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Children's Book Distribution & Reading Spaces

01 Children's Book Distribution & Reading Spaces · 126 edit slice
36
orgs
126
activities
22
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 36 organizations and 126 activities — THE LIBRARY PROJECT, ROTARY CLUB SEDONA RED ROCKS ENDOWMENT FUND, Make Way For Books, UNITED WAY OF TUCSON AND SOUTHERN and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 7 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% · 36 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 36

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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 Community Foundation 3
Foundation
Arizona Cardinals 1
Corporate
Arizona Charitable Tax Credit 1
Individuals
Arizona Charitable Tax Credit program 1
Government
Arizona Department of Health Services 1
Government
Arizona Federal Credit Union 1
Corporate
Barnes & Noble Booksellers: Phoenix Area Stores 1
Corporate
Beck Legacy Group 1
Corporate
Better World Books 1
Corporate
Blazin’ M Ranch 1
Corporate
Brighthouse Financial 1
Corporate
Cardinals Charities 1
Corporate
Center for Jewish Philanthropy 1
Foundation
Cox Charities 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
Community-Led Systems Change
21
Holistic Youth Development
9
Apprenticeship-Based Workforce Development
10
Collective Advocacy
11
Dignity-Centered Service
6
Music as Transformative Practice
5
Teacher-Centered Systemic Improvement
6
Trauma-Informed Care
7
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.

Rotary International Network
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Freeport McMoRan Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Rotary Club of Sedona Partner
shared by 2 orgs
St. Mary’s Food Bank Partner
shared by 2 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Yavapai College Partner
shared by 2 orgs
12 News Partner
shared by 1 org
ACEC Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
AIA Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Hockey Partner
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.

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.

28.1M
Pounds distributed
from 2 orgs
2.4M
books distributed
from 3 orgs
1.8M
People served
from 13 orgs
45K
Staff
from 3 orgs
4K
Partner organizations
from 9 orgs
3K
Volunteers
from 6 orgs