Community Bridges

What Community Bridges does

Community Bridges is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Federal Tax ID 94-2460211) headquartered at 519 Main Street, Watsonville, California, founded in 1977 to deliver human services to children, families, and seniors across Santa Cruz County. The organization operates a coordinated family of ten programs across 20 physical sites spanning Ben Lomond, Scotts Valley, Felton, Live Oak, Santa Cruz, Freedom, Watsonville, and Pajaro, serving more than 20,000 individuals annually. Programs are grouped into three pillars: Children & Nutrition (CACFP federal meal-reimbursement sponsor, Early Education Division with six licensed preschool centers, and WIC at three sites); Family Resource Collective (La Manzana, Live Oak, Mountain, Nueva Vista community resource centers plus Puentes Para Familias emergency aid, Eviction Defense Collaborative with Senior Legal Services/Tenant Sanctuary/CRC, Enhanced Care Management, and Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery); and Seniors & Transportation (Elderday Adult Day Health Care, Lift Line paratransit, and Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County celebrating 50 years).

Revenue is generated through a diversified public-foundation-individual mix rather than market pricing. Tier-one government grants of $1M+ each (FY 2023-2024) come from US Federal Funds, California State Funds, and the Seniors Council of Santa Cruz County; tier-two at $500K-$1M from County of Santa Cruz, County of Monterey, and Measure D; tier-three at $100K-$500K from Central California Alliance for Health, City of Santa Cruz, First 5 Santa Cruz County, Kaiser Permanente, and United Way. CACFP federal reimbursements (~$8,000 annually per eligible provider), Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management billing, individual donations via Bridge Builder monthly giving, legacy gifts, and annual fundraising events (Farm to Fork Gala, Food From the Heart, The Mountain Affair, WIC Breastfeeding Walk) round out the model. Most direct services are free or subsidized at point of delivery; subsidized EED tuition is the only program with published fees tied to eligibility.

The underlying technology stack is conventional third-party SaaS (Microsoft 365, Paycom, ADP Workforce Now, Voya 401(k), KidKare, Social Solutions Apricot, WIChealth.org, Triple P scheduling) with no proprietary platform, no public API, no mobile app, and no AI/ML components. Distribution is exclusively community-led and partner-referred through the 20-site physical network, online interest forms on communitybridges.org, a phone intake line (831-688-8840), and a deep cross-sector referral ecosystem. The board is chaired by Jack Jacobson (serving since inception), with CEO Raymon "Ray" Cancino leading a 251-500 employee workforce.

Name

Community Bridges

Legal name

Community Bridges

Website

https://communitybridges.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Community Bridges is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 1977, operating ten human-services programs across 20 sites in Santa Cruz County that serve more than 20,000 children, families, and seniors annually through nutrition, education, family resources, senior care, and transportation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Human Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Home Health Care Services (62161), Individual and Family Services (6241), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSABANAA

Social Adult Day Care (Non-Medical Supervision & Activities)

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Adult Day Care & Senior Day Programs

SECONDARYHLADAIAB

Social Adult Day Care (Non-Medical Senior Day Programs)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Adult Day Health Care & Senior Day Care

SECONDARYHSABAGAI

Respite Care for Adults with Disabilities / Special Needs

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Respite Care Services

SECONDARYHLAFAGAN

Primary Care for Underserved Populations (e.g., migrant, homeless, refugee clinics)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Primary Care & Community Health Providers

