Public Safety Chaplaincy

What Public Safety Chaplaincy does

Public Safety Chaplaincy (PSC) is a Christian non-profit ministry headquartered at 1500 NW 167th Place, Beaverton, Oregon, that enlists, equips, and deploys qualified chaplains to first responder agencies — local police departments, fire departments, EMS services, and 911 dispatch centers — in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The organization's stated mission is to address the spiritual, emotional, and psychological needs of first responders operating in high-stress, high-trauma environments, while also serving as a community liaison during crises. PSC currently fields more than 72 chaplains to 60 first responder agencies and organizes its operations into six named geographic cohorts: North (Metro Eastside), East, Washington County, Columbia County, Greater Salem, and Clatsop County.

PSC's product surface is narrow and service-based. The core offering is embedded chaplain deployment — chaplains integrated into agency operations to provide ongoing pastoral care, crisis response, counseling, and community liaison support. The secondary offering, the Chaplain Academy, is a training and credentialing program that recruits and prepares individuals to become qualified public safety chaplains, functioning as both a capability-development asset and a supply pipeline for the deployment program. There is no proprietary technology platform, software product, or API; PSC operates as a people-delivered service rather than a technology-enabled business.

PSC's business model is donation-driven rather than contract- or fee-driven. As a 501(c)-style non-profit ministry, PSC is funded through contributions from individuals, organizations, and grants, and pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is community-led: growth is generated through word-of-mouth referrals inside the law enforcement, fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch communities, supplemented by website content (pscnw.org), monthly email newsletters, community events, and a stories/testimonials stream. The organization is privately held with no parent company, institutional investors, or funding rounds disclosed.

Name

Public Safety Chaplaincy

Legal name

Public Safety Chaplaincy

Website

https://publicsafetychaplaincy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Public Safety Chaplaincy is a Beaverton, Oregon-based Christian non-profit ministry that deploys over 72 trained chaplains to 60 first responder agencies across Oregon and Southwest Washington, providing spiritual support, crisis response, and pastoral care to police, fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch personnel and the communities they serve.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Chaplaincy Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid & Relief Ministries (BPAGAJAF)

Keywords

• Chaplaincy services
• First responder support
• Crisis spiritual care
• Public safety ministry
• Chaplain training

Headquarters

HQ city

Beaverton

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a Christian non-profit ministry, PSC relies on donations from individuals, organizations, and potentially grants to fund its operations and chaplain services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Public Safety Chaplaincy is a Christian non-profit ministry that enlists, equips, and deploys qualified chaplains to serve first responder agencies including local police, fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch personnel and the communities they serve. The organization currently provides over 72 chaplains to 60 first responder agencies across Oregon and Southwest Washington and also operates a Chaplain Academy that trains individuals for public safety chaplaincy roles.

Product overview

Public Safety Chaplaincy (PSC) is a Christian non-profit ministry that operates as a single, unified service offering rather than a platform-based architecture. The organization provides two main offerings: Chaplain Services (the core product) which delivers over 72 chaplains to 60 first responder agencies across Oregon and Southwest Washington, and the Chaplain Academy which trains and equips individuals to become qualified chaplains. The chaplains serve first responder agencies including local police, fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch personnel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chaplain Services PSC deploys trained chaplains to serve first responder agencies (police, fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch personnel) and the communities they serve in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Currently over 72 chaplains serve 60 agencies, providing spiritual support, crisis response, counseling, and community liaison during emergencies and daily operations.
• Chaplain Academy Training program that educates and prepares individuals interested in becoming chaplains for service in public safety chaplaincy roles with first responder agencies.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Frontline Faith Project: Emerging faith-based nonprofit providing chaplain and spiritual care support to first responders and veterans. Comparable mission and target customer base to PSC, though smaller and earlier-stage in deployment scale.

Broad incumbents

• Military Chaplains Association: National association supporting military chaplains, with adjacent expertise in tactical, trauma, and crisis-care chaplaincy. Comparable to PSC in serving high-stress uniformed personnel, though the customer base (military vs. civilian first responders) differs.
• Billy Graham Rapid Response Team: Faith-based ministry that deploys chaplains to disaster sites, first responders, and crisis situations nationwide. Comparable to PSC as a Christian chaplaincy organization serving public safety and crisis-line communities, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Chaplaincy Services Atrium Health (and similar hospital systems chaplaincy): Large healthcare systems operate professional chaplaincy programs that, while serving hospitals rather than first responders, share the same faith-based pastoral care model and similar training pipelines. Useful as a broader sector benchmark.

Direct peers

• Federation of Fire Chaplains: National organization dedicated to supporting fire service chaplains through training, networking, and resources. Directly comparable to PSC's fire chaplaincy coverage, with a similar focus on equipping chaplains for first responder service.
• International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC): National membership and training organization for law enforcement chaplains across the U.S. Directly comparable to PSC as a police chaplaincy organization, though functions primarily as a professional association rather than a deploying ministry.

Regional players

• Police Chaplain Program (e.g., Portland Police Bureau): Many municipal police departments, including Portland's, operate in-house chaplaincy programs staffed by volunteers and sworn personnel. PSC operates in the same geography and complements or competes with these agency-run programs depending on partnership status.
• Citizen Chaplain Corps (various city programs): Multiple U.S. cities sponsor citizen chaplain corps programs supporting police, fire, and EMS. Comparable in service offering to PSC, but structured as civic programs rather than faith-based ministries, and serving geographically distinct markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/publicsafetychaplaincy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/public-safety-chaplaincy

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