Community Action Partnership

What Community Action Partnership does

Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social-services organization founded in 1965 and headquartered at 11870 Monarch Street in Garden Grove, California, with 51–100 employees. The organization operates four physical service locations across Orange County — the Garden Grove headquarters, the Anaheim Independencia Family Resource Center (AIFRC) in Anaheim, the El Modena Family Resource Center (EMFRC) in Orange, and the Southwest Community Center (SWCC) in Santa Ana — plus the OC Food Bank, which is described as the largest regional hunger-relief operation in the county. Its direct-service portfolio addresses poverty through a "stabilize, sustain, empower" framework, delivering free or eligibility-based crisis support, utility and rental assistance, food distribution, case management, benefits navigation, senior services, youth programs, and veteran stabilization to low-income families, working families in crisis, seniors, children, and veterans in Orange County.

CAP OC's service delivery is supported by a layer of conventional SaaS tooling rather than proprietary technology: a CAP OC Online Services application portal (English and Spanish) enables remote client intake and document upload and routes utility-assistance applications to caliheapapply.com; VolunteerHub powers volunteer scheduling; Double the Donation drives employer matching-gift conversion; DAF Direct integrates Donor-Advised Fund grants from Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, and BNY Mellon; PayPal, Amazon Wishlist, and a crypto donation widget (70+ assets) round out the donation surface; Paycom hosts the careers portal; SurveyMonkey collects volunteer feedback; and the Candid/GuideStar transparency seal signals financial accountability to funders. There are no disclosed proprietary AI/ML capabilities.

The organization's revenue mechanics are diversified across at least eight streams: one-time individual donations, recurring monthly gifts via the Huggy Heart Club ($20/$50/$100 tiers), tiered corporate event sponsorships for The Pathway Experience (up to $25,000), corporate and foundation grants (Kaiser Permanente, Pacific Life Foundation, Mutual of America, OC United Way, USI, Wipfli, FCB, JSL, Godes & Preis), planned giving and estate gifts, in-kind contributions, DAF grants, and employer matching gifts. Distribution combines in-person neighborhood access points, an online self-serve intake portal, and event-driven fundraising, with corporate and foundation relationships serving as both funding sources and volunteer-mobilization channels via OneOC and VolunteerHub.

Name

Community Action Partnership

Legal name

Community Action Partnership of Orange County

Website

https://capoc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates four service sites and the OC Food Bank in Orange County, California, delivering free or eligibility-based crisis support, food assistance, case management, and family resource services to low-income residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Poverty Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Food Services (62421), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Anti-poverty services
• Social services
• Community action programs
• Food bank services
• Family resource centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Garden Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. One-Time Donations: Unrestricted and designated individual donations processed online via credit card, PayPal, stock, or crypto; can be earmarked for greatest need, food bank, or specific programs.
2. Huggy Heart Monthly Giving Club: Recurring monthly donor program with tiers at $20, $50, and $100 providing predictable, recurring revenue for ongoing operations.
3. Corporate Event Sponsorships: Tiered sponsorship packages for signature events such as The Pathway Experience gala (Presenting $25,000, Emerald $10,000, Gold $7,500, Bar $7,500, Photo $6,000, Silver $5,000, Table of 5 $1,000).
4. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Institutional funding from corporate philanthropy (Kaiser Permanente, Pacific Life Foundation, USI, Mutual of America) and family/community foundations (Godes & Preis, Wipfli, FCB, JSL).
5. Planned Giving and Estate Gifts: Charitable bequests, retirement plan designations, and other planned giving arrangements.
6. In-Kind Donations: Non-cash contributions including food, goods via Amazon Wishlist, and volunteer time tracked through OneOC and VolunteerHub.
7. Donor-Advised Fund Grants: Recommended grants from DAFs administered through Fidelity, Schwab, and BNY Mellon.
8. Employer Matching Gifts: Matched donation revenue processed through the Double the Donation platform, multiplying individual donor contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free, eligibility-based anti-poverty services to low-income residents of Orange County. Its core offering is a portfolio of direct human-service programs — crisis support (utility, rental, and food assistance), case management, senior and youth services, and family stabilization — delivered through three neighborhood-based Family Resource Centers (Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana) and the OC Food Bank. These services are funded by individual donations, corporate sponsorships, foundation grants, donor-advised funds, and recurring giving programs.

