EBAYC

What EBAYC does

EBAYC (East Bay Asian Youth Center) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1976 in Berkeley, California, currently headquartered in Oakland with a second regional office in Sacramento. It delivers youth development services to over 2,500 young people annually through three core programs: Life Coaching (intensive wraparound support for youth impacted by poverty, violence, and exploitation), School Partnerships (on-campus integrated services at 10+ OUSD and Sacramento schools, including Family Resource Centers and the Shop 55 Wellness Center at Oakland High School), and Community Power (participatory action research and coalition advocacy). Programs are culturally responsive and trauma-informed, with particular emphasis on Asian American, immigrant, and refugee youth in low-wealth neighborhoods of Oakland's San Antonio district and South Sacramento.

EBAYC operates a hub-and-spoke direct-service model with no proprietary technology platform; service delivery relies on community-embedded staff, many of whom are program alumni, and on formal contracts with school districts, county agencies, and community-based partners. Reported outcomes include a 36% reduction in urgent life functioning needs nine months post-enrollment in Oakland Life Coaching, 8,170+ hours of direct services to 150+ youth annually in Oakland, and 40+ youth served annually in Sacramento Peer Advocate programs with strong participant-reported satisfaction metrics.

Revenue is generated almost entirely from grants and contracts: government funding from Alameda County, Sacramento County, the City of Oakland, the City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention, the California Department of Education, and the California Department of Public Health; foundation and corporate grants from The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente, Sierra Health Foundation, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Jeremy Lin Foundation, Joseph & Vera Long Foundation, and Yield Giving (MacKenzie Scott); and individual donations. Critically, EBAYC helped author three voter-approved ballot measures — the 1996 Kids First Oakland Fund for Children & Youth ($20M+ annually citywide), the 2014 Measure N ($12M annually for Oakland high schools), and the 2022 Sacramento Measure L ($46M over 5 years) — which provide durable, tax-backed funding channels routed through coalitions EBAYC co-leads.

Name

EBAYC

Legal name

East Bay Asian Youth Center

Website

https://ebayc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EBAYC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1976 that delivers life coaching, school-based support, and community advocacy to over 2,500 low-income and Asian youth annually in Oakland and Sacramento, California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Grants & Contracts: EBAYC receives significant funding from government sources including Alameda County, California Department of Education, City of Oakland, and Sacramento County. These include grants for after-school programs, violence prevention, behavioral health services, and community schools initiatives.
2. Foundation & Corporate Grants: EBAYC receives grants from foundations including The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente, Sierra Health Foundation, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Jeremy Lin Foundation, Joseph & Vera Long Foundation, Yield Giving/MacKenzie Scott, and others supporting youth development and community health.
3. Individual Donations: EBAYC accepts individual donations through its website, vehicle donations, stock gifts, and planned giving arrangements. The organization emphasizes community support to provide services to young people.
4. Ballot Measure Funding: EBAYC has been instrumental in passing ballot measures that generate dedicated funding streams: Oakland Fund for Children & Youth (Kids First, over $20M annually), Measure N College & Career Readiness for All Act ($12M annually for OUSD), and Sacramento Measure L ($46M over 5 years).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EBAYC is a direct-service nonprofit providing intensive life coaching, wraparound support, after-school and expanded learning programs, family resource centers, youth wellness services, and community organizing/advocacy for over 2,500 young people annually in Oakland and Sacramento, with a focus on Asian youth, immigrant/refugee families, and youth impacted by poverty and violence.

Product overview

EBAYC offers a unified set of youth development services organized around three core program areas: Life Coaching (intensive support for youth impacted by poverty, violence, and exploitation), School Partnerships (on-campus integrated support at 11 partner schools), and Community Power (participatory action research and advocacy). These services include Expanded Learning Programs, Peer Advocates groups, Family Resource Centers, and the SHOP 55 Wellness Center. The organization operates as a direct service nonprofit rather than a technology product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shop 55: Youth-driven one-stop student wellness center at Oakland High School providing culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, and healing-centered support services.

Products and services

• Life Coaching Intensive life coaching and wraparound support services for young people impacted by generational poverty, violence, and exploitation. Includes weekly life coaching conversations, systems navigation, and family engagement. Offered free to participants in Oakland and Sacramento.
• School Partnerships

Quantifiable outcome

• 36% reduction in urgent life functioning needs experienced by youth nine months following enrollment in Oakland Life Coaching
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core, historic, moderate and minor.

