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Community-Based Dance Storytelling & Research

01 Community-Based Dance Storytelling & Research · 13 edit slice
2
orgs
13
activities
2
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 2 organizations and 13 activities — Safos Dance Theatre, BALLET FOLKLORICO OLLIN YOLIZTLI and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Culturally Grounded Development", run by 1 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% · 2 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 2

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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.

Arizona Commission on the Arts 1
Government
Arizona Community Foundation 1
Foundation
Arizona State University 1
Earned
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona 1
Foundation
Kennedy Center 1
Earned
MAP Fund 1
Foundation
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) 1
Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts 1
Government
National Performance Network (NPN) 1
Foundation
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) 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
Culturally Grounded Development
2
Music as Transformative Practice
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.

Tempe Center for the Arts Partner
shared by 2 orgs
12 News Today Partner
shared by 1 org
Amazon Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Asian American Festival Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Mariachi Music Academy Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Museum for Youth Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Ridge Riders PBR Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State Fair Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 1 org
Ballet Folklorico Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Benjamin Franklin Plumbling Partner
shared by 1 org
Border Arts Corridor Partner
shared by 1 org
Border Arts Corridor (BAC) Partner
shared by 1 org
Boys & Girls Club Partner
shared by 1 org
Brookdale Senior Independent Living Partner
shared by 1 org
Casino 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.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 Safos Dance Theatre Inc AZ · 11 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 BALLET FOLKLORICO OLLIN YOLIZTLI AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0