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Surplus Food Rescue and Redistribution

01 Surplus Food Rescue and Redistribution · 72 edit slice
21
orgs
72
activities
16
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 21 organizations and 72 activities — ANTI ANIMAL CRUELTY CAMPAIGN, FEED MY CHILDREN'S FUND, WASTE NOT, APACHE JUNCTION REACHOUT and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Dignity-Centered Service", run by 13 orgs.
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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% · 21 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 21

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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 4
Government
Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust 2
Foundation
Amazon Fresh 1
Corporate
Chili’s Grill & Bar / Brinker International 1
Corporate
City of Apache Junction 1
Government
Community Action Human Resources Agency (C.A.H.R.A.) 1
Government
Costco Wholesale 1
Corporate
Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation 1
Foundation
Direct Relief 1
Government
Federal food assistance programs 1
Government
Fry’s Food Stores 1
Corporate
Gerald Hundt Endowment Fund 1
Foundation
Helios Education Foundation 1
Foundation
HonorHealth 1
Corporate
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
Dignity-Centered Service
45
Nutrition for Learning
15
Community-Led Systems Change
3
Holistic Youth Development
5
Compatibility Matching
9
Exercise as Medicine
3
Faith-Integrated Formation
1
Food-Is-Medicine
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.

ReachCause.io Partner
shared by 4 orgs
The 3000 Club Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Doctor Offices Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Feed My People Children’s Charity (FMPCC) Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Hospitals Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Reach Cause Network
shared by 3 orgs
Urgent Care Centers Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Borderland Food Bank Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Charity Navigator Government
shared by 2 orgs
Feeding America Network
shared by 2 orgs
Food Brokers Partner
shared by 2 orgs
GuideStar Government
shared by 2 orgs
Kitchen on the Street Partner
shared by 2 orgs
St. Vincent de Paul Partner
shared by 2 orgs
13 regional food rescue organizations Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Arizona 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.

112.9M
Pounds distributed
from 13 orgs
12.1M
Meals provided
from 7 orgs
1.3M
People served
from 10 orgs
49K
Volunteers
from 5 orgs
10
Staff
from 2 orgs