The Stewardship Mapping Project (STEW-MAP): National Stewardship Map

Welcome to the National Stewardship Map

Explore the Landscape of Civic Stewardship Across the United States

The STEW-MAP national stewardship map is an innovative interactive tool designed to map the office locations of nonprofit organizations engaged in community stewardship across the United States and its territories. By combining publicly available IRS 990 data and survey results from the U.S. Forest Service's Stewardship Mapping & Assessment Project (STEW-MAP), this tool provides a dynamic view of some of the civic efforts shaping our communities.

What can you do with the National Stewardship Map?

The national stewardship map is not just a map—it's a resource for exploration, discovery, and collaboration. Here’s how you can interact with the tool:

• Explore Stewardship Organizations: Browse over 129,000 mapped nonprofit office locations, complete with details such as organization names, focus areas, addresses, and websites.
• Update and Add Data: Suggest edits to existing records or create new entries for organizations not currently included on the map. Your contributions will be reviewed by the STEW-MAP Live team for inclusion in future updates.
• Visualize and Analyze Data: Use the tool to better understand the distribution of civic stewardship across regions, helping researchers, planners, and community members alike.

Civic stewardship—caring for our shared spaces—is vital for thriving communities and ecosystems. This national map builds on the U.S. Forest Service’s longstanding research framework, STEW-MAP, which asks: Who takes care of their community?

Traditional STEW-MAP surveys provide detailed snapshots of stewardship activities in specific regions at specific times. STEW-MAP Live expands this work by visualizing data from IRS records alongside survey results, offering a broader and evolving picture of stewardship organizations across the country.

Data Sources and Features

The STEW-MAP National Stewardship dataset is a blend of two major sources:

1. IRS 990 Data: Publicly available data from tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, geocoded and filtered to focus on stewardship activities.
2. STEW-MAP Surveys: Place-based surveys conducted in cities such as New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Seattle, capturing localized stewardship efforts.

Each mapped location includes rich attribute data such as:

• Organization Name
• Focus Area
• Address Information (Street, City, State, ZIP Code)
• Website

Join the STEW-MAP Community

Whether you're a researcher, nonprofit professional, planner, or simply curious about stewardship in your community, the STEW-MAP National Map invites you to explore, contribute, and connect. Dive into the map, discover new organizations, and help us build a dynamic resource for understanding and strengthening civic stewardship across the nation.

Click here to view the map.