Project Hope Alliance

What Project Hope Alliance does

Project Hope Alliance is a non-profit organization headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, that serves children affected by homelessness and addiction. Founded in 1989, the organization has operated continuously for over three decades as a community-based social services provider, with a current headcount of 11–50 employees under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Friend. Its public-facing website (projecthopealliance.org) is the primary external channel; however, the site returned only a verification placeholder during data collection, and no detailed program descriptions, service lines, or operational metrics were available in the input sources.

The organization's business model is that of a 501(c)-style charitable non-profit: it does not generate revenue through commercial pricing, and no pricing models, customer segments, or revenue mechanics are disclosed. Funding is implicitly derived from donations, grants, and philanthropic sources typical of small regional non-profits serving vulnerable populations, though no specific donors, foundation relationships, government contracts, or financial statements are referenced in the input. No products, technology platforms, AI/ML capabilities, patents, certifications, partnerships, awards, or strategic transactions are documented.

Strategic activity is similarly opaque in the input data: no funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership changes with dated context, product launches, or geographic expansions are recorded beyond the organization's founding and current operational presence in Costa Mesa. For analytical purposes, the entity should be treated as a small, locally focused non-profit with no disclosed financial, technological, or expansion signals in the available sources — and any forward-looking assessment (revenue band, growth direction, AI maturity) carries low confidence as a result.

Name

Project Hope Alliance

Website

https://projecthopealliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Project Hope Alliance is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 and based in Costa Mesa, California, that serves children affected by homelessness and addiction, operating with 11–50 employees under CEO Jennifer Friend.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Homeless services
• Youth support programs
• Family stabilization
• Addiction recovery
• Social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Costa Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Project Hope Alliance is a non-profit organization that delivers services and programs to children and families affected by homelessness and addiction. The organization operates community-based programs designed to stabilize and support vulnerable youth and their caregivers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Homeless and Addiction-Affected Youth Support Programs

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Covenant House: A large, national nonprofit serving youth experiencing homelessness and trafficking. Direct mission overlap with Project Hope Alliance in housing and wraparound support for homeless youth, though at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• National Network for Youth: Advocacy and capacity-building network for youth-serving organizations including those addressing youth homelessness. Comparable as a sector-shaping nonprofit in the same youth housing and development space.

Direct peers

• StandUp for Kids: National nonprofit focused on ending youth homelessness through outreach, mentoring, and housing support. Closely comparable in target population (homeless youth) and service model (community-based housing and mentorship).
• Family Promise: National nonprofit mobilizing communities to address family homelessness through prevention, shelter, and stabilization. Shares a family- and child-centered approach to breaking the cycle of homelessness.
• Bridge of Hope: Christian nonprofit addressing family homelessness through housing, case management, and community support. Comparable in mission and family-centered service approach.

Regional players

• Illumination Foundation: Orange County, California-based nonprofit addressing homelessness through housing, recuperative care, and wraparound services. Direct regional overlap with Project Hope Alliance's Costa Mesa footprint and similar population focus.
• Mercy House: Southern California nonprofit providing emergency, transitional, and permanent housing for homeless individuals and families. Comparable housing-services model in the same regional geography as Project Hope Alliance.
• School on Wheels: Southern California nonprofit providing educational services and tutoring to children experiencing homelessness. Comparable in targeting school-aged homeless children in overlapping geography.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ProjectHopeAll
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/project-hope-alliance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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