• Oakland Community OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013EBAYC collaborated withOCO to create Measure N for career academies in Oakland high schools. Measure N passed in 2014.
• People United for a Better OaklandhistoricStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996EBAYC partnered with this organization along with Centro de Juventud and West Oakland Violence Prevention Project to create Kids First Coalition and the 1996 ballot measure.
• Alameda County Probation DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBAYC works with probation department for youth involved in juvenile justice system, providing life coaching and wraparound support to reduce recidivism.
• City of Oakland Department of Violence PreventioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBAYC collaborates with city's violence prevention department to serve youth impacted by community violence and reduce gun violence.
• Asian Health ServicesmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing culturally-responsive health services to Asian communities in Oakland.
• Alameda County Food BankmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood bank supplying family resource centers operated by EBAYC at partner schools.
• Oakland Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOUSD is EBAYC's primary school partner, with formal partnerships at 10+ schools for expanded learning, life coaching, and family engagement.
• Oakland Kids FirstmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working on youth policy and funding initiatives in Oakland.
• Sac Kids First CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBAYC is co-founder of Sacramento's largest grassroots youth coalition with 36 member organizations. Coalition passed 2022 Measure L.
• Youth ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSacramento-based youth advocacy organization; EBAYC's close partner in Measure L campaign and ongoing youth policy work.
• San Antonio Neighborhood CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBAYC-led coalition addressing sex-trafficking, violence, and homelessness in Oakland's San Antonio community.
• TrybemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth-serving organization partnering on community organizing and parent engagement.
• Lincoln FamiliesmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily services organization supporting EBAYC's work with families.
• Soccer Without BordersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational sports organization providing soccer programming at Roosevelt Middle School and Urban Promise Academy.
• SenecamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health services provider partnering at Oakland High School Shop 55 Wellness Center.
• Youth AliveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth violence prevention organization partnering at Oakland High School.
• Beats, Rhymes and LifeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHip-hop therapy organization providing creative arts programming at Oakland High School.
• BuildOnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational nonprofit providing youth service and education programs.
• Asian Resources InccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEBAYC started Sacramento operations in 2014 in collaboration with this nonprofit social services organization serving Asian and immigrant/refugee communities since 1980.
• California State University SacramentomoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerSacramento State University partners with EBAYC Sacramento programs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Largest direct youth-development nonprofit in the U.S., providing after-school programs, mentoring, and life skills to young people in low-income communities. Directly comparable mission and member-base (underserved youth) to EBAYC's life coaching and school partnership services, though at vastly greater national scale.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National youth-mentoring nonprofit providing one-to-one mentoring relationships and wraparound support to youth facing adversity. Closely comparable to EBAYC's Life Coaching program in both delivery model (intensive, individualized, relationship-based adult support) and target population (youth impacted by poverty, violence, and family instability).
• Communities In Schools: National nonprofit that places site coordinators inside public schools to deliver integrated student supports (attendance intervention, family engagement, mental health referrals, expanded learning). Highly comparable to EBAYC's school-partnership model, including the wraparound-services-plus-parent-engagement structure that EBAYC operates at 10+ OUSD sites.
• After-School All-Stars: National nonprofit providing comprehensive after-school programming in low-income schools, focusing on academic support, enrichment, and health/wellness. Directly comparable to EBAYC's Expanded Learning Programs delivered at multiple school sites, with similar school-district partnership model and similar focus on underserved youth populations.
• Larkin Street Youth Services: San Francisco-based nonprofit providing wraparound services for youth experiencing homelessness and poverty, including housing, education, employment, and wellness programs. Directly comparable to EBAYC's Life Coaching wraparound model and Bay Area focus on serving youth impacted by violence, exploitation, and instability.
• Seneca Family of Agencies: Bay Area-based nonprofit providing intensive mental health, education, and wraparound services to youth involved in child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Closely comparable to EBAYC's partnership with Alameda County Probation and Oakland High School's Shop 55 Wellness Center, and is in fact an existing EBAYC partner; included because it operates comparable intensive-youth-services programs in the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA of the USA: Large national youth and community-services organization delivering after-school programs, youth sports, leadership development, and family services through school and facility partnerships. Directly comparable service lines to EBAYC (after-school, youth development, family engagement) but operates at vastly greater scale and as a broader portfolio of services rather than a youth-focused specialist.
• National Urban League: Large national civil rights and community-services organization providing youth development, workforce, and education programs in urban communities. Operates overlapping youth-services programming but as part of a broader civil-rights and economic-empowerment portfolio rather than as a youth-services specialist like EBAYC.
• UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza): Large national Latino community-services organization operating youth-development, education, and community-organizing programs in low-wealth communities. Highly comparable organizational model — community-embedded, culturally-responsive youth services combined with policy advocacy and ballot-measure work — but serving a different demographic community at national scale.

Others

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice: National Asian-American civil rights and advocacy organization with chapters in multiple cities. Comparable to EBAYC in community-embedded service and Asian-American community focus, but operates as a legal/advocacy organization rather than a direct youth-services provider; an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EBAYCprograms

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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