National Compadres Network

Name

National Compadres Network

Legal name

National Compadres Network

Website

https://nationalcompadresnetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Community Wellness Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Support Communities (BPAMABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Holistic & Integrative Wellness Education (Ayurveda, Traditional Practices) (EDAAAHAH), Workshops, Webinars & Live Masterclasses (MPACALAD), Health, Wellness & Patient Communities (MPACAJAL)

Keywords

• Community mental health
• Cultural healing programs
• Leadership training curricula
• Healing-centered education
• Nonprofit capacity building

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants and Funders Support: NCN operates as a nonprofit organization supported by foundation grants, corporate funders, and individual donations. The organization lists 'Supporters/Funders' as a section on their website indicating institutional funding relationships.
2. Training and Technical Assistance Services: The organization provides training curricula certification programs (such as El Joven Noble con Palabra Curriculum Certification Training), technical assistance, and capacity-building services to organizations and communities. These programs generate revenue through participant fees.
3. Maestro José Montoya Flor y Canto Memorial Scholarship: NCN awards two $500 scholarships annually to students ages 13-26, funded through the organization's fundraising and donor support, not a revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

National Compadres Network delivers culturally-rooted healing and wellness programming for Chicano, Latino, Native, and other communities of color through its La Cultura Cura (LCC) philosophy. Core offerings include monthly ceremonial Círculos (Talking Circles), the annual Hombres Retiro (Men's Retreat), certified training curricula (El Joven Noble con Palabra, Xinachtli, Circle Keeper), the Healing Generations Podcast, and the Comadres Network Newsletter, supported by training/certification fees and foundation grants.

Product overview

National Compadres Network (NCN) is a community-based cultural healing organization that operates as a single unified program rather than a platform. Its core offerings center on the La Cultura Cura (LCC) philosophy—a culturally rooted framework for transformational health and healing. The organization delivers services through monthly Talking Circles (Círculos), annual Men's Retreats, the Healing Generations Podcast, training curricula (including El Joven Noble con Palabra and Xinachtli programs), the Maestro José Montoya Flor y Canto Memorial Scholarship, and the Comadres Network Newsletter. Additional initiatives include the Racial Healing Practitioner's Network, Sacred Manhood Initiative, Fatherhood & Family Initiative, and immigrant resources. NCN also publishes research documents (Brown Paper) and supplementary literature. The organization does not offer a technology platform with integrations or APIs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Cultura Cura (LCC): Philosophy of transformational health and healing that continues the teachings of ancestors, reinforcing the importance of sacred values, traditions and interconnected relationships as the foundation of cultural strength.
• Healing Generations Institute
• Maestro José Montoya Flor y Canto Memorial Scholarship
• Engaging Fathers Consortium

Products and services

• Monthly Círculos (Talking Circles) Four monthly Círculos operated in a ceremonial context that provide safe spaces for participants to share pain, suffering and blessings, reconnect with themselves, families and communities, and heal unresolved trauma through LCC values (confianza, respeto, dignidad, cariño). Offerings include Men's Talking Circles in San Jose and East Los Angeles and Women's Talking Circles including a Femme Identified LGBTQIA2S+ virtual circle and the National Comadres Circle (virtual).
• El Círculo de Hombres / Hombres Retiro (Men's Retreat) Annual men's retreat (Retiro) held at Mission San Antonio de Padua in Jolon, California, where men gather in ceremony to reconnect with ancestral traditions and strengthen their spirit; the 32nd Annual Retiro was held virtually in 2020 during the pandemic.
• El Joven Noble con Palabra Curriculum Certification Training Certification training program for the El Joven Noble con Palabra curriculum, focused on culturally rooted healing and the development of honorable manhood (Hombres Nobles) for boys and men; delivered in various cities for individuals and partner organizations.
• El Proceso de Guardianes del Círculo (Circle Keeper) Curriculum Training curriculum (entrenamiento) for the Circle Keeper process that equips participants to facilitate Círculos and guide community members from awareness to movement using LCC values.
• Xinachtli (Girls/Women) Project Training curriculum for girls and women focused on culturally-rooted developmental and healing work, parallel to El Joven Noble con Palabra, supporting women's wellness programming across NCN's Comadres initiative.
• Healing Generations Podcast Podcast addressing and focusing on what is needed to transform and heal generations of trauma and inequity. Part of the Healing Generations Institute, co-created with The Brotherhood of Elders Network, featuring cultural wisdom keepers, healers, and social justice advocates.

Quantifiable outcome

• Scholarships awarded annually: Two $500 scholarships per year through Maestro José Montoya Flor y Canto Memorial Scholarship program

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Brotherhood of Elders NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCN co-created the Healing Generations Institute with the Brotherhood of Elders Network. Together they produce the Healing Generations Podcast and advance transformational healing work for generations of trauma and inequity in society.
• Engaging Fathers ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA collective body of dedicated field experts and professionals with unique knowledge in fatherhood that acts as the Los Angeles county-wide guiding body for fatherhood initiatives. NCN participates in this consortium to impact systems, policies and practices around fatherhood.
• UCLA Fowler MuseumminorOthersIn 2016, the UCLA Fowler Museum hosted 'Abundant Harvest,' an exhibit honoring Maestro José Montoya's prolific work with nearly 2,000 drawings, paintings, poems, sketchbooks, video footage, and music. The exhibit was held three years after his passing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hispanic Federation: Large national Latino-focused nonprofit providing grants, capacity-building, and direct services. Comparable target population and community-development mission, though at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Forward Promise (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation): National initiative supporting boys and men of color, including culturally-rooted healing and fatherhood programming. Comparable in addressing trauma and healing for men/boys of color, but operates as a funder/initiative rather than a direct service provider.
• UnidosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza): Largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. Comparable in serving Latino communities nationwide but operates as a broad policy and capacity-building nonprofit rather than a healing-methodology specialist.

Emerging players

• The Steve Fund: Nonprofit focused on mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color. Comparable in culturally-rooted mental-health framing but more narrowly focused on students.
• Healing Justice Alliance: Alliance advancing healing-centered and restorative approaches in communities of color. Comparable philosophy around culturally-rooted, non-clinical healing frameworks.

Direct peers

• The Praxis Project: National nonprofit advancing health equity and racial justice through community-based organizing and culturally-rooted strategies. Highly comparable as a community-led health-equity nonprofit serving communities of color.
• Bienestar Human Services: Latino-focused nonprofit providing culturally competent health, social, and community wellness services in Southern California. Directly comparable community-based Latino healing and wellness programs.
• Promesa Behavioral Health: Latino-focused behavioral health nonprofit offering culturally-rooted mental health and family services. Directly comparable culturally-competent healing model for Latino communities.
• Brotherhood of Elders Network: Network of elder cultural wisdom keepers co-creating the Healing Generations Institute with NCN. Directly comparable culturally-rooted healing work and active partner; serves a similar intergenerational, racial-healing audience.
• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM): Nonprofit dedicated to mental health and healing for Black communities using culturally-rooted, community-led approaches. Closely comparable methodology (community circles, ancestral healing frameworks) for a different community of color.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/national.compadres.network
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-latino-fatherhood-and-family-institute

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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