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College Transition Mentorship

01 College Transition Mentorship · 26 edit slice
17
orgs
26
activities
2
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 17 organizations and 26 activities — SMART SCHOOLS, MENTORKIDS USA, NUSTIAN, EDUCATION FORWARD ARIZONA and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (76%) and California (24%). The field's most common shared approach is "Habits-Based Education", run by 1 orgs.
SMART SCHOOLS and MENTORKIDS USA 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
Arizona 76% · 13 orgs
California 24% · 4 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 17

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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.

Arizona Department of Economic Security 1
Government
BHHS Legacy 1
Corporate
Beaty Martinez Foundation 1
Foundation
COYA Grant 1
Government
California Office of Youth Authority (COYA) 1
Government
Gila River Indian Community 1
Government
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles 1
Government
Madeline Winney 1
Individuals
State of California 1
Government
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles 1
Foundation
Turkish Airlines 1
Corporate
UFG Foundation 1
Foundation
Various corporate sponsors 1
Corporate
WIA 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
Habits-Based Education
1
Mentorship as Emotional Support
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.

ABC 7 News Partner
shared by 1 org
ABC15 News Partner
shared by 1 org
APS Partner
shared by 1 org
ASU Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ Dept. of Economic Security Partner
shared by 1 org
AZPrep365 Partner
shared by 1 org
Aaron Parrott Partner
shared by 1 org
Accreditation International Partner
shared by 1 org
Achieve60AZ Partner
shared by 1 org
American Express Partner
shared by 1 org
Anthony Turner Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Association of Independent Schools (AAIS) Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Basketball Coaches Association, Inc. Partner
shared by 1 org
Arizona Community Foundation Funder
shared by 1 org
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 1 org
Arizona Education Progress Meter Network
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 SMART SCHOOLS INC AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 MENTORKIDS USA AZ · 3 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 NUSTIAN AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 EDUCATION FORWARD ARIZONA AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 LTF MINISTRIES INC AZ · 2 · shares w/ 0
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.

3.5M
People served
from 6 orgs
930
Staff
from 4 orgs
235
Partner organizations
from 6 orgs