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Life Skills and Creative Arts Training

01 Life Skills and Creative Arts Training · 8 edit slice
2
orgs
8
activities
1
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 2 organizations and 8 activities — YES THE ARC, SCOTTSDALE TRAINING & REHABILITATION SERVICES and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Holistic Youth Development", run by 1 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 2 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 2

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
Government
Scottsdale Kiwanis Club 1
Foundation
The Knights of Columbus 1
Corporate
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Holistic Youth Development
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who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Department of Health Services Partner
shared by 1 org
CDC Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Tempe Partner
shared by 1 org
Detour Theatre Company Partner
shared by 1 org
Division of Developmental Disabilities Partner
shared by 1 org
Rehabilitation Services Administration Partner
shared by 1 org
Scottsdale Kiwanis Club Funder
shared by 1 org
The Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Campaign Funder
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 YES THE ARC AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 SCOTTSDALE TRAINING & REHABILITATION SERVICES INC AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0