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Youth & Vulnerable Populations Literacy Support

01 Youth & Vulnerable Populations Literacy Support · 15 edit slice
6
orgs
15
activities
7
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 6 organizations and 15 activities — LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF, SONS OF HERB, Fort Yuma Rotary Club, New School for the Arts and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Collective Advocacy", 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% · 6 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 6

sort by
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.

Allyson Knappenberger – DK Home Loans 1
Corporate
Edward Jones 1
Corporate
First Credit Union 1
Corporate
Gates Foundation 1
Foundation
Geile Charitable Fund 1
Foundation
GlobalTranz 1
Corporate
King Repairs - Adrian King 1
Corporate
Mardi Gras Block Party 1
Earned
Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation 1
Foundation
Pars Under the Stars 1
Earned
Raymond Educational Foundation 1
Foundation
Rotary members and community sponsors 1
Individuals
USDA 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
Collective Advocacy
1
Community-Led Systems Change
5
Experiential Learning Model
1
Music as Transformative Practice
1
Personalized Learning Pathways
5
Pro Bono Capacity Building
5
Story-Centered Engagement
3
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 2 orgs
ALL In EdAction Fund Partner
shared by 1 org
ALL In Education Partner
shared by 1 org
ALL In For Equity Task Force Coalition
shared by 1 org
ALPFA Phoenix Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ Charter School Association Network
shared by 1 org
AZ State Board of Charter Schools Government
shared by 1 org
Academic Director Partner
shared by 1 org
AdvancED Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Education Association Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 1 org
BCBS of Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
BCBS of Arizona Funder
shared by 1 org
Bookmans Partner
shared by 1 org
CALA Alliance 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 LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AZ · 5 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 SONS OF HERB INC AZ · 4 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 Fort Yuma Rotary Club Inc AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 New School for the Arts AZ · 1 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 ICAN AZ · 1 · 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.

732
People served
from 2 orgs
23
Partner organizations
from 2 orgs