Executive Coaches of Orange County

Name

Executive Coaches of Orange County

Legal name

Executive Coaches of Orange County

Website

https://ecofoc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Leadership Coaching

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Career, Purpose & Executive Wellbeing Coaching (EDABANAI)

Keywords

• Nonprofit executive coaching
• Leadership development coaching
• Board retreat facilitation
• Strategic planning services
• Nonprofit board governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donated Coaching Services: Executive coaches volunteer their time, providing coaching services at no cost to nonprofit leaders. The organization measures quality by coaches' ability to retain clients and client willingness to refer potential clients.
2. Donor Funding: A donor advised fund at OC-CF (Orange County Community Foundation) provides most of the funding needed for program expenses. Additional support comes from partnerships with other nonprofits.
3. Optional Donations for Services: Optional $2,000 donation requested for Strategic Planning services; $1,000 donation requested for Board Retreat Facilitation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Executive Coaches of Orange County provides no-cost one-on-one leadership coaching and peer CEO forums for Orange County nonprofit leaders. It also offers strategic planning and board retreat facilitation services delivered by volunteer executive coaches to help nonprofit managers address leadership, board, fundraising, HR, finance, and planning issues.

Product overview

Executive Coaches of Orange County (ECofOC) is a nonprofit management coaching organization offering a suite of free services to Orange County nonprofit leaders. The core portfolio consists of five coaching and facilitation programs: Individual (1-on-1) Leadership Coaching (pro bono), CEO/Executive Director Forums (peer-group forums, $100/year), Strategic Planning Services, Board Excellence (a fee-based service in partnership with Charitable Ventures), and Board Retreat Facilitation. All programs are delivered by a volunteer staff of 60+ experienced executives who coach and mentor nonprofit managers at no cost to clients, with optional donations requested for strategic planning and retreat facilitation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Coaching (1-on-1 Leadership Coaching)
• CEO Forums (Executive Director Forum)
• Strategic Planning Services
• Board Excellence
• Board Retreat Facilitation

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 nonprofit managers coached since 2002
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Orange County Community FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOC-CF helped ECofOC get established in Orange County. A donor advised fund at OC-CF provides most of the funding needed for ECofOC's program expenses. This is a foundational partnership providing financial sustainability.
• SCORE Orange CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCORE Orange County offers for-profit startups and small businesses workshops and counseling services useful to nonprofit managers. Some ECofOC executive coaches are also SCORE counselors, creating cross-referral opportunities.
• OneOCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOneOC offers nonprofit managers a wide variety of workshops and consulting services. ECofOC encourages clients to take advantage of OneOC's low-cost workshops, creating a complementary service relationship.
• Charitable VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable Ventures offers sponsorship, incubation, and capacity building services for nonprofits. They utilize ECofOC coaches to work with fiscally sponsored project leaders and have engaged ECofOC coaches as volunteers on education and training projects. ECofOC partners with Charitable Ventures on the Board Excellence program.
• Fieldstone Leadership Network Orange CountyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborator on ECofOC website; Fieldstone Leadership Network provides leadership development services in Orange County nonprofit community.
• Success With PurposeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborator on ECofOC website; Success With Purpose works with nonprofits on leadership and organizational development.
• OCNPN (Orange County Nonprofit Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborator on ECofOC website; OCNPN connects Orange County nonprofits for networking and resource sharing.
• ICF Orange County ChapterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a collaborator on ECofOC website; ICF (International Coaching Federation) Orange County Chapter provides coaching credentials and professional development for coaches.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BoardSource: National nonprofit focused on nonprofit board governance, leadership, and capacity building. Highly comparable to ECofOC's Board Excellence and board retreat offerings, with a broader geographic footprint.
• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services: Bay Area nonprofit that provides management consulting, leadership development, and executive coaching to nonprofit leaders. Closely comparable to ECofOC's pro-bono coaching and peer learning model.
• La Piana Consulting: National nonprofit consulting firm offering executive coaching, strategic planning, and board development services to nonprofits. Overlapping in service mix and target customer with ECofOC.
• OneOC: Orange County nonprofit resource center offering workshops, consulting, and capacity-building services. A named ECofOC partner serving the same nonprofit audience with complementary programs.
• Fieldstone Leadership Network: Orange County-based leadership development organization serving the local nonprofit community. Explicitly listed as an ECofOC collaborator and operates in the same niche of nonprofit leadership capacity building.
• Support Center for Nonprofit Management: Nonprofit management support organization offering training, consulting, and capacity-building for NYC-area nonprofits. Directly comparable mission and service portfolio to ECofOC.
• Executive Service Corps: Volunteer-based executive consulting organization serving nonprofits; ECofOC was founded as a spin-off of the Executive Service Corps of Southern California. Closely comparable in operating model and mission.

Broad incumbents

• SCORE: National volunteer business mentoring organization and the originator of ECofOC (spun off from SCORE114 in 2002). Overlapping pro-bono mentoring/coaching model aimed at small organizations and nonprofits.
• The Bridgespan Group: Large nonprofit and philanthropy consulting firm providing strategy, leadership, and organizational development. Comparable in target customer (nonprofit executives) but at much larger scale and fee-based.

Others

• NTEN: National membership organization serving nonprofit technology and digital transformation professionals. Adjacent peer sharing the nonprofit capacity-building mission but focused on technology rather than leadership coaching.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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