Keywords

• Community human services
• Early childhood education
• Nutrition assistance programs
• Senior care services
• Family resource centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Watsonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Grants (Federal, State, County, City): Largest revenue tier ($1M+ each): United States Federal Funds, California State Funds, Seniors Council of Santa Cruz County. Mid-tier ($500K–$1M): County of Santa Cruz, County of Monterey, Measure D Santa Cruz County. Lower tiers include City of Santa Cruz, City of Capitola, City of Watsonville, City of Scotts Valley. Funds support operations across all 10 programs in Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County.
2. Foundation & Corporate Grants: Foundation and corporate philanthropy at multiple tiers: $100K–$500K (Central California Alliance for Health, First 5 Santa Cruz County, Kaiser Permanente, United Way of Santa Cruz County); $50K–$100K (Community Foundation for Monterey County, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Santa Cruz County Office of Education); $10K–$50K (California Association of Food Banks, California Fire Foundation, Central Coast Community Energy, Sunlight Giving Foundation, PG&E, Palo Alto Medical Foundation); sub-$10K (California Healthcare Foundation, California Emerging Technology Fund, East Bay Community Foundation, etc.).
3. Federal CACFP Reimbursement Pass-Through: As a CACFP sponsoring organization, Community Bridges administers federal meal reimbursements from the USDA (via CDSS) to enrolled licensed day care providers serving children and adults. Eligible providers caring for six or more children/adults daily with two meals and one snack can receive approximately $8,000 annually in reimbursements.
4. Individual Donations, Monthly Giving, Legacy Gifts, Fundraising Events: Individual donor support via donate page, monthly Bridge Builder giving, legacy/bequest giving, and event fundraising (Farm to Fork Gala, Food From the Heart, The Mountain Affair, WIC Breastfeeding Walk, Giving Tuesday, and Pajaro Mural campaign). Targeted campaigns include 50th Anniversary Meals on Wheels support and Puentes Para Familias emergency family support donations.
5. Restricted Project Grants (e.g., AB102 Pajaro Mural, CARB Community Air Grants): Restricted-purpose public funding for specific initiatives: California Assembly Bill 102 (administered by Community Foundation for Monterey County) funded the Pajaro Mural; California Air Resources Board Community Air Grants program funds environmental health outreach across Santa Cruz County FRC sites.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Community Bridges operates a family of 10 human services programs across 20 sites in Santa Cruz County, delivering bilingual/bicultural services that span every life stage: early childhood education and nutrition (EED, WIC, CACFP), family resource centers with advocacy, counseling, and housing navigation (La Manzana, Live Oak, Mountain, Nueva Vista), senior adult day health care, paratransit, and home-delivered meals (Elderday, Lift Line, Meals on Wheels), plus immigration-response emergency aid (Puentes Para Familias), disaster preparedness/recovery, and Enhanced Care Management for Medi-Cal recipients. Services are free or subsidized and reach over 20,000 children, families, and seniors annually.

Product overview

Community Bridges is a single 501(c)(3) social services nonprofit (founded 1977) operating a platform-plus-modules architecture: a unified administrative backbone ("family of programs") that delivers ten core programs across twenty sites in Santa Cruz County. The Children & Nutrition modules comprise the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the Early Education Division (EED, six licensed preschool sites), and Women, Infants & Children (WIC, three sites). The Family Resource Collective groups four (effectively six, including Pajaro Long-Term Recovery and Beach Flats) community resource centers — La Manzana, Live Oak, Mountain, and Nueva Vista — that deliver bilingual advocacy, counseling, parent education, benefits enrollment, and emergency preparedness, and which house the Puentes Para Familias emergency aid program and the Eviction Defense Collaborative. The Seniors & Transportation modules comprise Elderday Adult Day Health Care, Lift Line paratransit, and Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County (50 years, since 1975). Enhanced Care Management (ECM) crosses the Family Resource Collective to provide Medi-Cal care coordination. All programs share the same Watsonville headquarters at 519 Main Street and are supported by the same employee, donor, and volunteer infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): A nutrition assistance program that reimburses food for licensed caregivers, providing healthy meals to support children and adults in care settings.
• Early Education Division (EED)
• Women, Infants & Children (WIC)
• La Manzana Community Resources
• Live Oak Community Resources
• Mountain Community Resources
• Nueva Vista Community Resources
• Elderday Adult Day Health Care
• Lift Line
• Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County
• Puentes Para Familias
• Family Resource Collective

