office

Racial equity data for criminal justice reform

As a FUSE Corps Innovation Partner, Openfields worked with LA APD on possibilities/plans to integrate racial data into resentencing programs

Openfields

Harnessing AI for Social Impact: Insights from the 2023 Orchard Fellowship

An AI-powered fellowship program equipped aspiring changemakers with research and communication skills to tackle social issues.

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journal

Ideas and insights from across our fields of work

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Rick Weissbourd interviewed by Grady Powell

Reimagining Loneliness

Dr. Rick Weissbourd, founder of Making Caring Common at Harvard University, argues that loneliness in America is fundamentally a public health crisis rooted not just in social isolation but in the erosion of meaning, community care, and shared responsibility.

Cordell Carter II, Esq.