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Makerspace and Creative Technology

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

01 Makerspace and Creative Technology · 64 activities edit slice
46
orgs
64
activities
37
strategies
NY
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 46 organizations and 64 activities — Rochester Makerspace, ITHACA MAKERSPACE, SARATOGA JOINERY, Staten Island Makerspace and others. Activity concentrates in New York (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Centered Learning", run by 5 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% · 46 orgs
who's here

Organizations in this field · 46

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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 City Department of Cultural Affairs 4
Government
New York State Council on the Arts 4
Government
Amazon 2
Corporate
Citizens Committee for NYC 2
Foundation
ACCES-VR 1
Government
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 1
Foundation
Ben & Jerry's Saratoga 1
Corporate
Brooklyn Org 1
Foundation
Center for Book Arts 1
Government
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation 1
Foundation
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System 1
Government
CineLab 1
Corporate
Class Tuition 1
Earned
ColorLab, MD 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
Community-Centered Learning
5
Experiential Making and Learning
12
3
Low-Barrier, High-Engagement Access
9
Community-Centered Engagement
5
Access for Lifelong Learning
2
Art-Integrated Community Engagement
1
1
Artist-as-Educator Model
2
Circular Reuse Through Community Engagement
2
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 Government
shared by 7 orgs
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Government
shared by 6 orgs
Amazon Funder
shared by 2 orgs
American Red Cross Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Brooklyn Org Funder
shared by 2 orgs
Discord Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Instagram Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Funder
shared by 2 orgs
National Endowment for the Arts Funder
shared by 2 orgs
National Endowment for the Arts Government
shared by 2 orgs
New York City Department of Education Partner
shared by 2 orgs
New York City Department of Youth and Community Development Government
shared by 2 orgs
New York Public Library Partner
shared by 2 orgs
New York State Council on the Arts Funder
shared by 2 orgs
OWWL Network
shared by 2 orgs