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Recreation & Sports

01 Recreation & Sports · 3,281 edit slice
484
orgs
3,471
activities
61
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 484 organizations and 3,471 activities — CACTUS FOOTHILLS LITTLE LEAGUE, SOUTHERN ARIZONA ADAPTIVE SPORTS, ARIZONA SWIMMING INC (AKA USA SWIMMING INC - ARIZONA), Cactus Little League and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Development Through Inclusive Athletics", run by 191 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% · 484 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 484

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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.

AGM Container Controls/OMEO 2
Corporate
Chick-fil-A 2
Corporate
Coors 2
Corporate
Dick's Sporting Goods 2
Corporate
ESPN 2
Corporate
Local sponsors 2
Corporate
SRP 2
Corporate
Sponsors 2
Corporate
T-Mobile 2
Corporate
Tucson Conquistadores 2
Foundation
2025-2026 Sponsors 1
Corporate
21st CCLC Grant 1
Government
21st Century funding 1
Government
50/50 Raffle 1
Earned
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
Development Through Inclusive Athletics
1674
28
151
Community-Led Systems Change
77
12
13
Holistic Youth Development
101
1
Person-Centered Empowerment
87
4
Faith-Integrated Formation
55
Experiential Learning Model
64
4
Experiential Connection
40
Preservation as Community Memory
85
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 State University Partner
shared by 17 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 13 orgs
Little League International Network
shared by 11 orgs
Arizona Diamondbacks Partner
shared by 7 orgs
City of Scottsdale Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Little League Network
shared by 7 orgs
State of Arizona Government
shared by 7 orgs
USGA Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Little League International Partner
shared by 6 orgs
ASU Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Junior Golf Association of Arizona Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 5 orgs
ABODA Partner
shared by 4 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.

829.0M
economic impact
from 2 orgs
55.0M
annual revenue
from 11 orgs
23.3M
People served
from 83 orgs
12.5M
Meals provided
from 2 orgs
176K
Volunteers
from 11 orgs