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Charter & Alternative School Operation

01 Charter & Alternative School Operation · 57 edit slice
26
orgs
57
activities
7
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 26 organizations and 57 activities — BENCHMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO, ARIZONA WALDORF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, KAIZEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, STRENGTHBUILDING PARTNERS and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Accessible Location Strategy", run by 1 orgs.
BENCHMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO and ARIZONA WALDORF SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 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 100% · 26 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 26

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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.

Arizona Department of Education 3
Government
Arizona School Tuition Tax Credits (via Institute for Better Education) 1
Individuals
Arizona State Board for Charter Schools 1
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Individuals
National Park Service 1
Government
National School Breakfast and Lunch Program (Community Eligibility Provisions) 1
Government
OSAP 1
Foundation
OSAP 1
Government
State of Arizona 1
Government
U.S. Department of Education 1
Government
USDA Child Nutrition Programs 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
Accessible Location Strategy
1
Conceptual Learning Through Thematic Units
2
Consent-Based Support Access
2
Learn-by-Doing Tech Training
3
Standardized Curriculum Model
1
Technology-Enhanced Arts Education
2
Uniforms for Expectations
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 Department of Education Government
shared by 5 orgs
Cognia Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona State Board for Charter Schools Government
shared by 2 orgs
Cognia Network
shared by 2 orgs
PowerSchool Partner
shared by 2 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 2 orgs
AZ Charter School Association Network
shared by 1 org
AZ Find Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ State Board of Charter Schools Government
shared by 1 org
Academic Director Partner
shared by 1 org
Active Parenting Partner
shared by 1 org
AdvancED Partner
shared by 1 org
Advance U Elementary Partner
shared by 1 org
AmazonSmile Foundation Partner
shared by 1 org
Andretti Indoor Karting & Games Glendale Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Charter Schools Association Network
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.

140K
Staff
from 9 orgs
28K
People served
from 5 orgs
77
Partner organizations
from 3 orgs