Major Strategies

​Five major groups National Tax-Exempt Entities (NTEE) represent broadly aligned interest areas with community outcome strategies at a population level. These outcomes work as a strategic roadmap to achieve results—each major group “layers” philanthropic interests with long-term outcomes and lead partners. 

Education

We collectively create our community’s economic vitality for every family by preparing each child for success in school and life. (Cradle to Career Partnership Pima)
  1. Every child is prepared for school.
  2. Every child succeeds in school.
  3. All youth graduate from high school on a path to college or employment.
  4. All youth attain a post-secondary credential leading to a career that sustains a family.

Arts, Culture, and Humanities

A community that values arts, culture, and humanities as the soul of civil society, preserving our past, celebrating our stories, and fostering creativity, free thought, and creative enterprise. (National Endowment of the Arts)
  1. Native Arizona communities advance their cultural knowledge and arts to build and strengthen relationships.  
  2. Every individual has access to a well-resourced public library from which to learn, be inspired, and enhance a collective sense of place through the trusted information, ideas, and stories it contains about our diverse natural and cultural heritage.
  3. Individuals can access responsibly preserved, locally managed, and stewarded arts, culture, and humanities organizations.  
  4. Arts, culture, and humanities are integrated into strategies that promote the well-being and resilience of people and communities.[1]

[1] A cross-cutting strategy of the NEA https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/2022-2026-Strategic-Plan-Feb2022.pdf

Human Services

A community where every person has equitable access to achieve their full potential for health and well-being across their lifespan, including the ability to be born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age in safety and health. (CDC- Healthy by 2030 Social Determinants of Health Outcomes)
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  1. Every person earns a steady income, allowing them to meet their health and housing needs.
  2. Every person has stable, safe, accessible, affordable housing as a renter or homeowner.
  3. Every person has equitable social and community support.
  4. Households have and use financial literacy skills to access equitable savings resources for emergencies, retirement, and education.
  5. Communities are equipped to respond to disasters, rebuild more robustly, and prepare for future disasters.
  6. Everyone has equitable access to medications, diapers, toiletries, and other household goods to meet their health, well-being, and education needs.
  7. Every child grows up in a safe and stable environment where trust among families, communities, partners, and governments is built proactively to prevent and address child abuse and neglect.
  8. End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and secure locally sustainable agriculture practices. 

Health

A society in which all people can achieve their full potential for health and well-being across their lifespan through effective health services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine and public health (Pima County Health Department)
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  1. Every person has access to comprehensive, high-quality healthcare services.
  2. Every person attains healthy, thriving lives and well-being free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
  3. Every person develops healthy behaviors and well-being across all life stages.
  4. Every person earns a steady income, allowing them to meet their health and housing needs.

Public and Societal Benefit

Individuals equitably access and participate in democracy, organizations, and society, connecting communities to solve problems and improve the lives of all. (The Arizona We Want)
  1. Every individual participates and accesses their government and public administration safely and transparently.
  2. Every person can engage with professional societies and associations for innovation and development, thought leadership, and community improvement.
  3. Organizations engage volunteers strategically to increase public trust, philanthropy, and volunteerism.  
  4. Every veteran and active-duty service member has support and recognition to honor their service.