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Charter & Alternative Schools

01 Charter & Alternative Schools · 453 edit slice
118
orgs
445
activities
40
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 118 organizations and 445 activities — MIND EDUCATION, Fresno Pacific University, ASU PREP GLOBAL ACADEMY, Arizona Kokusai Kyoiku Shinkok and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (83%) and California (17%). The field's most common shared approach is "Structured Learning Rhythms", run by 2 orgs.
MIND EDUCATION and Fresno Pacific University 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 83% · 98 orgs
California 17% · 20 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 83% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 118

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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 Department of Education 5
Government
U.S. Department of Education 3
Government
Arizona State Board for Charter Schools 2
Government
USDA 2
Government
A for Arizona 1
Government
AHCCCS 1
Government
AHCCCS In-Network Plans 1
Government
APS 1
Corporate
AZImpact 1
Corporate
Academic Partnerships 1
Corporate
AmazonSmile 1
Corporate
Arizona Department of Education / Adult Education Services 1
Government
Arizona Department of Revenue 1
Government
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) 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
Structured Learning Rhythms
25
Accessible Facility Location
3
Accessible Location Strategy
2
Behavioral Continuity
2
Community-Funded Education Access
2
Conceptual Learning Through Thematic Units
2
Consent-Based Support Access
9
Culture Through Language
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.

Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 13 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 4 orgs
Cognia Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona State Board for Charter Schools Government
shared by 3 orgs
Cognia Network
shared by 3 orgs
U.S. Department of Education Government
shared by 3 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Interscholastic Association Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Association of Christian Schools International Network
shared by 2 orgs
Bookmans Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Bureau of Indian Affairs Government
shared by 2 orgs
Canvas Partner
shared by 2 orgs
City of Phoenix 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.

4.5M
People served
from 35 orgs
386K
Meals provided
from 3 orgs
182K
Volunteers
from 3 orgs
156K
Staff
from 36 orgs
39K
Partner organizations
from 26 orgs
782
students served
from 2 orgs