AS FUNDER ← edit slice ·
the field for →

Child Care & Early Learning Programs

01 Child Care & Early Learning Programs · 180 edit slice
69
orgs
180
activities
12
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 69 organizations and 180 activities — Childrens Academy, CALIBRE ACADEMY, YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, OPTIONS FOR LEARNING and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (71%) and California (29%). The field's most common shared approach is "Advance Scheduling Policy", run by 1 orgs.
Childrens Academy and CALIBRE ACADEMY 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 71% · 49 orgs
California 29% · 20 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 69

sort by
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
Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3
Government
California Department of Education 2
Government
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) 2
Government
Family and Youth Services Bureau 2
Government
Federal government 2
Government
Head Start 2
Government
Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services (OFVPS) 2
Government
Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2
Government
Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) 2
Government
4Cs of San Mateo County 1
Government
Alameda County Adult Protective Services 1
Government
Alameda County Adult Protective Services (APS) 1
Government
Arizona Community 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
Advance Scheduling Policy
2
Allergy-Safe Environment
4
Compliance Standardization
1
Conceptual Learning Through Thematic Units
4
Coordinated Access Scheduling
5
Direct Advocacy for Systemic Change
1
Evidence-Based Environmental Design
1
Fixed Billing Cycle
2
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.

Administration for Children and Families Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 3 orgs
First Things First Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Office of Head Start Government
shared by 3 orgs
SRP Partner
shared by 3 orgs
State of Arizona Government
shared by 3 orgs
Valley of the Sun United Way Partner
shared by 3 orgs
community partners Partner
shared by 3 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Albertsons Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Department of Housing Government
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona State Board for Charter Schools Government
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona State University 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.

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.

95.0M
annual revenue
from 5 orgs
3.0M
People served
from 20 orgs
54K
Partner organizations
from 26 orgs
47K
Staff
from 20 orgs