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Cybersecurity & Tech Workforce Training

01 Cybersecurity & Tech Workforce Training · 33 edit slice
7
orgs
65
activities
6
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 7 organizations and 65 activities — CACTUSCON, CYBER RESILIENCE INSTITUTE, AZ CYBER INITIATIVE, FUTURE STARS and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Peer-Led Capacity Building", run by 3 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% · 7 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 7

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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.

APS Foundation 1
Foundation
Axon 1
Corporate
Banner Health 1
Corporate
Larry Fitzgerald Foundation 1
Corporate
Microsoft 1
Foundation
Million Dollar Teacher Project 1
Corporate
NIST 1
Government
RTX 1
Corporate
SRP 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
Peer-Led Capacity Building
35
7
Collective Defense Through Shared Capabilities
8
6
Experiential Learning Model
32
1
Holistic Youth Development
14
Apprenticeship-Based Workforce Development
9
Engagement Through Relevant Pedagogy
5
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.

Million Dollar Teacher Project Partner
shared by 2 orgs
ABC15 Partner
shared by 1 org
APS Foundation Funder
shared by 1 org
ARJIS Partner
shared by 1 org
Ada Initiative Partner
shared by 1 org
Alaris Security Partner
shared by 1 org
Alliance Partners Partner
shared by 1 org
America Succeeds Partner
shared by 1 org
Arctic Wolf Funder
shared by 1 org
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 1 org
Arizona Institute for Education and the Economy Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Western College Partner
shared by 1 org
Axon Partner
shared by 1 org
Backslash Funder
shared by 1 org
Banner Health Funder
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 CACTUSCON AZ · 28 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 CYBER RESILIENCE INSTITUTE INC AZ · 10 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 AZ CYBER INITIATIVE INC AZ · 9 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 FUTURE STARS INC AZ · 5 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 CODING IN COLOR AZ · 5 · shares w/ 0
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.

1.3M
People served
from 4 orgs