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Early Childhood Education & Care

01 Early Childhood Education & Care · 313 edit slice
71
orgs
262
activities
28
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 71 organizations and 262 activities — Childrens Academy, Downtown Community School, CALIBRE ACADEMY, LILY PAD DAYCARE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Holistic Youth Development", run by 18 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% · 71 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 71

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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
Amazon Fresh 1
Corporate
Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
Government
Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDD) 1
Government
Arizona Department of Education 1
Government
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) 1
Government
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) 1
Government
Arizona Financial Credit Union 1
Corporate
Arizona School Tuition Tax Credits (via Institute for Better Education) 1
Individuals
Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation (AZSFWC) 1
Government
Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation (AZSFWC) 1
Foundation
Arizona State Tax Credit 1
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Individuals
Arizona Tuition Organization (AZTO) 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
Holistic Youth Development
62
1
Person-Centered Empowerment
37
5
Faith-Integrated Formation
40
1
Community-Led Systems Change
25
2
Experiential Learning Model
24
Peer-Based Healing and Support
20
Personalized Learning Pathways
30
Dignity-Centered Service
23
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 Department of Education Government
shared by 6 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 3 orgs
DES Government
shared by 3 orgs
First Things First Partner
shared by 3 orgs
State of Arizona Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Baylor University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
CDC Government
shared by 2 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 2 orgs
First Things First Funder
shared by 2 orgs
First Things First Network
shared by 2 orgs
Ibis Foundation of Arizona Partner
shared by 2 orgs
NAEYC Network
shared by 2 orgs
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Partner
shared by 2 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.

54.0M
annual revenue
from 4 orgs
4.0M
Pounds distributed
from 2 orgs
400K
People served
from 18 orgs
45K
Staff
from 16 orgs
2K
Partner organizations
from 15 orgs
5
Countries served
from 2 orgs