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Indigenous Communities & Self-Determination

01 Indigenous Communities & Self-Determination · 172 edit slice
45
orgs
162
activities
11
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 45 organizations and 162 activities — TONATIERRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN, Hopi Credit Association, DINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (84%) and California (16%). The field's most common shared approach is "Culturally Grounded Planning", run by 1 orgs.
TONATIERRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE and NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN 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 84% · 38 orgs
California 16% · 7 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 84% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 45

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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 5
Government
Medi-Cal 4
Government
Indian Health Service (IHS) 2
Government
AHCCCS 1
Government
American Indian Law Alliance 1
Foundation
Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
Government
Arizona Legislature 1
Government
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund 1
Foundation
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund 1
Corporate
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 1
Government
Bombardier 1
Corporate
CDC 1
Government
California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation 1
Government
California Department of Health Care Services 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
Culturally Grounded Planning
1
Demonstration Gardens for Education
1
Experiential Learning Through Taiko
1
Family-Equivalent Care Standard
4
Financial Sustainability Support
1
Infrastructure Corridor Advocacy
1
Permit-Driven Sanctuary Expansion
1
Preventive Digital Maintenance
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.

Arizona State University Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Indian Health Service Government
shared by 3 orgs
Medi-Cal Government
shared by 3 orgs
Navajo Nation Government
shared by 3 orgs
University of Phoenix Partner
shared by 3 orgs
ACCION International Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Amazon Partner
shared by 2 orgs
AmeriCorps Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Bureau of Indian Affairs Government
shared by 2 orgs
Bureau of Land Management Partner
shared by 2 orgs
FAI de Sonora Partner
shared by 2 orgs
FONAES Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Government
shared by 2 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
K-12 Inc. Partner
shared by 2 orgs
LULAC Partner
shared by 2 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.

5.0M
annual revenue
from 2 orgs
3K
Partner organizations
from 17 orgs
2K
Staff
from 10 orgs
19
Countries served
from 5 orgs