San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP)

What San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) does

San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) is a community-based crisis intervention organization headquartered in San Francisco, United States. According to the input data, it was founded in 1962 by Bernard Mayes, a journalist from the British Broadcasting Corporation, and is described as the oldest community-based crisis center in the U.S. The organization operates under the legal name "San Francisco Suicide Prevention" and does business as "SFSP." Its function, implied by its name and domain (sfsuicide.org), is the provision of suicide prevention and crisis support services to individuals in the San Francisco community.

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Name

San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP)

Legal name

San Francisco Suicide Prevention

Website

https://sfsuicide.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) is a San Francisco-based community crisis center, founded in 1962 and described as the oldest community-based crisis center in the U.S., providing suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to individuals in its community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) is a community-based crisis center that delivers confidential crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to individuals experiencing emotional distress or suicidal ideation. Founded in 1962, it operates as the oldest community-based crisis center in the United States and provides direct, person-to-person emotional support through crisis line operations based in San Francisco.

Product overview

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Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Crisis Text Line: A national, text-based crisis-intervention service providing free, 24/7 support via SMS. Comparable to SFSP as a community-impact crisis-intervention nonprofit serving the U.S. public, with the key difference of a digital/text-first channel and a technology-forward operating model.
• Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services: Los Angeles-based nonprofit that operates one of the first U.S. suicide-prevention crisis centers and is a backbone network partner of the 988 Lifeline. Closely comparable to SFSP as a regional, community-based crisis-center nonprofit with a hotline, counseling, and crisis-intervention portfolio.
• The Trevor Project: National nonprofit providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services, focused on LGBTQ+ youth. Comparable to SFSP in mission and crisis-line operating model, but operates nationally with substantial digital infrastructure (chat, text, app) and significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Trans Lifeline: Peer-run crisis hotline operated by and for trans people. Comparable to SFSP in the crisis-line service model but differentiated by a narrow demographic focus and a fully volunteer, peer-support delivery approach.
• Hope for the Day: Nonprofit focused on suicide prevention and mental-health education through community outreach and prevention programming. Comparable to SFSP in mission but operates through education and outreach rather than a 24/7 crisis line.
• IMAlive: Online crisis-chat network providing real-time, live-chat suicide prevention intervention. Comparable to SFSP in crisis-intervention service, but differentiated by a fully digital (chat-only) delivery channel.

Broad incumbents

• Veterans Crisis Line: Federal crisis line serving U.S. military veterans, operated as part of the 988 Lifeline network. Comparable to SFSP in crisis-intervention service delivery, but specialized to veterans and backed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: The federally backed U.S. national suicide-prevention hotline (three-digit 988). Directly comparable in service offering (crisis-line intervention and suicide prevention) but operates nationally as the default public option that local crisis centers like SFSP support or compete against for visibility.

Regional players

• Samaritans (UK & ROI): UK-based emotional-support and suicide-prevention charity offering a 24/7 helpline. Highly comparable to SFSP in mission and volunteer-driven hotline model, but operates in a different geography (United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland).

Others

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP): Largest U.S. nonprofit dedicated to suicide prevention, focused on research, education, public policy, and survivor support rather than direct crisis-line service. Comparable to SFSP as an adjacent ecosystem participant in the suicide-prevention field — potential funder, research partner, or referral-network ally.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sfsuicide
• Facebookfacebook.com/sfsuicideprevention
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfsp

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