Product overview

Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) is a single unified 501(c)(3) nonprofit social-services organization rather than a software platform; its offering is a portfolio of human-service programs delivered through three physical Family Resource Centers (Anaheim Independencia FRC, El Modena FRC/EMFRC, and Southwest Community Center/SWCC) and the OC Food Bank. These direct-service locations are supported by a CAP OC Online Services application portal (in English and Spanish) for client intake, a multi-channel Donor Services suite (monetary, stock, crypto, DAF, planned giving, Huggy Heart monthly giving), a Volunteer Program managed through VolunteerHub, signature fundraising events (Canstruction OC, A Night of Hope, The Pathway Experience, and the Anti-Poverty Summit), internship pipelines, and a Virtual Food Drive program. Together these modules address the organization's mission to stabilize, sustain, and empower working families out of poverty in Orange County.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OC Food Bank: CAP OC's food bank and hunger-alleviation program; named under Canstruction OC 2026 event as beneficiary of proceeds from canned-food structure builds.
• AIFRC (Anaheim Independencia Family Resource Center)
• EMFRC (El Modena Family Resource Center)
• SWCC (Southwest Community Center)
• Huggy Heart Club

Products and services

• OC Food Bank CAP OC's flagship hunger-relief program and Orange County's largest regional food bank, distributing food to low-income families, children, seniors, and veterans and supported by Canstruction OC, food drives, and bulk purchasing.
• CAP OC Online Services (Client Application Portal) Online client intake and case-management portal where Orange County residents apply for CAP OC services and upload documentation (government-issued ID, proof of address, income verification); available in English and Spanish and routes Utility Assistance applications to caliheapapply.com.
• Anaheim Independencia Family Resource Center (AIFRC) Family Resource Center at 10841 Garza Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804, providing crisis support, family services, senior lunches, and youth programs to North Orange County residents.
• El Modena Family Resource Center (EMFRC) Family Resource Center at 18672 E. Center Street, Orange, CA 92869, delivering direct services, karate program, CEAC meetings, and clinic coordination for the Orange community.
• Southwest Community Center (SWCC) Community Center at 1601 W. 2nd Street, Santa Ana, CA 92703, hosting community services, youth services, and family support programming, and serving as operational home of the OC Food Bank.
• Canstruction OC Annual design-build competition in which teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers, organizations, and students construct structures entirely from canned foods within a 10'x10' space to benefit the OC Food Bank.
• The Pathway Experience Immersive cocktail and dinner fundraising experience in which guests follow the "yellow brick road" through themed stop points representing CAP OC's pathways to stability, culminating in a seated dinner; features tiered corporate sponsorships (Presenting, Emerald, Gold, Silver, Photo Experience, Bar).
• Anti-Poverty Summit Inaugural day-of-action summit convening local leaders, advocates, and stakeholders to strategize solutions addressing affordable housing, economic mobility, and food security in Orange County.
• A Night of Hope (Annual Gala) Annual fundraising dinner featuring cocktails, dinner, and a silent/live auction, previously hosted at Bosscat Kitchen & Libations in Irvine and at VEA Newport Beach; marked the 60th Anniversary in 2025.
• Huggy Heart Club (Monthly Giving Program) Monthly recurring donation club with tiers at $20, $50, and $100; offers members invitations to exclusive volunteer events, newsletter recognition, and an annual lunch with the President & CEO.
• CAP OC Volunteer Program Volunteer engagement program coordinated through VolunteerHub for OC Food Bank shifts, with internship opportunities across Planning, Community Services, Youth Services, and Administrative functions.
• Donor Services (Monetary, Stock, Crypto, DAF, Payroll, Planned Giving) Multi-channel donation platform supporting one-time and recurring monetary gifts, stock transfers, 70+ cryptocurrencies, Donor-Advised Funds via Fidelity/Schwab/BNY Mellon, employee gift matching, Amazon wishlist, PayPal, and planned/estate giving.
• Virtual Food Drive Program allowing supporters to make monetary contributions that leverage CAP OC's bulk purchasing power to acquire more food for distribution than retail-equivalent donations.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than six decades of continuous operation ending poverty in Orange County
