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Community Makerspace with Technical Tools

01 Community Makerspace with Technical Tools · 18 edit slice
8
orgs
18
activities
7
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 8 organizations and 18 activities — SUN CITY ORO VALLEY COMMUNITY, HEATSYNC LABS, LIVE LOVE, Isabelle Hunt Memorial Public and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Coordinated Access Scheduling", run by 1 orgs.
SUN CITY ORO VALLEY COMMUNITY and HEATSYNC LABS 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 100% · 8 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 8

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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.

Bishop's Storehouse 1
Government
Boys & Girls Club 1
Corporate
DEVCO 1
Individuals
Mountain Village Foundation 1
Corporate
ShopRaise 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
Coordinated Access Scheduling
3
Dynamic Collection Curation
2
Global Networked Learning
2
Peer-Powered Learning
2
Reinvestment for Capacity Building
1
Safety-First Access
2
Skills Training via Digital Tutorials
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.

1st Heritage Realty Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ Haunters Partner
shared by 1 org
Alan Pals Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Interscholastic Association Partner
shared by 1 org
Bank of America Partner
shared by 1 org
BikeMesa Partner
shared by 1 org
Bishop's Storehouse Partner
shared by 1 org
Boys & Girls Club Partner
shared by 1 org
Central Pet Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Chandler Partner
shared by 1 org
City of Mesa Partner
shared by 1 org
DEVCO Funder
shared by 1 org
Del Webb Partner
shared by 1 org
Del Webb Funder
shared by 1 org
Discord Partner
shared by 1 org
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 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 SUN CITY ORO VALLEY COMMUNITY AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 HEATSYNC LABS AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 LIVE LOVE AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 Isabelle Hunt Memorial Public AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 XEROCRAFT INC AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0