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Community Development & Economic Advancement

01 Community Development & Economic Advancement · 1,113 edit slice
171
orgs
975
activities
41
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 171 organizations and 975 activities — DOWNTOWN TUCSON PARTNERSHIP, GREATER NOGALES AND SANTA CRUZ, BETTER YUMAORG, TAIWANESE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 26 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% · 171 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 171

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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.

Arizona Commerce Authority 3
Government
Salt River Project 3
Corporate
USDA 3
Government
Arizona Commission on the Arts 2
Government
Arizona Department of Transportation 2
Government
Arizona Public Service 2
Corporate
City of Tucson 2
Government
Cox Communications 2
Corporate
Vestar 2
Corporate
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust 2
Foundation
1% For the Planet 1
Corporate
ASU, Medistar Corporation, True North Holdings 1
Corporate
AZAGC PAC 1
Individuals
Amazon Smile 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.

Community-Led Systems Change 26 orgs
ARIZONA CHAPTER OF HIMSSGREATER PHOENIX LEADERSHIP INCONE MISSION INCSouthwest Folklife Alliance I…
Networked Ecosystem Development 26 orgs
GREEN VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMME…Prescott Valley Chamber of Co…SIERRA VISTA AREA CHAMBER OF …WESTERN MARICOPA COALITION
Preservation as Community Memory 11 orgs
ARIZONA HERITAGE ALLIANCELAKE HAVASU TOURISM BUREAU INCVail Preservation SocietyWILLO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Destination Marketing for Economic Development 9 orgs
DISCOVER GILA COUNTY INCECONOMIC COLLABORATIVE OF N A…GREATER PHOENIX CONVENTION AN…SONORAN DESERT CONFERENCE CEN…
Collective Advocacy 8 orgs
ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR GOLFARIZONA TRANSPORTATION BUILDE…Arizona Small Business Associ…FOUNTAIN HILLS CHAMBER OF COM…
Experiential Connection 7 orgs
Babbitt Brothers FoundationFriends of the Huachuca Mount…OLD FORT LOWELL NEIGHBORHOOD …Pioneer Arizona Foundation
Music as Transformative Practice 7 orgs
FOUNTAIN HILLS CULTURAL AND C…SONORAN DESERT CONFERENCE CEN…Southwest Folklife Alliance I…THE COBRE VALLEY CENTER FOR T…
Placemaking-Led Revitalization 7 orgs
DOWNTOWN CHANDLER COMMUNITYDOWNTOWN MESA ASSOCIATIONDOWNTOWN TUCSON PARTNERSHIPFLAGSTAFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS A…
Housing as Health 6 orgs
FLAGSTAFF TOWNSITE HISTORICHearth Foundation IncONE MISSION INCPHOENIX RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT
Peer-Led Capacity Building 5 orgs
ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCILGREATER PHOENIX LEADERSHIP INCGREEN VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMME…INSTITUTE FOR SUPPLY MANAGEME…
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
65
8
1
17
Networked Ecosystem Development
135
13
4
25
Preservation as Community Memory
36
7
5
Destination Marketing for Economic Development
40
3
1
Collective Advocacy
15
12
5
Experiential Connection
24
4
Music as Transformative Practice
21
2
Placemaking-Led Revitalization
59
7
13
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 17 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 11 orgs
City of Tucson Partner
shared by 9 orgs
Arizona Commerce Authority Partner
shared by 8 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 8 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Salt River Project Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Center for the Future of Arizona Partner
shared by 6 orgs
City of Flagstaff Partner
shared by 6 orgs
City of Tempe Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Coconino County Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Arizona Western College Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Banner Health Partner
shared by 5 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.

27.0M
annual revenue
from 7 orgs
3.7M
People served
from 22 orgs
188K
Staff
from 18 orgs
107K
Partner organizations
from 56 orgs
67K
volunteer hours
from 2 orgs
15K
member count
from 6 orgs