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Merit-Based Educational Scholarships

01 Merit-Based Educational Scholarships · 303 edit slice
120
orgs
303
activities
41
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 120 organizations and 303 activities — Desert Club of Mesa, Phoenix Union Partnership of Business and Education, RIO VERDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Fort Yuma Rotary Club and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Holistic Youth Development", run by 37 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% · 120 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 120

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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.

Arizona Community Foundation 3
Foundation
AHCCCS 1
Government
AHCCCS In-Network Plans 1
Government
AZ Blue Foundation 1
Foundation
Anonymous donor 1
Government
Arizona Complete Health 1
Corporate
Arizona Department of Revenue 1
Government
Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society 1
Foundation
Bank of America 1
Corporate
Brad Hall Companies 1
Corporate
Brad Hall Company 1
Corporate
Butler Amusements 1
Corporate
CDBG program 1
Government
CORE Construction 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
Holistic Youth Development
85
5
Community-Led Systems Change
26
Development Through Inclusive Athletics
7
1
Experiential Learning Model
12
Peer-Based Healing and Support
9
Peer-Led Capacity Building
4
4
Tax Credit Leverage
13
2
Faith-Integrated Formation
7
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 State University Partner
shared by 8 orgs
Rotary International Network
shared by 4 orgs
Salvation Army Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Corporation Commission Government
shared by 3 orgs
Cactus Shadows High School Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Staples Partner
shared by 3 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 3 orgs
4-H Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Allen University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Bar Association Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Diamondbacks Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Supreme Court Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Bank of America Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Chandler-Gilbert Community College Partner
shared by 2 orgs
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.

6.0M
annual revenue
from 2 orgs
905K
amount awarded
from 2 orgs
731K
scholarships awarded
from 4 orgs
422K
Pounds distributed
from 3 orgs