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Public Observatory & Planetarium Programs

01 Public Observatory & Planetarium Programs · 53 edit slice
12
orgs
53
activities
7
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 12 organizations and 53 activities — INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY DISCOVERY CENTER, TUCSON AMATEUR ASTRONOMY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, LOWELL OBSERVATORY, REACH FOR THE STARS and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (92%) and California (8%). The field's most common shared approach is "Advanced Instrumentation Optimization", run by 1 orgs.
INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY DISCOVERY CENTER and TUCSON AMATEUR ASTRONOMY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 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 92% · 11 orgs
California 8% · 1 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 92% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 12

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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 Public Service (APS) 1
Corporate
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Government
Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1
Corporate
Celestron 1
Corporate
Department of Labor 1
Government
Fiesta Bowl Charities 1
Corporate
Freeport McMoRan (FMI) 1
Corporate
NASA 1
Government
NASA/NSF Exoplanet Exploration Program (NN-EXPLORE) 1
Government
Northern Arizona University School of Art + Design 1
Corporate
USDA 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
Advanced Instrumentation Optimization
2
Automated Observatory Control
3
Market-Based Pricing
3
Observer Support and Training
2
Precision Environmental Control
2
Science-Driven Scheduling
2
Seasonal Equipment Shutdown
3
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.

NASA Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Grand Canyon National Park Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Lowell Observatory Partner
shared by 2 orgs
National Park Service Partner
shared by 2 orgs
10 to 1 Public Relations Partner
shared by 1 org
AAP Automation Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Partner
shared by 1 org
ATMA Partner
shared by 1 org
AXON Partner
shared by 1 org
Advanced Turbine Component Manufacturing Partner
shared by 1 org
Advanced Visualization Lab Partner
shared by 1 org
Aerospace, Manufacturing and Information Technology (AMIT) clusters of Southern Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Air2O Partner
shared by 1 org
Alcor System Partner
shared by 1 org
American Association of Zoos & Aquariums Government
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.

2.1M
People served
from 4 orgs
1K
Partner organizations
from 3 orgs
801
Staff
from 3 orgs