What Jericho Road Pasadena does

Jericho Road Pasadena (JRP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2010 and headquartered at 75 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. The organization's core function is connecting skilled professional volunteers with local nonprofit organizations in the Greater San Gabriel Valley area that lack the budget to hire specialized staff directly. JRP operates a portfolio of programs including Skilled Volunteer Matching (finance, HR, legal, marketing, risk management), Board Matching and training, a four-session Social Impact Leadership Training course for Executive Directors, the Pasadena Executive Roundtable (PERT) peer networking group, Wellness Workshops, and monthly Nonprofit Coffee Hours co-hosted with E-Central Credit Union. As of recent reporting, JRP has supported over 500 organizations with 28,000+ hours of donated professional expertise valued at $3M, drawing from a network of 300+ vetted volunteers, with a paid staff of approximately 10 people.

JRP's business model is a non-transactional, donation-funded nonprofit model: all consulting and board-matching services are provided free of charge to recipient nonprofits, while the organization's operating budget is funded through foundation grants, individual major donors, and corporate sponsors (including presenting partnership with A Thousand Joys and event co-hosting with E-Central Credit Union). Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on website content, email newsletters, organic social media, recurring community events, and referral pipelines through partners and existing clients. The organization has piloted one internally deployed AI-powered email outreach workflow built by a volunteer for client reactivation, but its underlying technology stack is standard web-based tools rather than a proprietary platform.

JRP serves a single primary customer segment: nonprofit organizations in the Greater San Gabriel Valley, segmented by geography rather than industry, with verticals spanning youth services, education, arts, social services, environment, library support, and disaster recovery (e.g., Eaton Fire response). Its competitive position rests on a curated two-sided network of vetted volunteers and a deep local referral pipeline that would require years for a new entrant to replicate.

Name

Jericho Road Pasadena

Legal name

Jericho Road Pasadena Inc.

Website

https://jrpasadena.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jericho Road Pasadena is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2010 that connects skilled professional volunteers with nonprofit organizations in the Greater San Gabriel Valley, providing free consulting, board matching, leadership training, and peer networking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Capacity Building

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid Volunteering (EDAIAGAF)

Keywords

• Nonprofit volunteer matching
• Skills-based volunteering
• Nonprofit capacity building
• Board member matching
• Nonprofit leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Pasadena

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, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Jericho Road Pasadena operates as a nonprofit funded through donations from individuals, foundations, and corporate sponsors. The organization receives support from foundations listed on their supporters page and individual major donors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jericho Road Pasadena connects skilled professional volunteers with local nonprofits in the Greater San Gabriel Valley, providing free expertise in areas such as risk management, finance, HR, legal, and marketing. It also recruits and trains community leaders to serve on nonprofit boards, delivers executive leadership training for current and aspiring Executive Directors, and hosts workshops and peer networking programs for nonprofit leaders. All services are provided at no cost to recipient nonprofits.

Product overview

Jericho Road Pasadena is a nonprofit capacity-building organization that operates as a volunteer matching service rather than a traditional software product. The organization offers a portfolio of programs including Skilled Volunteer Matching, Board Matching, Social Impact Leadership Training, Timely Workshops, the Pasadena Executive Roundtable (PERT) peer networking, Wellness Workshops, and Nonprofit Coffee Hour events. These programs work together to provide local nonprofits with professional expertise, leadership development, and community connection to strengthen their organizational capacity and community impact. The organization has also piloted AI-powered email outreach workflows for volunteer-client matching purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skilled Volunteer Matching

Quantifiable outcome

• $3,000,000 total dollars saved for nonprofits
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• E-Central Credit UnioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerE-Central Credit Union co-hosts the monthly Nonprofit Coffee Hour at Rosebud Coffee with Jericho Road Pasadena. The partnership aims to build a well-connected nonprofit community in the Pasadena region by establishing a consistent meeting point for nonprofit professionals.
• A Thousand JoyscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Thousand Joys is a presenting partner for the 'Practicing Joy in Times of Crisis' series - a set of 10 community gatherings (five virtual and five in-person) designed to help nonprofit workers reconnect with joy and hope through movement, music, restorative practices, and community dialogue.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SCORE: Volunteer business-mentoring network that provides free consulting to small businesses and nonprofits. Highly comparable to JRP's skilled-volunteer model, with shared volunteer-recruitment and matching mechanics.
• VolunteerMatch: Largest U.S. volunteer-engagement network connecting nonprofits with willing volunteers. Comparable in mission to JRP, though primarily a technology marketplace rather than curated matching.
• Taproot Foundation: National nonprofit that engages pro bono consultants for capacity-building projects with social-good organizations. Closest analog to JRP's core consulting-matching model.
• Catchafire: National skills-based volunteering platform that matches professionals with nonprofits for pro bono projects. Direct peer to JRP's Skilled Volunteer Matching program, though operating at national scale rather than regional.
• BoardSource: National nonprofit focused on nonprofit board governance, leadership, and recruitment. Directly comparable to JRP's Board Matching and Board Training programs.
• Idealist: Global nonprofit-matching platform for volunteering, jobs, and organizations. Overlaps with JRP's nonprofit-discovery and volunteer-engagement mission.

Regional players

• Pasadena Community Foundation: Local Pasadena-area community foundation funding nonprofits in the San Gabriel Valley. Directly comparable geography to JRP, with overlap in grantmaking and nonprofit-support roles in the same region.

Broad incumbents

• Independent Sector: National membership coalition of nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs. Operates at the policy/advocacy layer above JRP but serves the same nonprofit-capacity mission.
• United Way: Major nonprofit network funding and supporting local health/human-service organizations, including capacity-building grants. Adjacent incumbent operating in the same nonprofit-support ecosystem as JRP.
• Points of Light: Large, established nonprofit focused on volunteer engagement and civic service globally. Operates in the same volunteerism space as JRP but with a much broader portfolio and national scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JRPasadena
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@jerichoroadpasadena
• Facebookfacebook.com/jerichoroadpasadena
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jericho-road-pasadena
• Instagraminstagram.com/jrpasadena

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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