Products and services

• Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Federal nutrition assistance program administered as a sponsor by Community Bridges, reimbursing licensed child care providers, adult day care centers, emergency shelters, at-risk afterschool programs, and day care homes for serving USDA-compliant meals to eligible children and adults. Provides annual workshops, on-site nutrition education (3 visits/year), and a monthly newsletter.
• Early Education Division (EED) Operates six licensed early education centers across Santa Cruz County (Highlands Park, Vista Verde, Fairgrounds, Nuevo Dia, Sycamore Street, Redwood Mountain), providing subsidized, developmentally appropriate, play-based bilingual curriculum for children with low teacher-to-child ratios. California State Preschool Program provider.
• Women, Infants & Children (WIC) California WIC program serving pregnant/postpartum/breastfeeding women, infants, and children under 5 in families at or below 185% Federal Poverty Level or receiving Medi-Cal/CalFresh/Cash Aid. Offers nutritious foods, nutrition education (including WIChealth.org online classes), breastfeeding peer counseling, and referrals at sites in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Felton.
• La Manzana Community Resources Pajaro Valley family resource center offering bilingual community advocacy, housing navigation, counseling referrals, parent education, public benefits enrollment (CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CoveredCA), USDA Summer Food Service Program summer lunches, and emergency preparedness services at 521 Main Street, Suite Y, Watsonville, with a Pajaro Long-Term Recovery Center satellite at 14 Porter Drive, Pajaro.
• Live Oak Community Resources Live Oak area family resource center providing community advocacy, counseling referrals, parent education, housing navigation support, and benefits enrollment assistance. Hosts weekly Tenant Sanctuary walk-in tenant rights counseling hours. Located at 1740 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz.
• Mountain Community Resources San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley family resource center offering community advocacy, East West Natural Health Clinic (free acupuncture/Chinese and Ayurvedic herbal therapies), twice-yearly CERT emergency response trainings, weekly Second Harvest Food Bank grocery distributions, and parent education. Located at 6134 Highway 9, Felton. Showers, laundry, lockers, and mail services were discontinued July 1, 2025 due to funding constraints.
• Nueva Vista Community Resources Santa Cruz family resource center (formerly Beach Flats Community Center & Familia Center), offering bilingual community advocacy, monthly Second Harvest Food Bank food distributions (1st and 3rd Wednesdays 2:30–5pm), an After School Homework Club for low-income elementary and middle school youth, Ocean Scholars Spring Break marine ecology program, and the Summer Fun youth recreation program in collaboration with O'Neill Sea Odyssey and MAH. Main Office: 711 East Cliff Drive; Youth Services: 133 Leibrandt Avenue.
• Family Resource Collective Umbrella for Community Bridges' six family resource sites (La Manzana, Live Oak, Mountain, Nueva Vista East Cliff, Nueva Vista Beach Flats, and Pajaro Long-Term Recovery Center). Delivers bilingual community advocacy, free pre-licensed clinical counseling, housing navigation, Triple P Parent Education, public benefits enrollment (CalFresh, Medi-Cal, CoveredCA), legal services, Eviction Defense Collaborative services (with Tenant Sanctuary, Senior Legal Services, and CRC), California Air Resources Board Community Air Grants education, and emergency preparedness and disaster recovery services across Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley.
• Elderday Adult Day Health Care Community-based adult day health care program at 501 Main Street, Watsonville, providing skilled health support, therapeutic activities, nutritious meals, transportation, care coordination, and caregiver respite so older adults and people with disabilities can remain living at home. Operations led by Program Director Steven Matzie (joined 2025), succeeding longtime director Lois Sones.
• Lift Line Door-to-door paratransit service providing rides to seniors and people with disabilities across the Central Coast. Used by older adults and people with disabilities to evacuate during emergencies. Administrative office at 545 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville; community drop-in site at 521 Main Street, Suite H. Operations Monday–Sunday, 9am–5pm.
• Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County Home-delivered and congregate meal program for seniors, operating since 1975 (50th anniversary celebrated in 2025). Home delivery route plus five dining sites: Live Oak (Elena Baskin Live Oak Senior Center), San Lorenzo Valley (Highlands Park Senior Center, Ben Lomond), Santa Cruz (Louden Nelson Community Center), Watsonville (Watsonville Senior Center), and an Administrative Office at 1777 Capitola Road, Santa Cruz.
• Enhanced Care Management (ECM) Free care coordination for Medi-Cal recipients with complex needs, supporting access to care, housing, benefits, and other services. Bilingual delivery across Community Bridges Family Resource Collective and partner program sites.
• Puentes Para Familias: Emergency Family Support Program Emergency aid program providing up to $2,500 per eligible family for bond, rent, utilities, childcare, or other urgent costs when a primary wage earner/caregiver has been detained by immigration enforcement within the past 90 days. Eligibility: live or work in Santa Cruz, Monterey, or San Benito County; income below 80% AMI (priority below 50%); assets ≤$5,000. Operated through La Manzana, Live Oak, Mountain, and Nueva Vista community resources.
• Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery Multi-lingual, multi-cultural emergency preparedness, response, and long-term disaster recovery services for Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County. Includes emergency preparedness education, first-responder services (mental health counseling, case management, essential item distribution, mobile laundry), disaster case management, and the 2023 Pajaro flood long-term recovery work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 20,000 local children, families, and seniors served annually across 10 programs and 20 sites
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• First 5 Santa Cruz CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided $100,000–$500,000 in FY 2023–2024 and funds the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program at all Family Resource Collective sites in English and Spanish. Co-administers parenting classes across Santa Cruz County.
