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Essential Goods and Food Distribution Events

01 Essential Goods and Food Distribution Events · 17 edit slice
11
orgs
17
activities
3
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 11 organizations and 17 activities — HOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, SUNNYSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION, VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHARITIES, HOPE RESPONSE and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (82%) and California (18%). The field's most common shared approach is "Alumni-Driven Continuity", run by 1 orgs.
HOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY and SUNNYSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION 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 82% · 9 orgs
California 18% · 2 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 82% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 11

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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.

Alameda County 1
Government
Arizona QCO 1
Government
City of Petaluma 1
Government
City of Rohnert Park 1
Government
DignityMoves 1
Corporate
Impact100 Sonoma 1
Foundation
March of Dimes 1
Foundation
Osa Foundation 1
Foundation
Royal Paw Vehicle Donation Sponsor 1
Corporate
Sonoma County Homeless Coalition 1
Government
Stanley M. Reinhaus Family Foundation 1
Foundation
State of California 1
Government
Stocker Foundation 1
Foundation
Sunnyslope Thrift Store 1
Earned
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
Alumni-Driven Continuity
1
Risk-Shifted Vendor Partnerships
1
Unified Leadership Model
1
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.

2-1-1 Alameda County Partner
shared by 1 org
2-1-1 Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
36 community partner agencies Partner
shared by 1 org
Aim Right Church Partner
shared by 1 org
Alameda County Government
shared by 1 org
Amazon Partner
shared by 1 org
Area 23, an IPG Health Company Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Partner
shared by 1 org
Buenas Nuevas Ministries Partner
shared by 1 org
CAPP Government
shared by 1 org
CHIEF, Inc. Partner
shared by 1 org
CRYT (Crossroads Youth) Partner
shared by 1 org
CalFresh Government
shared by 1 org
CalWORKs Government
shared by 1 org
Central Board of Secondary Education Network
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.

8.4M
Pounds distributed
from 2 orgs
2.5M
Meals provided
from 2 orgs
42K
People served
from 7 orgs
19K
Volunteers
from 2 orgs
209
Partner organizations
from 4 orgs