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Neurotrauma and Concussion Research

01 Neurotrauma and Concussion Research · 14 edit slice
4
orgs
14
activities
2
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 4 organizations and 14 activities — THE CACTIS FOUNDATION, GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, G60 TRAUMA, Casa Colina and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (50%) and California (50%). The field's most common shared approach is "Geriatric Trauma Optimization", run by 1 orgs.
THE CACTIS FOUNDATION and GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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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 50% · 2 orgs
California 50% · 2 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.

California Department of Healthcare Services 1
Government
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health 1
Government
Los Angeles County Probation Office 1
Government
Medi-Cal 1
Government
Medicare and Medi-Cal 1
Government
Robert Ellis Simon Foundation 1
Foundation
U.S. Census Bureau 1
Government
Varian Medical Systems 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
Geriatric Trauma Optimization
1
1
Individualized Rehabilitation Pathway
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.

Accreditation Commission for Health Care Government
shared by 1 org
Arizona Cancer Specialists, P.L.C. Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Institute for Advanced Imaging (AI2) Partner
shared by 1 org
BARROW Neurological Institute Partner
shared by 1 org
Banner Concussion Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Banner Orthopaedic Residency Program Partner
shared by 1 org
Barrow Neurological Institute Partner
shared by 1 org
Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital Partner
shared by 1 org
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Funder
shared by 1 org
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Partner
shared by 1 org
California Conditional Release Program Partner
shared by 1 org
California Department of Healthcare Services Government
shared by 1 org
California Health & Human Services Agency Office of Health Care Access and Information Government
shared by 1 org
Cancer Healthcare Disparities Institute (CHDI) at the University of Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Casa Colina Surgery Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Cedars-Sinai Medical 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 THE CACTIS FOUNDATION AZ · 8 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 GATEWAYS HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER CA · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 G60 TRAUMA AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 Casa Colina Inc CA · 1 · 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.

1K
Staff
from 2 orgs
21
Partner organizations
from 2 orgs