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Literacy & Book Access Programs

01 Literacy & Book Access Programs · 337 edit slice
129
orgs
422
activities
37
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 129 organizations and 422 activities — Make Way For Books, Phoenix Community ToolBank, VNSA-VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT SERVICE, ROOM TO READ and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (88%) and California (12%). The field's most common shared approach is "Online Catalog Access", run by 2 orgs.
Make Way For Books and Phoenix Community ToolBank 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 88% · 114 orgs
California 12% · 15 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 88% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 129

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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.

USDA 4
Government
Arizona Community Foundation 2
Foundation
Box Tops for Education 2
Corporate
Fry's Food Stores 2
Corporate
SRP 2
Corporate
AZImpact 1
Corporate
Anderson Toyota 1
Corporate
Angel Charity for Children, Inc 1
Corporate
Arizona Cardinals 1
Corporate
Arizona Cardinals Player, Larry Fitzgerald 1
Corporate
Arizona Charitable Tax Credit 1
Individuals
Arizona Charitable Tax Credit program 1
Government
Arizona Commission on the Arts 1
Government
Arizona Department of Economic Security 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
Online Catalog Access
7
Advance Notice for Harmony
1
Attendee-Centered Design
3
Authentic Storytelling Framework
1
Breed Verification System
2
Clemency Advocacy
1
Competitive Virtual Coaching
2
Consent-Based Support Access
1
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 7 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 6 orgs
Phoenix Children's Hospital Partner
shared by 4 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 4 orgs
ASU Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Friends of the Library Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Helios Education Foundation Funder
shared by 3 orgs
Make Way for Books Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Pima County Public Library Partner
shared by 3 orgs
St. Mary’s Food Bank Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Valley of the Sun United Way Partner
shared by 3 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 2 orgs
American Camp Association Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Christian University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Funder
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.

162.0M
People served
from 37 orgs
46.0M
annual revenue
from 5 orgs
2.5M
grant amount
from 2 orgs
2.4M
books distributed
from 5 orgs
704K
scholarships awarded
from 2 orgs
123K
Pounds distributed
from 2 orgs