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Scholarships & Educational Financial Aid

01 Scholarships & Educational Financial Aid · 1,090 edit slice
418
orgs
1,113
activities
106
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 418 organizations and 1,113 activities — FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY, INSTITUTE FOR BETTER EDUCATION, HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND, CATHOLIC EDUCATION ARIZONA and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (89%) and California (11%). The field's most common shared approach is "Digital-First Communication", run by 2 orgs.
FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY and INSTITUTE FOR BETTER EDUCATION 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
Arizona 89% · 374 orgs
California 11% · 44 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 89% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 418

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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.

USDA 7
Government
Arizona Department of Revenue 5
Government
SRP 4
Corporate
APS 2
Corporate
APS Foundation 2
Foundation
Arizona Cardinals 2
Corporate
Arizona Community Foundation 2
Foundation
Arizona Department of Economic Security 2
Government
Banner Health 2
Corporate
California Department of Housing and Community Development 2
Government
HUD 2
Government
Helios Education Foundation 2
Foundation
Local businesses 2
Corporate
State of California 2
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
Digital-First Communication
1
1
Advocacy & Designation Promotion
1
1
Advocacy via Position Statements
3
Art-Based Recognition
2
Asset Protection Education
1
Board-Led Onboarding
1
Campus-Adapted Chapter Model
3
Centralized Exhibitor Registration
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.

University of Arizona Partner
shared by 29 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 27 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 21 orgs
Pima Community College Partner
shared by 17 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 16 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 11 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 9 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 8 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Arizona Corporation Commission Government
shared by 6 orgs
Banner Health Partner
shared by 6 orgs
The University of Arizona Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Tucson Electric Power Partner
shared by 6 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Sunnyside Unified School District Partner
shared by 5 orgs
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.

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.

789.8M
scholarships awarded
from 11 orgs
406.4M
Pounds distributed
from 6 orgs
87.0M
annual revenue
from 13 orgs
18.2M
scholarship amount
from 2 orgs
8.7M
dollars awarded
from 2 orgs