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School-Based Meal Programs

01 School-Based Meal Programs · 100 edit slice
47
orgs
100
activities
15
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 47 organizations and 100 activities — ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK, CORBINS LEGACY, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, FOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (81%) and California (19%). The field's most common shared approach is "Accessible Facility Location", run by 1 orgs.
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK and CORBINS LEGACY 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 81% · 38 orgs
California 19% · 9 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 81% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 47

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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 3
Government
4Cs of San Mateo County 1
Government
Amazon Fresh 1
Corporate
Arizona Department of Education 1
Government
Arizona Department of Revenue 1
Government
Arizona QCO 1
Government
Arizona School Tuition Tax Credits (via Institute for Better Education) 1
Individuals
Arizona State Tax Credit 321 1
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Individuals
Bashas 1
Corporate
Brent and Annette Sephens 1
Individuals
Bureau of Indian Affairs 1
Government
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 1
Government
CARES Foundation 1
Foundation
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
Accessible Facility Location
1
Allergy-Safe Environment
2
Behavioral Continuity
1
Community-Choice Model
1
Community-Led Adaptation
1
Conceptual Learning Through Thematic Units
2
Designated Dispute Resolution
1
Dignity-First Distribution
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.

Feeding America Network
shared by 7 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 4 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 3 orgs
Bureau of Indian Affairs Government
shared by 2 orgs
CalFresh Government
shared by 2 orgs
Charity Navigator Government
shared by 2 orgs
First Things First Partner
shared by 2 orgs
NAEYC Network
shared by 2 orgs
Salvation Army Partner
shared by 2 orgs
local schools Partner
shared by 2 orgs
1st Bank Yuma Funder
shared by 1 org
1st Bank Yuma Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
211 Orange County 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.

273.7M
Pounds distributed
from 8 orgs
5.3M
Meals provided
from 6 orgs
1.7M
People served
from 20 orgs
144K
households served
from 2 orgs
119K
Volunteers
from 6 orgs
61K
Partner organizations
from 20 orgs