AS FUNDER ← edit slice ·
the field for →

Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy

01 Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy · 8 edit slice
4
orgs
8
activities
2
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 4 organizations and 8 activities — EPIDAURUS DBA AMITY FOUNDATION, VETSFORWARD CIVIC ACTION, TAKING ACTION FOR GOOD, DEATH PENALTY ALTERNATIVES FOR ARIZONA and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Clemency Advocacy", run by 1 orgs.
EPIDAURUS DBA AMITY FOUNDATION and VETSFORWARD CIVIC ACTION 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 100% · 4 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 4

sort by
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.

California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation 1
Government
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 1
Government
Los Angeles County Measure J / Care First Community Investment (CFCI) 1
Government
Stand Together 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
Clemency Advocacy
1
Military Model Advocacy
3
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.

Aaron Gunches Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders for Equity Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Board of Executive Clemency Government
shared by 1 org
Arizona Death Penalty Forum Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Interfaith Power and Light Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Supreme Court Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Youth Climate Coalition Partner
shared by 1 org
Buried Alive Project Partner
shared by 1 org
CA Department of Health Care Services Government
shared by 1 org
CFCI Partner
shared by 1 org
California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Partner
shared by 1 org
Chispa Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Coalition of Arizonans to Abolish the Death Penalty Partner
shared by 1 org
Department of Health Services Partner
shared by 1 org
Desoto County Juvenile Center 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.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 EPIDAURUS DBA AMITY FOUNDATION AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 VETSFORWARD CIVIC ACTION AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 TAKING ACTION FOR GOOD AZ · 1 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 DEATH PENALTY ALTERNATIVES FOR ARIZONA INC AZ · 1 · shares w/ 0
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.

57
Partner organizations
from 3 orgs