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Visitor Experience & Public Engagement

01 Visitor Experience & Public Engagement · 14 edit slice
5
orgs
14
activities
4
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 5 organizations and 14 activities — MCDOWELL SONORAN CONSERVANCY, GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY, SOUTHWESTERN FAIR COMMISSION, ARIZONA HERITAGE ALLIANCE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Experiential Connection", run by 3 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% · 5 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 5

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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.

Barrio Brewing Company 1
Corporate
Bureau of Reclamation 1
Government
Northern Arizona University School of Art + Design 1
Corporate
Pepsi 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
Experiential Connection
7
2
2
Collaborative Conservation Partnerships
1
1
Event-Based Fundraising
2
Preservation as Community Memory
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 Historical Society Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Scottsdale Partner
shared by 2 orgs
National Park Service Government
shared by 2 orgs
AZ Impact for Good Partner
shared by 1 org
Advocates for Snake Preservation Partner
shared by 1 org
Archaeology Southwest Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Antelope Foundation Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Association of Counties Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Audubon Council Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Commission of the Arts Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Forward Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Game & Fish Department Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Game and Fish Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Game and Fish Department Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Humanities Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Land and Water Trust 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.