Anchor House Ministries

What Anchor House Ministries does

Anchor House Ministries is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit operating residential and transitional care programs for at-risk youth in Central Florida. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Auburndale (Polk County), the organization primarily serves young people ages 12 to 24 referred by Florida's Department of Children and Families (DCF), with two core program tracks: Residential Care for males under 18 and a Transition Program for young adults aging out of foster care. As of 2024, the ministry operates five sites across Polk County (Auburndale flagship, Lakeland transition homes, Winter Haven) and Orange County (Orlando via a Redemption Homes partnership).

The clinical model is built around Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), a trauma-informed caregiving framework delivered by trained direct-care staff and an in-house clinical team. Reported program outcomes include a 92% rate of GED or high school completion within one year (versus a 14% rate at program entry) and 50% college enrollment within two years. The 2024 expansion added a dedicated girls' residential track (Ivy Villa), an additional Winter Haven site (Haven Home), and the first facility outside Polk County through a partner-operated Orlando site.

The business model is charitable rather than commercial: the organization does not charge program participants, and operating revenue is sourced from individual donations, church contributions, and foundation grants. There is no pricing model, sales motion, or external customer base in the conventional sense; "customers" are two-sided — DCF-referred youth on the program side and donors on the funding side. No financial disclosures are publicly available, so scale, revenue, and bed-occupancy figures cannot be verified from the source material.

Name

Anchor House Ministries

Legal name

Anchor House Ministries

Website

https://anchor-house.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anchor House Ministries is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that operates residential and transitional care programs for at-risk youth ages 12-24 in Central Florida, primarily serving those referred by Florida's Department of Children and Families via the TBRI trauma-informed model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Residential Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Youth residential care
• Foster care services
• Crisis intervention
• Transition housing
• Nonprofit social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Auburndale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Charitable contributions from individuals who support the organization's mission of serving youth in crisis. Donations can be made online, by check, or via text-to-give.
2. Church and Faith Community Support: Primary funding source from churches and faith-based organizations that share the Christian ministry's mission and values.
3. Foundation Grants: Ongoing gifts from charitable foundations including GiveWell Community Foundation, Suncoast Credit Union, Publix Super Market Charities, and Lakeland Electric. Registered 501(c)(3) organization with Federal Tax ID: 23-7244302.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Anchor House Ministries operates a residential care home for youth in crisis and a transition program for young adults aging out of foster care, both delivered in Central Florida. Services are provided free of charge through a faith-based, trauma-informed model that uses TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) and accepts referrals from the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Product overview

Anchor House Ministries is a faith-based organization offering a portfolio of residential care and transitional living programs for youth in crisis. The core offerings include a Residential Care Program serving youth ages 12-17 using Trauma-Informed Treatment (TBRI), and a Transition Program (18+) operating four transitional homes (Barnabas House, Highland House, Catherine House, and Seng House) for young adults aging out of foster care. Supporting services include a Workforce Development Program providing paid internships and job coaching. Facilities include the Auburndale flagship campus, Haven Home in Winter Haven, Redemption Home in Orlando (partnered with Redemption Homes), and Ivy Villa for girls. The organization operates across Central Florida locations in Polk County and Orlando.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anchor House Residential Care

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% satisfaction rate among transition program participants
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Redemption HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnchor House Ministries partnered with Redemption Homes to open Redemption Home, a brand-new group home in Orlando serving boys ages 12-17. This collaboration provides a safe and welcoming space where young adults can access counseling, educational support, and job training services.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Boys Town: Father Flanagan's Boys' Home is a long-standing faith-informed nonprofit providing residential care, behavioral health, and family services to at-risk youth, closely mirroring Anchor House's mission to serve children in crisis with trauma-informed treatment.
• Arrow Child & Family Ministries: A faith-based nonprofit operating residential programs, group homes, and family services for at-risk youth across multiple states, with mission and service mix closely aligned to Anchor House.
• Teen Challenge: A nationwide faith-based residential program serving adolescents with behavioral and life-control issues, comparable to Anchor House in faith-based mission, residential model, and youth-crisis focus.
• National Youth Advocate Program: A nonprofit providing community-based and residential services for at-risk youth and families, including foster care and transition-age programs, comparable to Anchor House's residential and transition offerings.
• Florida United Methodist Children's Home: A Florida-based faith-affiliated residential child welfare provider operating group homes and transition services for youth in state custody, comparable to Anchor House in geography, faith-based identity, and program mix.
• Lawrence Hall: A nonprofit providing residential treatment, behavioral health, and transition-age services for at-risk youth, comparable to Anchor House in trauma-informed residential care and life-skills programming.
• Maryville Academy: A nonprofit providing residential treatment, foster care, and youth crisis services with trauma-informed programming, comparable to Anchor House's residential care and transition program model.

Regional players

• Children's Home Society of Florida: Florida's largest nonprofit child welfare organization, providing foster care, adoption, and youth services statewide, making it a regional incumbent operating in the same child-welfare referral ecosystem as Anchor House.
• Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina: A faith-based nonprofit providing residential care, foster care, and transition services for youth, comparable in faith affiliation, residential model, and youth-in-crisis focus, though operating in a different regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: One of the largest nonprofit providers of behavioral health and residential treatment for at-risk youth in the U.S., offering a broader, multi-state portfolio that overlaps with Anchor House's trauma-informed residential and transition programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/anchorhouseauburndale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anchor-house-ministries-inc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

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