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Federal Policy Advocacy for Native Economic Development

01 Federal Policy Advocacy for Native Economic Development · 14 edit slice
4
orgs
14
activities
3
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 4 organizations and 14 activities — NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN, ARIZONA NATIVE VOTE, HESPERUS, NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 1 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% · 4 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 4

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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.

Comcast 1
Corporate
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) 1
Government
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) 1
Government
Dell Technologies 1
Corporate
Department of Defense (DoD) 1
Government
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 1
Government
Intel 1
Corporate
Lockheed Martin 1
Corporate
Microsoft 1
Corporate
Northrop Grumman 1
Corporate
Schultz Family 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
Community-Led Systems Change
6
Culturally Grounded Development
2
Engagement Through Relevant Pedagogy
2
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.

American Indian College Fund Partner
shared by 1 org
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Partner
shared by 1 org
Comcast Partner
shared by 1 org
Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) Government
shared by 1 org
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Government
shared by 1 org
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Partner
shared by 1 org
Defense Logistics Agency Government
shared by 1 org
Dell Technologies Partner
shared by 1 org
Department of Defense Government
shared by 1 org
Department of Defense Funder
shared by 1 org
Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) Partner
shared by 1 org
FCC Office of Native Affairs and Policy Partner
shared by 1 org
Federal Communications Commission Partner
shared by 1 org
Federal Communications Commission Government
shared by 1 org
Go Weh Yaza, LLC Partner
shared by 1 org
Indian Pueblo Cultural 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 NATIONAL CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AZ · 6 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 ARIZONA NATIVE VOTE AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 HESPERUS AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 NATIVE PUBLIC MEDIA INC AZ · 2 · 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.

78
Partner organizations
from 2 orgs