• Community Foundation for Monterey CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided $50,000–$100,000 in FY 2023–2024 and administered AB102 funding for the Pajaro Mural project (Life Transforms / La Vida Se Transforma).
• Santa Cruz County Office of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided $50,000–$100,000 in FY 2023–2024. Coordinates with Community Bridges on early education and youth programs.
• California Department of Social Services (CDSS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDSS administers the CACFP program in California and has a direct agreement with Community Bridges as a CACFP sponsoring organization. Community Bridges takes responsibility for training, monitoring, and disbursing cash reimbursements to enrolled day care home providers and adult day care centers under CDSS oversight.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSDA sets nutritional guidelines and administers the federal CACFP. Community Bridges operates as a CACFP sponsoring organization under USDA federal civil rights regulations. USDA meal patterns and reimbursements are core to CACFP service delivery.
• Second Harvest Food BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Community Bridges' Mountain Community Resources and Nueva Vista Community Resources to provide free supplemental groceries and nutritional awareness. Mountain: every Thursday 10:30–11:30 a.m. Nueva Vista: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 2:30–5 p.m.
• Senior Legal Services (SLS)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAlliance partner in the Eviction Defense Collaborative. Provides free legal case evaluation, document preparation, and potential legal representation to tenants served with evictions (unlawful detainers); negotiates move-out agreements to mitigate impacts of court-ordered evictions.
• Tenant SanctuarycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAlliance partner in the Eviction Defense Collaborative. Offers free tenants' rights counseling and assists tenants in demanding landlord compliance. Holds walk-in office hours at Live Oak Community Resources every Wednesday and one-on-one phone counseling sessions.
• Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County (CRC)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAlliance partner in the Eviction Defense Collaborative. Provides free mediation services for tenant-landlord disputes including home repairs, rent increases, evictions, and unsanitary conditions. Holds walk-in office hours at La Manzana Community Resources every Thursday.
• East West School of Planetary HerbologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with Mountain Community Resources to operate the free East West Natural Healing Clinic every other Thursday 10am–1pm, offering acupuncture and Western, Chinese, and Ayurvedic herbal therapies at no cost.
• Hijos del Sol Arts ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed the 'Life Transforms / La Vida Se Transforma' community mural in Pajaro with Community Bridges following the 2023 flood. The mural design was shaped by Pajaro residents' stories gathered through post-flood case management and community workshops. Project funded by California Assembly Bill 102 (AB102) thanks to Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, State Senator John Laird, and County of Monterey; administered by Community Foundation for Monterey County.
• Guillermo 'Yermo' ArandaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-media artist (Santa Cruz County 2020 Artist of the Year) who created and restored the 'Societies Light: Acknowledging and Empowering Womyn' mural at Community Bridges' 519 Main Street headquarters in Watsonville.
• The Jams Brand (Augie WK & Jessica Carmen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Chicano muralist duo commissioned by Community Bridges and Elderday Adult Day Health Care to create the 225-foot-by-32-foot 'Wisdom of Our Elders' mural at 501 Main Street, Watsonville. Recognized with 2023 Spotlight Award from Santa Cruz County Arts Commission.
• California Air Resources Board (CARB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide Community Air Grants program partner — part of California Climate Investments, which puts Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Community Bridges helps families across Santa Cruz County learn simple actions that protect health and the environment.
• California Assembly (AB102 funding)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia Assembly Bill 102 (AB102) funded the Pajaro community mural project through advocacy by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and State Senator John Laird. Funding administered by Community Foundation for Monterey County.
• Triple P – Positive Parenting ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-delivers the Triple P parenting program with Community Bridges across all Family Resource Collective sites. Free parenting classes and one-on-one support covering tantrums, chores, self-esteem, and more. Sessions available in Spanish and English; funded by First 5 Santa Cruz County.
• Santa Cruz County Office of Emergency ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates emergency preparedness, evacuation alerts (CruzAware), and disaster recovery operations with Community Bridges in Santa Cruz County.
• Local Emergency Response Agencies (CERT training)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Bridges' Mountain Community Resources offers Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainings twice a year in partnership with local emergency response agencies — free to teens and adults.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National hunger-relief organization providing food distribution infrastructure used by Community Bridges' WIC, CACFP, and FRC sites — comparable as the national umbrella connecting Community Bridges' nutrition programs to federal food policy and supply chains.
• Meals on Wheels America: National umbrella organization for the Meals on Wheels network of which Community Bridges' Meals on Wheels for Santa Cruz County is a member — directly comparable as the national-scale counterpart in senior nutrition services.
• Catholic Charities of California: Statewide federation of Catholic Charities agencies operating immigrant services, family resource centers, and senior programs comparable to Community Bridges' Puentes Para Familias and Family Resource Collective — broader geographic scope, similar service mix.

