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Nutrition Education & Culinary Training

01 Nutrition Education & Culinary Training · 280 edit slice
52
orgs
304
activities
26
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 52 organizations and 304 activities — ASSOCIATION OF STATE & TERRITORIAL, NOURISH, KITCHEN ON THE STREET, FEEDING MATTERS and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Holistic Youth Development", run by 10 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% · 52 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 52

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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 6
Government
APS 1
Corporate
Abbott Nutrition 1
Corporate
Amazon Fresh 1
Corporate
American Forests 1
Foundation
American Heart Association 1
Foundation
Angel Charity for Children 1
Foundation
Arizona Charitable Tax Credit 1
Government
Arizona Department of Child Safety 1
Government
Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) 1
Government
Arizona Qualifying Charitable Organization (QCO) Tax Credit 1
Individuals
Bishop's Storehouse 1
Government
ByHeart, Inc. 1
Corporate
City of Flagstaff BBB Revenues 1
Government
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
26
7
Community-Led Systems Change
8
5
5
Dignity-Centered Service
35
5
6
5
Nutrition for Learning
26
10
11
33
Person-Centered Empowerment
19
3
16
22
Housing as Health
13
2
Child-Centered, Relationship-Based Development
7
Collective Advocacy
3
7
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.

USDA Government
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 4 orgs
Vitalyst Health Foundation Funder
shared by 4 orgs
Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Local First Arizona Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Pima Community College Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Economic Security Government
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Food Systems Network Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Freeport McMoRan Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Mealtime Connections Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Pima County Government
shared by 2 orgs
Pima County Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Pinnacle Prevention Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Pivot Produce 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.

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 ASSOCIATION OF STATE & TERRITORIAL AZ · 41 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 NOURISH AZ · 24 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 KITCHEN ON THE STREET INC AZ · 23 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 FEEDING MATTERS INC AZ · 17 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 B J ENTERPRISES AZ · 12 · 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.

3.0M
People served
from 12 orgs
26K
Meals provided
from 2 orgs
249
Staff
from 4 orgs