A tool by the Nashville Food Project · Built with BDAIC

Where Nashville's neighbors need food — and where we can meet them.

An interactive map of food insecurity indicators across the 14-county Nashville MSA, overlaid with every NFP partner and 1,045 community organizations. Built for the staff deciding where to grow our network next.

Open the map → How the data works

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MSA Counties

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Census Tracts

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Data Indicators

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NFP Partners

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Community Orgs

Navigate

Two views, one dataset.

The map is where you explore. The methodology page is where you defend a decision in front of a board or a funder.

01 · Interactive

The Map

Toggle between census tracts and ZIP codes, layer in Census income, CDC health, and USDA food-access data, and click any area for a full demographic readout with nearby partners. Find, filter, export.

Open the map →

02 · Reference

About the Data

Source, vintage, and methodology for every layer — including the USDA LILA 2010→2020 tract crosswalk and the LLM-classified Giving Matters dataset. Read this before you cite a number.

View methodology →

What's in the box

Data sources

Five public and partner datasets, harmonized to the 14-county Nashville MSA.

Census

ACS 5-Year

Income, poverty, population · 2020–2024

CDC

PLACES

Diabetes, hypertension, obesity · 2024

USDA

Food Access Atlas

LILA designation, low-access population · 2019

CFMT

Giving Matters

1,045 nonprofits · classified by LLM