You know whatpoverty looks like.Do you know what'sactually changing it?
You've built the programs. The research that tells you what's actually working has never existed — until now.
Tracking what actually works — so you stop guessing.
Barna has conducted 2M+ interviews since 1984. Research partners include:
"The peers in this Co-Op are a core part of what you're investing in. The research is better because they shape it."
Hunger and homelessness are bigger than any one mission can solve alone.
Every night, hundreds of thousands of Americans go without a bed or a meal. Every day, your team makes decisions about how to help them — and most of those decisions are made on instinct, not evidence.
We don't want you to guess. Together, pooling what we know and what we can learn, we're stronger than any single organization working alone.
Americans experience homelessness on any given night — and the number is rising.
Together, we can finally see what works — and scale it.
Organizations with data will lead. The rest will fall behind.
Three pressures. One evidence base underneath all of them.
We're treating symptoms, not roots.
Most programs respond to crisis. Shared research helps the whole field see what actually moves people toward lasting stability.
Churches are ready to partner — and don't know how.
America's most distributed network of community presence wants to help. Research shows you how to plug them in.
Your donors are asking for evidence.
The next generation of givers funds outcomes, not stories. Bring data — or watch them go elsewhere.
Built by a cohort, not one big check.
Pooling resources means better research, broader traction, and a manageable commitment for everyone.
- Field PartnersMasterworks · RMA · Practitioner-led design
- Dual Co-Op MembersBoth research tracks · $12,000 each
- Single Co-Op MembersHunger & Homelessness · $7,000 each
- Shared OutcomeNational research · the field can use
You help shape the questions — so the findings fit your work.
Field-wide distribution from day one.
No one carries the whole investment.
Twelve months from now, you could be the organization that knew.
National data you helped shape. A cohort of peers who faced the same questions. A clear picture of what actually changes poverty — and what doesn't.
Walk in with Barna's national data. 'How do you know this works?' finally has an answer.
Brief funders with findings that didn't exist last year — research even skeptical donors respect.
Build interventions on what's actually working nationally — not what felt right three years ago.
A year of original stats and story angles to publish under your name.
Hand willing churches a research-backed framework that turns intent into impact.
Be the organization that saw the shift coming — and helped shape the data behind it.
From joining to leading your field with evidence.
Join and shape the questions
Your field experience shapes what gets studied — and what the findings actually say.
Learn alongside peer leaders
Quarterly roundtables with Barna researchers and peers. Findings in real time, before public release.
Lead your field with evidence
Walk into your next board meeting with national data. Answer the hard questions with proof.
You bring the field knowledge. We handle the research. Together we build what none of us could alone.
The peers in this Co-Op are a core part of what you're investing in. The research is better because they shape it.
We finally had national data behind what we were seeing on the ground every day. It changed how we talked to our board and our donors.
One initiative or both. Either way, you're leading with data.
Hunger & Homelessness
- ●Lived realities behind poverty
- ●Root causes of instability
- ●Church and mission partnership models
- ●Pathways to flourishing
Anti-Trafficking
- ●Awareness and public understanding
- ●Church readiness and barriers
- ●Survivor-centered restoration
- ●Donor confidence and messaging
One membership · full access to both research streams · cross-domain insight sessions.
Research built to use — not file away.
Exclusive Data Report
Barna's complete national findings, with interpretation guides built for organizations like yours.
A Cohort Solving the Same Problem
A community of leaders working on the same issues you are — sharing what's working, what isn't, and what to try next.
Learning Roundtables
Virtual sessions with peer leaders and Barna researchers. Conversations, not lectures.
Named Partner Status
Recognition as a contributing partner in a Barna-led national initiative.
What leaders ask before they join.
Rescue missions, churches, hunger ministries, and service organizations — curated with Masterworks and RMA.
Design sessions, quarterly roundtables, early access to findings, the full data report, a community of peers solving the same problem, and named partner recognition.
Yes. Membership covers your organization. Most members send 2–3 people across sessions.
Members get the full dataset and the right to use it. A summary may go public later; the data stays with members.
One decision. Twelve months of evidence. A field that finally has answers.
Pool resources, shape the questions, and walk away with the research that's never existed — and a cohort of peers who get the work.
Two ways to join: Hunger & Homelessness ($7K), or pair it with Anti-Trafficking for $12K total — save $2,000.