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01 Public Accountability Reporting & Forums · 14 edit slice
3
orgs
14
activities
1
strategies
CA
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 3 organizations and 14 activities — TRI-COUNTIES ASSOCIATION FOR THE, REDWOOD COAST DEVELOPMENTAL, VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER and others. Activity concentrates in California (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Performance-Based Contracting", run by 1 orgs.
TRI-COUNTIES ASSOCIATION FOR THE and REDWOOD COAST DEVELOPMENTAL hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
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
California 100% · 3 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 3

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
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.

California Department of Developmental Services 2
Government
California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) 1
Government
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
Performance-Based Contracting
1
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.

California Department of Developmental Services Government
shared by 3 orgs
Department of Developmental Services Government
shared by 3 orgs
State Council on Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 2 orgs
Association of Regional Center Agencies (ARCA) Network
shared by 1 org
Association of Regional Centers (ARCA) Network
shared by 1 org
Association of Regional Centers Agencies Coalition
shared by 1 org
Brilliant Corners Partner
shared by 1 org
Client Advisory Committee Partner
shared by 1 org
Community Medical Center Partner
shared by 1 org
DDS Government
shared by 1 org
Department of Developmental Services (DDS) Government
shared by 1 org
Disability Rights California Partner
shared by 1 org
First 5 Humboldt Partner
shared by 1 org
First 5 Laytonville Partner
shared by 1 org
First 5 Redway Partner
shared by 1 org
HCBS Government
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 TRI-COUNTIES ASSOCIATION FOR THE CA · 10 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 REDWOOD COAST DEVELOPMENTAL CA · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 VALLEY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CENTER INC CA · 1 · shares w/ 0
scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

33
Partner organizations
from 2 orgs