Family Bridges

What Family Bridges does

Family Bridges is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006 and headquartered in Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois. It delivers faith-based educational services designed to strengthen family relationships and reinforce cultural and spiritual values, with a primary focus on Latino families, married couples, parents, caregivers, and youth in the Chicagoland area. The organization operates through a community-led model built around the three-year AVANCE volunteer training program, which equips community members within partner churches to teach relationship and family curricula sustainably over the long term. In a single year of operations, the organization conducts 365 workshops and events, serves 26,000 individuals, and reaches 112,584 children.

The organization offers a portfolio of programs and content products. Programs include BridgeKeepers and Wise Up for youth resilience, GROWTH: In the FACE of Tension for conflict management, Casademia for educational services, Romance Perpetuo for marriage enrichment, and Family Portrait as a theatrical presentation. Content products include the Golden Bridges family board game, bilingual parenting books (The Struggle is Real, La Lucha es Real, Between Us, Acompañar Para Sanar), Feeling Cards for children ages 4-11, educational posters, and The Struggle is Real Parenting Podcast. Distribution is hybrid: programs are delivered through partner churches, in-person workshops, and digital channels (podcast, blog, YouTube Live, social media); physical and digital products are sold via a Square/Stripe-powered e-commerce storefront; and donations are processed through PayPal.

Family Bridges generates revenue from four streams: grants, service fees from workshops and training programs, private donations (including a monthly donor community), and product sales from its online store. The only disclosed annual operating revenue figure is approximately $3.3 million in 2019, derived from grants, service fees, and private donations. The organization has earned GuideStar Platinum Participant status and the Seal of Transparency, and is led by Founder & CEO Dr. Alicia La Hoz, a clinical psychologist and co-author of The Struggle is Real.

Name

Family Bridges

Legal name

Family Bridges

Website

https://familybridgesusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Family Bridges is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers faith-based educational programs, workshops, and bilingual resources to strengthen Latino families, couples, parents, and youth in the Chicagoland area, operating through partner churches, community workshops, and an e-commerce storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Education and Counseling Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAAFAF

Family & Parenting Education (Family Literacy, Parenting Skills)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Community & Public Education Programs (Libraries, Community Centers)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYEDAKAMAK

Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health)

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) & Mental Health Supports (School-Based)

SECONDARYEDACAJAL

Family Engagement & Take-Home Learning Materials (Home Packs, Parent Guides)

Education/Early Childhood Education/ECE Curriculum, Assessment & Learning Materials

Keywords

• Family education programs
• Marriage enrichment workshops
• Parenting resources
• Youth resilience programs
• Faith-based counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants: Family Bridges operates with funding from grants as one of its primary revenue sources.
2. Service Fees: Revenue generated from fees for services including workshops, training programs, and educational offerings.
3. Private Donations: Individual donors and monthly donor community contributions to support the mission of ending the cycle of trauma.
4. Product Sales: Sale of books (The Struggle is Real, Between Us, Acompañar Para Sanar), games (Golden Bridges), children's resources (emotion posters, feeling cards, responsibility posters), and merchandise through their online store.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Family Bridges is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers faith-based educational programs, workshops, training curricula, and printed/digital resources (books, board games, posters, podcasts) designed to strengthen marriages, equip parents, build youth resilience, and break cycles of childhood trauma. Its core delivery model is volunteer-led community training (notably the three-year AVANCE curriculum) deployed through partner churches, in-person workshops, and an e-commerce shop serving primarily Latino families in the U.S. Midwest.

Product overview

Family Bridges is a nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) offering a portfolio of educational products and programs for families, parents, couples, and youth. The core offerings include published resources such as the Golden Bridges board game, parenting books (The Struggle is Real, Between Us, Acompañar Para Sanar), and children's educational products (Feelings Cards, Today I Feel Poster). Programs include the BridgeKeepers and Wise Up youth programs, the AVANCE marriage/family training curriculum, the GROWTH conflict management program, and the Casademia educational service. Content offerings include The Struggle is Real Parenting Podcast and the Family Portrait theatrical presentation. The organization operates workshops, events, and training programs primarily serving the Latino community in the Chicagoland area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BridgeKeepers: Youth program designed to address core challenges like social isolation and foster resilience in young people.
• Wise Up
• Casademia
• AVANCE
• Romance Perpetuo
• The Struggle is Real Parenting Podcast

