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Graduate & Seminary Admissions Support

01 Graduate & Seminary Admissions Support · 11 edit slice
4
orgs
11
activities
1
strategies
CA
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 4 organizations and 11 activities — Fresno Pacific University, William Jessup University, The Chicago School - California, NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY and others. Activity concentrates in California (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Primary-Source-Driven Curriculum", run by 1 orgs.
Fresno Pacific University and William Jessup University hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
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
California 100% · 4 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 4

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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.

Academic Partnerships 1
Corporate
Federal Student Aid 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
Primary-Source-Driven Curriculum
1
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.

116 community colleges Partner
shared by 1 org
Academic Partnerships Partner
shared by 1 org
Bakersfield Christian Schools Partner
shared by 1 org
Board of Trustees Government
shared by 1 org
Bon Appetit Cafe Partner
shared by 1 org
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Government
shared by 1 org
Crossroads Café Partner
shared by 1 org
FPU Foundation Network
shared by 1 org
Fresno Grizzlies Partner
shared by 1 org
Handshake Partner
shared by 1 org
Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine Network
shared by 1 org
Office of Continuing Education Partner
shared by 1 org
Palomar College University Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Porterville Community College University Center Partner
shared by 1 org
Reedley College Partner
shared by 1 org
Rocklin Campus 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.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 Fresno Pacific University CA · 7 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 William Jessup University CA · 2 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 The Chicago School - California Inc CA · 1 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY CA · 1 · shares w/ 0