East Contra Costa Community Alliance

Name

East Contra Costa Community Alliance

Legal name

East Contra Costa Community Alliance

Website

https://ecccalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Martinez

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ECCCA is a nonprofit collaborative alliance that advocates for East Contra Costa residents experiencing poverty and social isolation, shares and leverages resources among participating nonprofits and private funders, and builds nonprofit capacity and sustainability through cohort-based training programs. The alliance operates through subcommittees and issue-specific collaboratives addressing food security, guaranteed income, affordable housing, and leadership development for the East Contra Costa nonprofit ecosystem.

Product overview

East Contra Costa Community Alliance (ECCCA) is a nonprofit collaborative network, not a product company. It functions as an alliance of nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening policies, services, and resources in East County. ECCCA does not offer commercial products or services; instead, it provides advocacy, resource sharing, and capacity building for its member nonprofit organizations. The organization operates through subcommittees focused on funding, sustainability, community coalitions, and various collaboratives addressing food security, guaranteed income, and housing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contra Costa Leadership Institute (CCLI) A cohort-based leadership development program for executive leaders of small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations serving East Contra Costa communities, providing professional development and peer learning opportunities.
• Food Security Collaborative

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• East Bay Community FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Established the East Contra Costa STRONG Nonprofits Fund, a pooled fund at the East Bay Community Foundation with the long-term goal of strengthening the ecosystem of organizations addressing poverty in the region. This fund provided the initial grant that seeded the formation of ECCCA.
• CompassPoint Nonprofit ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Conducted a series of group learning sessions and individual coaching focused on sustainability planning for a cohort of small- to mid-sized nonprofit organizations. This capacity building program was a key step in ECCCA's founding.
• LeaderSpringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed the Contra Costa Leadership Institute (CCLI), a leadership development cohort for nonprofit leaders. CCLI operated in parallel with the CompassPoint sustainability cohort, with 16 organizations participating across both programs.
• RCF ConnectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServes as ECCCA's fiscal sponsor, providing organizational infrastructure and administrative support. Comment Studio at RCF Connects participates in the alliance through Zimbabwe Davies, Program Manager.
• Brighter BeginningscoreOthersMember organization of ECCCA focused on family support services. Represented by Claudia Karell, Chief Operations Officer, on the alliance.
• First 5 Contra CostacoreOthersMember organization focused on early childhood development. Represented by Sandra Naughton on ECCCA Steering Committee.
• Food Bank of Contra Costa and SolanocoreOthersMember organization addressing food security. Led by Caitlin Sly, President/CEO, who serves on the alliance.
• Opportunity JunctioncoreOthersMember organization focused on breaking barriers and building careers through employment training. Led by Brianna Robinson, President and CEO.
• Rubicon ProgramscoreOthersMember organization providing employment and career services. Represented by 'DC' Carole Dorham-Kelly, President and CEO.
• Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa CountycoreOthersMember organization providing food and support services. Represented by Janette Kennedy, Co-Executive Director.
• St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa CountycoreOthersMember organization providing community support services. Led by Claudia Ramirez, Executive Director.
• Village Community Resource CentercoreOthersMember organization serving Brentwood community. Led by Dro Abrahamian, Executive Director.
• White Pony ExpresscoreOthersMember organization focused on food rescue and community support. Led by Eve Birge, Executive Director.
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (UCB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with ECCCA on the Bay Point Housing Project, working with SparkPoint Collaborative CC, Loaves and Fishes of CC, Monument Impact, and People Who Care to address housing needs in Bay Point.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RCF Connects: Contra Costa-based nonprofit fiscal sponsor and community initiatives host that administers ECCCA's back-office infrastructure and hosts SparkPoint Contra Costa; operates overlapping nonprofit-collaborative infrastructure in the same geography.
• East Bay Community Foundation: East Bay regional community foundation that houses ECCCA's STRONG Nonprofits pooled fund and shares geography; directly analogous as a place-based funder and convener for East Bay nonprofits serving disadvantaged populations.

Emerging players

• Nonprofit Finance Fund: National nonprofit focused on financial resilience and capacity-building for community-based organizations; comparable as an intermediary strengthening nonprofit sustainability through capital, consulting, and advocacy.
• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services: Bay Area nonprofit capacity-building and leadership development organization that convened ECCCA's founding sustainability cohort; overlapping capacity-building focus on small/mid-sized nonprofits.

Regional players

• Northern California Grantmakers: Regional association of foundations serving Northern California; comparable as a funder-affiliated infrastructure organization for place-based philanthropy and grantmaker coordination.

Broad incumbents

• United Way Bay Area: Regional nonprofit coalition and funder operating across the broader Bay Area, including Contra Costa; comparable convening and grantmaking role for community-serving nonprofits, though with larger scope than ECCCA.
• CalNonprofits (California Association of Nonprofits): Statewide membership association of California nonprofits providing advocacy and capacity-building services; functionally similar to a scaled-up version of ECCCA's nonprofit-association role.
• Tides Foundation: National nonprofit fiscal sponsor and philanthropic intermediary that supports social justice and advocacy collaboratives; comparable operating model to a national-scale advocacy-infrastructure organization.
• Independ: National coalition of nonprofits, foundations, and corporations advancing the nonprofit sector; comparable as a sector-wide advocacy and capacity-building association, though at federal scale.

Others

• La Piana Consulting: National consulting firm that supports nonprofit mergers, collaborations, and strategic restructuring; adjacent to ECCCA's capacity-building mission around nonprofit sustainability and collective action.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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