Products and services

• Golden Bridges Board Game A family board game that brings families closer through laughter, storytelling, and shared challenges such as charades, meaningful story sharing, and family challenges while collecting gratitude coins. Sold via the Family Bridges online shop.
• The Struggle is Real (English parenting book) A parenting book in English serving as a guide for navigating emotions and behaviors of young children, adolescents, or young adults, offering practical tools and hope for each parenting stage.
• La Lucha es Real: Crianza en el Siglo XXI (Spanish parenting book) Spanish-language version of the parenting book that serves as a guide for navigating emotions and behaviors of young children, adolescents, or young adults, offering practical tools and hope for each parenting stage.
• Between Us: Mother-Daughter Talks A book containing conversations all mothers and daughters should have, designed to help mothers exercise influence and develop character in their daughters.
• Today I Feel Poster An educational poster for the home, classroom, or office that helps children, youth, and adults learn about their feelings and emotions.
• Feelings Playing Cards Playing cards designed to help children ages 4-11 identify with their emotions and build their feeling vocabulary.
• I am Responsible Poster A poster displaying responsibilities, intended for children's bedrooms, classrooms, or other spaces as a daily reminder.
• Acompañar Para Sanar A Spanish-language book offering a practical approach integrating faith and psychology to equip church leaders to care for others with love, truth, and compassion.
• BridgeKeepers Program A youth program designed to address core challenges like social isolation and foster resilience in young people, creating lasting change and helping the next generation thrive.
• Wise Up Program A youth program alongside BridgeKeepers focused on addressing social isolation and fostering resilience in young people.
• AVANCE Training Program A three-year training program that trains community members to teach marriage and family curricula sustainably in local churches and communities, creating self-sustaining impact.
• GROWTH: In the FACE of Tension A conflict management program that examines the root of conflict, engagement patterns in conflict, and best-practice ways to manage conflict to reconcile relationships.
• Casademia Educational Services Educational services focused on family dynamics, conflict resolution, and relationship skills, including the GROWTH conflict management program.
• Romance Perpetuo (Marriage Class) A marriage class focusing on commitment, communication, and everlasting love, designed to strengthen marriages and prevent divorce.
• Family Portrait Theatrical Presentation A theatrical presentation exploring family dynamics including in-laws, accompanied by discussion guides for couples, families, or watch parties.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12.6% increase in marital health and satisfaction for AVANCE participants who completed all six program offerings

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Catholic Charities USA: Large national faith-based social services network providing family-counseling, marriage, and community support services; comparable faith-rooted approach to family-strengthening programming at much larger scale.
• Parents as Teachers: National parent-education nonprofit offering evidence-based curricula, training, and home-visiting programs; comparable parent-education methodology and program-design approach, though not Latino-specific.
• National Council of La Raza / UnidosUS: Large national Latino advocacy and service organization operating family-strengthening programs, education initiatives, and community partnerships — comparable mission and target demographic at materially larger scale.
• Healthy Families America: Preventive home-visiting program for at-risk families administered by Prevent Child Abuse America; comparable family-strengthening mission and intensive family-support service model.

Emerging players

• National Family Preservation Network: Nonprofit focused on family preservation and intensive family-services best practices; comparable target audience (at-risk families) and similar educational/training resources for service providers.

Direct peers

• Casa de Esperanza: Latino-focused national organization addressing domestic violence and family well-being; comparable culturally-tailored, Spanish-bilingual family support service model.
• The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center: Federally supported resource hub for healthy marriage and relationship education programming; directly comparable mission around marriage/family curricula, training, and program delivery to faith and community audiences.
• Caminar Latino: Latino-focused family-services nonprofit providing culturally relevant support for families impacted by domestic violence; comparable target demographic, bilingual model, and community-based delivery.
• AVANCE, Inc. National Latino family-strengthening and early-childhood education nonprofit; the most directly comparable organization to Family Bridges given overlapping Latino focus, parent-education curricula, and family-stability mission.

Regional players

• The Family Conservancy: Kansas City-based family-services nonprofit offering parenting education, counseling, and early-childhood programs; comparable mission and workshop-based delivery model, but different geography than Family Bridges.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/familybridges
• YouTubesoundcloud.com/familybridgesusa
• Facebookfacebook.com/familybridges

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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