ABOUT US

PolicyMap empowers organizations with unparalleled access to comprehensive mapping and data analytics tools. Our services are built for non-GIS professionals, data-literate researchers, and everyone in between. Our data warehouse contains 75,000+ geographic indicators across demographics, housing, economic conditions, infrastructure, education, environment, health, and social determinants of health from more than 170 public and proprietary sources. Our data is available via our SaaS mapping platform, embedded mapping options, or a data license. With PolicyMap, users can create custom maps in seconds, layer multiple indicators, upload and download data, publish and share maps, build dashboards, and generate reports. 

OUR MISSION 

Our mission is to bridge the gap between data and action. 

We make it our job to curate, standardize, and transform data from across hundreds of siloed public sources. We supplement that data with indicators licensed from third-party providers or created by ourselves. Our mission is to empower industries—ranging from housing and housing finance to health and academia—with clean, normalized spatial data for smarter decision-making. Whether developing policy, planning community initiatives, conducting research, allocating capital, targeting health interventions, or strategizing for business growth, PolicyMap provides the tools required to turn data into meaningful action.

FOUNDING STORY 

In 2007, PolicyMap began as a small division of Reinvestment Fund, a Philadelphia-based Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). While Reinvestment Fund uses capital to drive impact, PolicyMap uses data.

From the start, we knew policymakers needed reliable data for smart decisions. And that interpreting geographic data on maps was crucial to developing solutions to our most intractable issues. So we built an intuitive, web-based tool for leaders, policymakers, business professionals, and researchers to visualize and understand communities across the US—no technical skills required.

Today, PolicyMap is used by more than 1,000 companies and organizations across academic, banking and lending, government, health, nonprofit, library, real estate, and retail industries. ​​In December 2023, PolicyMap leadership announced the close of a $3 million Series A financing round, led by existing investor Reinvestment Fund and joined by Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Spring Point Partners, PolicyMap Board Members, Employees, and friends and family.