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01 Community Needs Assessment & Research · 258 edit slice
117
orgs
400
activities
47
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 117 organizations and 400 activities — STATE BAR OF ARIZONA, THE STATE OF BLACK ARIZONA, VOICES FOR EDUCATION-ARIZONA CHILDREN FIRST, PETSMART CHARITIES and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 19 orgs.
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% · 117 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 117

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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.

City of Tucson 2
Government
Community Foundation for Southern Arizona 2
Foundation
State of Arizona 2
Government
USDA 2
Government
ADHS’ Sexual Violence Prevention and Education program 1
Government
AHCCCS 1
Government
APS 1
Corporate
ATS Electric Inc 1
Corporate
AZFlex Program 1
Government
Abbett Family Foundation 1
Foundation
AbilityOne Program 1
Government
Accent Building Restoration (ABR) 1
Corporate
Administration for Community Living (ACL) 1
Government
Alex & Associates 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
Community-Led Systems Change
2
52
2
Collective Advocacy
1
6
47
3
Holistic Youth Development
1
23
6
Person-Centered Empowerment
4
23
4
Apprenticeship-Based Workforce Development
14
1
Collaborative Conservation Partnerships
20
1
Peer-Based Healing and Support
3
10
2
Housing as Health
3
4
3
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona State University Partner
shared by 10 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 8 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Center for the Future of Arizona Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Southwest Gas Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Funder
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Diamondbacks Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Banner Health Partner
shared by 3 orgs
City of Tucson Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Greater Phoenix Economic Council Partner
shared by 3 orgs
GuideStar Network
shared by 3 orgs
IRS Government
shared by 3 orgs
Maricopa Community Colleges Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 3 orgs