Direct peers

• Wu Yee Children's Services: San Francisco-based nonprofit operating Head Start, Early Head Start, and WIC programs across multiple counties — directly comparable to Community Bridges' EED, WIC, and CACFP early childhood/nutrition programs with similar federal funding model.
• Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County: Regional food bank operating grocery distribution sites that partner with Community Bridges' Mountain and Nueva Vista sites — directly comparable as a Santa Cruz County nutrition nonprofit with shared donor and volunteer base.
• Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. Anti-poverty community action nonprofit serving Santa Cruz County with similar program breadth (childcare, nutrition, energy assistance, housing) — directly comparable mission, geography, and federal funding model (CSBG, LIHEAP).
• Salud Para La Gente: Federally Qualified Health Center serving Pajaro Valley with bilingual/bicultural primary care, WIC, and Medi-Cal services — directly comparable to Community Bridges as a Santa Cruz County safety-net provider serving overlapping low-income populations.
• Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County: Local nonprofit providing free mediation services in eviction, tenant-landlord, and family disputes — directly comparable as a Santa Cruz County human services partner operating co-located hours at Community Bridges FRC sites.
• Tandem, Partners in Early Learning: Bay Area nonprofit focused on early childhood education and family engagement — comparable to Community Bridges' Early Education Division and Triple P parent education delivery model with similar mission-aligned early childhood focus.

Regional players

• Coastal Kids Home Care: Santa Cruz/Monterey/San Benito pediatric home health nonprofit — comparable as a regional tri-county human services nonprofit with similar geography to Community Bridges' Pajaro/Puentes service area.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CommunityBridgesSC
• Xx.com/Puentes_SC

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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