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• DisneyflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-standing Canstruction design-build team participant, contributing structures built from canned food that are donated to the OC Food Bank.
• FluorcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction team participant; provides corporate volunteer engagement and in-kind donations to OC Food Bank.
• HNTBcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• LPAcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• BasseniancoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• PCLcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• GENSLERcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• WATGcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• Magic BulletcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• SVAcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• TerraconcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• WD PartnerscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• WEBBcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCanstruction design-build team participant.
• Select Graphics & PrintingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of The Pathway Experience gala; in-kind printing services partner.
• VolunteerHubcoreTechnology or IntegrationVolunteer management platform powering CAP OC's volunteer scheduling, onboarding, and impact tracking.
• OneOCcoreTechnology or IntegrationRegional volunteer center that funnels corporate and individual volunteers into CAP OC programs and events.
• Candid / GuideStarcoreTechnology or IntegrationNonprofit transparency platform that hosts CAP OC's public profile and awards the Candid/GuideStar seal.
• Double the DonationcoreTechnology or IntegrationEmployer matching-gift search and automation tool embedded in CAP OC's donation flow.
• PayPalcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline payment processor used as a donation channel on capoc.org.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Habitat for Humanity of Orange County: Housing-stabilization nonprofit in Orange County addressing affordable housing and self-sufficiency. Comparable anti-poverty mission, OC footprint, and reliance on corporate volunteers and corporate sponsors.
• Illumination Foundation: Orange County homeless services and rapid-rehousing nonprofit. Comparable in serving low-income OC residents, relying on corporate volunteers and grant funding.
• Families Forward: OC-based nonprofit providing food, housing, and case management to low-income families in Irvine and surrounding communities. Highly comparable beneficiary base and direct-service model to CAP OC.
• Catholic Charities of Orange County: Faith-based direct-service nonprofit operating family, immigration, and emergency assistance programs in Orange County. Overlapping client base, multilingual case management, and donor/constituency overlap with CAP OC.
• Orange County United Way: Regional anti-poverty and human-services funder in Orange County operating its own grant and donor infrastructure, with a 211 helpline and direct community investments. Closely comparable in geography, mission, and donor base to CAP OC, and an explicit gala sponsor of CAP OC's Pathway Experience.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County: Large regional food bank serving the same Orange County geography as CAP OC's OC Food Bank. Comparable hunger-relief mission, donor base, and food-distribution model.
• Mercy House: Orange County homeless services nonprofit operating emergency shelters, transitional housing, and year-round services. Comparable in mission, OC footprint, and volunteer/corporate-driven operating model.
• Jewish Federation & Family Services of Orange County: Multi-service social services agency in Orange County offering senior, family, and case-management support. Comparable in scale, service portfolio, and OC geographic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Orange County Community Foundation: Large regional community foundation serving Orange County, managing donor-advised funds and grantmaking. Comparable in donor base and grantmaking channel to CAP OC's DAF and foundation grant streams.

Regional players

• South County Outreach: Food and rental-assistance nonprofit serving South Orange County. Comparable in direct-service offerings (food, rental help, case management) and donor base, but focused on the south-county sub-region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CAPOrangeCounty
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/capocvideo/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/CAPOC
• Instagraminstagram.com/cap_oc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cap-oc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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