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Astronomical Observatories & Public Stargazing Facilities

01 Astronomical Observatories & Public Stargazing Facilities · 80 edit slice
14
orgs
80
activities
4
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 14 organizations and 80 activities — TUCSON AMATEUR ASTRONOMY ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, THE IRVIN MARVIN WINER MEMORIAL MOBILE, LOWELL OBSERVATORY, INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY DISCOVERY CENTER and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Experiential Learning Model", run by 10 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% · 14 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 14

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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.

NASA 2
Government
Arizona Public Service (APS) 1
Corporate
Arizona State Tax Credit Program 1
Government
Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1
Corporate
Celestron 1
Corporate
Department of Labor 1
Government
Freeport McMoRan (FMI) 1
Corporate
Marley Foundation 1
Foundation
NASA/NSF Exoplanet Exploration Program (NN-EXPLORE) 1
Government
National Science Foundation 1
Government
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
Experiential Learning Model
67
1
Endowment for Sustainability
2
Peer-Led Capacity Building
2
Tax Credit Leverage
4
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.

NASA Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Lowell Observatory Partner
shared by 2 orgs
National Science Foundation Funder
shared by 2 orgs
10 to 1 Public Relations Partner
shared by 1 org
AAP Automation Partner
shared by 1 org
ATMA Partner
shared by 1 org
AXON Partner
shared by 1 org
Advanced Turbine Component Manufacturing Partner
shared by 1 org
Advanced Visualization Lab Partner
shared by 1 org
Aerospace, Manufacturing and Information Technology (AMIT) clusters of Southern Arizona Partner
shared by 1 org
Air2O Partner
shared by 1 org
Alcor System Partner
shared by 1 org
American Astronomical Society Partner
shared by 1 org
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Partner
shared by 1 org
Andrew Aragon 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.

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.

110K
People served
from 3 orgs
762
Partner organizations
from 2 orgs
620
Staff
from 3 orgs