Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services

Name

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services

Legal name

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services

Website

https://jacobsheart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services is a Watsonville, California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers wraparound counseling, transportation, grocery, financial, and bereavement support to families of children with cancer across Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and South Santa Clara Counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Cancer Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Pediatric cancer support
• Family social services
• Bereavement counseling
• Childhood cancer advocacy
• Community nonprofit programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Watsonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual giving through one-time or monthly donations, with every dollar matched with love. Donations ensure families facing pediatric cancer have direct support and resources.
2. Donor Advised Funds (DAF): Donors can recommend grants from their Donor Advised Funds to support Jacob's Heart mission. DAFs offer flexibility, anonymity, and tax benefits as charitable investment vehicles.
3. Corporate Partnerships and Sponsorships: Local businesses and organizations provide resources or funding for family services through event sponsorship, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month partnerships, and corporate matching programs.
4. In-Kind Donations: Accepts produce, goods, clothing, toys, furniture and more from the community on behalf of families served. Includes produce from local farms and goods from community partners.
5. Planned Giving: Legacy gifts through planned giving arrangements, working directly with donors and their financial teams to ensure lasting impact in the lives of Jacob's Heart families.
6. Foundation Grants: Support from foundations including Hospice Giving Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, and others that provide resources or funding for programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free, comprehensive wraparound support to families of children with cancer across four California counties. Services include clinical counseling and bereavement support (Healing Hearts), door-to-door medical transportation and gas cards (Heart on Wheels), weekly grocery deliveries and an in-house food/clothing pantry (Full Hearts, Heart Mart, Caroline's Closet), direct financial assistance for rent and bills, peer support groups in Spanish and English, family retreats (Camp Heart + Hands, Forever Loved), and a holiday gift program (Holiday Hearts). All services are provided at no cost to families and funded through donations, grants, and corporate sponsorships.

Product overview

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services is a nonprofit organization offering a comprehensive suite of family support programs for children with cancer and their families. The core service portfolio includes: Healing Hearts (clinical counseling and bereavement support), Heart on Wheels (medical transportation and gas cards), Full Hearts Grocery Program with Heart Mart and Caroline's Closet (food and essentials delivery), Financial Assistance (direct aid for bills and funeral expenses), Social Connections (peer support groups and family events), Camp Heart + Hands (3-day summer camp), Forever Loved (bereavement retreat), and Holiday Hearts (adopt-a-family holiday program). These programs are complemented by annual fundraising events including the Golf Tournament and Soirée. The organization operates from a Family Center in Watsonville, CA and serves families across Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Clara Counties in California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Full Hearts Grocery Program: Weekly grocery delivery program providing fresh, organic produce and essential living supplies to families.
• Heart Mart
• Carolin's Closet
• Heart On Wheels
• Healing Hearts Program
• Camp Heart + Hands
• Forever Loved
• Art from the Heart
• Holiday Hearts

Products and services

• Healing Hearts Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 3,774 seriously ill children and family members since founding in 1998
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital StanfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor pediatric hospital partnership where oncology staff refer families to Jacob's Heart services. Nurses from the hospital volunteer as camp counselors at Camp Heart + Hands family retreats, establishing trusting relationships with families.
• UCSF Benioff Children's HospitalscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric specialty care facility where Jacob's Heart families receive treatment. Jacob's Heart provides transportation to appointments at UCSF and supports families with gas cards for the frequent travel.
• Dominican Hospital (Dignity Health)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal hospital partner providing support and referrals for families in the Santa Cruz County service area.
• Montage HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partner serving the Monterey County area, collaborating on family support services.
• Second Harvest Food BankcoreOthersFood bank partner providing produce and groceries for the Full Hearts Grocery Delivery Program, helping stock the Heart Mart and support weekly deliveries.
• Caroline's Nonprofit Thrift StorecoreOthersThrift store in Aptos, CA that has sponsored the clothing closet at Jacob's Heart Family Center for over ten years, providing clothes, shoes, and household supplies for families at no cost.
• Cal Giant Berry FarmsmajorOthersLocal agricultural partner that provides fresh produce for the Full Hearts Grocery Program serving families.
• Lakeside Organic GardensmajorOthersLocal farm partner providing organic produce donations for family grocery deliveries.
• Santa Cruz WarriorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNBA G League team partnership for community events and awareness raising.
• Sharks FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSan Jose Sharks hockey team foundation supporting pediatric cancer awareness and Jacob's Heart programs.
• Chambers of Commerce (Gilroy, Salinas Valley, Pajaro Valley, Saratoga, Campbell)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerJacob's Heart is a member of multiple Chambers of Commerce across the four-county service area, supporting community engagement and local business partnerships.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation: Family-support nonprofit for families affected by childhood cancer, providing emergency financial aid, transportation, emotional support, and bereavement services. Closely mirrors Jacob's Heart's full wraparound support model, including bereavement programming analogous to Forever Loved.
• Solving Kids' Cancer: Nonprofit driving clinical research for pediatric cancers and supporting affected families. Comparable pediatric-cancer mission and family-support programming at smaller scale than Jacob's Heart.
• National Pediatric Cancer Foundation: Nonprofit focused on pediatric cancer research funding and family support. Comparable mission and donor-base overlap with Jacob's Heart, with national reach versus Jacob's Heart's regional Central California service area.
• Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation: National nonprofit focused specifically on childhood cancer, funding research and providing family support services. Direct peer given shared pediatric-cancer mission and family-support programs comparable to Jacob's Heart's Healing Hearts and Financial Assistance offerings.
• Children's Cancer Research Fund: Nonprofit funding pediatric cancer research and family-support programs. Comparable mission to Jacob's Heart with greater emphasis on research versus direct wraparound services.
• The Pablove Foundation: Pediatric cancer nonprofit funding research and providing family programming, with roots in California. Comparable regional-to-national trajectory and childhood-cancer family-support mission to Jacob's Heart.

Regional players

• Family House (San Francisco): Northern California nonprofit providing housing and supportive services to families of children receiving treatment at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, one of Jacob's Heart's core medical partners. Direct geographic overlap with Jacob's Heart's referral base and overlapping transportation/lodging-support services.

Broad incumbents

• Starlight Children's Foundation: National nonprofit delivering programs (toy deliveries, hospital-based entertainment) to seriously ill children and their families. Comparable family-support orientation and children's-illness focus, though broader than pediatric-cancer-specific.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities: National nonprofit supporting families of critically ill children with lodging, meals, and transportation near hospitals. Highly comparable to Jacob's Heart's wraparound family-support model for pediatric cancer, though it operates at much larger scale across many geographies.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation: National nonprofit granting wishes to children with critical illnesses including cancer. Overlaps with Jacob's Heart's mission of serving seriously ill children and families, though Make-A-Wish focuses on wish-granting rather than continuous wraparound social services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles30 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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