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Storytelling and Oral Traditions

Every indexed organization working in the activity groups below — who they are, where they operate, and the approaches they share.

01 Storytelling and Oral Traditions · 98 activities edit slice
91
orgs
98
activities
68
strategies
NY
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 91 organizations and 98 activities — STORYCORPS, WORLD SOUND FOUNDATION, THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER HISTORY & CULTURE, IM FROM DRIFTWOOD and others. Activity concentrates in New York (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Immersive Engagement", run by 11 orgs.
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Shortlist

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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
New York 100% · 91 orgs
who's here

Organizations in this field · 91

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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.

New York State Council on the Arts 6
Government
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs 3
Government
National Endowment for the Arts 3
Government
Con Edison 2
Corporate
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 2
Government
New York Community Trust 2
Foundation
A. Lindsay & Olive B. O’Connor Foundation 1
Foundation
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) 1
Government
American Library Association 1
Government
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 1
Foundation
Anonymous 1
Individuals
Arcus Foundation 1
Foundation
Asian American Federation 1
Government
BF Design 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
Immersive Engagement
6
6
1
Art-Integrated Community Engagement
3
5
Archival Activism
2
1
1
Community-Centered Co-Creation
1
3
Community-Centered Learning
4
Community-Led Affirmation
3
2
Preservation Through Access and Engagement
4
Storytelling for Social Change
6
1
1
who works with whom

Named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

New York State Council on the Arts Funder
shared by 9 orgs
New York State Council on the Arts Government
shared by 9 orgs
National Endowment for the Arts Funder
shared by 7 orgs
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Government
shared by 7 orgs
Columbia University Partner
shared by 6 orgs
New York Community Trust Funder
shared by 5 orgs
Bloomberg Connects Partner
shared by 4 orgs
National Park Service Government
shared by 4 orgs
City Lore Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Cornell University Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Library of Congress Partner
shared by 3 orgs
NYU Partner
shared by 3 orgs
New York Public Library Partner
shared by 3 orgs
New York State Government
shared by 3 orgs
New York State Legislature Government
shared by 3 orgs
Office of the Governor Government
shared by 3 orgs