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01 Professional Development & Pitch Competitions · 19 edit slice
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orgs
19
activities
1
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 2 organizations and 19 activities — AMERICAN MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCE IN, NORTHERN ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY & and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Networked Ecosystem 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.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona 1
Corporate
EDA 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
Networked Ecosystem Development
6
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.

2026 AMMC Los Angeles Sponsors Partner
shared by 1 org
AMMC Virtual Sponsors Partner
shared by 1 org
APS Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Partner
shared by 1 org
American Museum Membership Conference Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Commerce Authority Partner
shared by 1 org
BCBS of Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
CIC Tucson Funder
shared by 1 org
City of Flagstaff Government
shared by 1 org
City of Flagstaff's economic development team Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Tucson Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Winslow Partner
shared by 1 org
Cleveland Cavaliers Partner
shared by 1 org
Cleveland Museum of Art Partner
shared by 1 org
Daniller + Company 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 AMERICAN MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCE IN AZ · 13 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 NORTHERN ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY & AZ · 6 · shares w/ 0