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Youth Sports Participation Scholarships

01 Youth Sports Participation Scholarships · 171 edit slice
61
orgs
171
activities
16
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 61 organizations and 171 activities — UNITED STATES HANDBALL ASSOCIATION, YES THE ARC, MESA SPORTS ASSOCIATION, Metro Phoenix USBC Association and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Development Through Inclusive Athletics", run by 29 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% · 61 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 61

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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.

APS Foundation 1
Foundation
Allyson Knappenberger – DK Home Loans 1
Corporate
Arizona Community Foundation of Flagstaff 1
Foundation
Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
Government
Arizona Department of Education 1
Government
Arizona Public School Tax Credit 1
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Government
Arizona Tennis Charities 1
Corporate
Aspen Sports Flagstaff 1
Corporate
Centanni/Cottle 5k Memorial Run/Walk 1
Earned
Chandler Compadres Golf Classic 1
Earned
Cosmic Cycles 1
Corporate
Current Sponsors 1
Corporate
Fiesta Sports 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
Development Through Inclusive Athletics
83
1
Holistic Youth Development
17
Community-Led Systems Change
8
Community-Funded Enrichment
10
Event-Based Fundraising
8
Asset Redistribution for Development
2
Endowment for Sustainability
4
Experiential Connection
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.

Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Little League International Network
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Soccer Association Network
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Youth Soccer Association Network
shared by 2 orgs
Child Crisis Arizona Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Dysart Unified School District Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Phoenix Children's Hospital Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Soccer.com Partner
shared by 2 orgs
100 Club of Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
4H Partner
shared by 1 org
A New Leaf Partner
shared by 1 org
AC Green Youth Foundation Partner
shared by 1 org
AMF DESERT HILLS Partner
shared by 1 org
AMF PEORIA Partner
shared by 1 org
APS Partner
shared by 1 org
APS Electric Light Parade 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.

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.

2.0M
People served
from 16 orgs
42
Partner organizations
from 5 orgs
34
Staff
from 5 orgs