San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge

What San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge does

San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge (legal name: Greater San Francisco Teen Challenge Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1964 that delivers a faith-based, residential addiction recovery program for men in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its core offering is the Addiction Recovery Program, which combines biblical principles, peer-to-peer discipleship, and holistic guidance addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of recovery, delivered through the Valencia Street Men's Center in the Mission district (established 1964) and the newer Moses House Re-Entry Center in Bayview (launched 2024). A Student Work Program supplements the residential curriculum by placing participants in landscaping, painting, cleaning, repairs, moving, light construction, and security work for community partners, generating partial operating revenue while building vocational skills.

The organization is led by Executive Director Pastor Kenny Rogers (since 2019) and operates with a small staff of approximately five core employees plus additional support roles. All program services are provided at no cost to participants; the operating model is donation-funded, with giving channels including traditional contributions and modern mechanisms such as Tithe.ly online donations and Coinbase cryptocurrency donations. There is no formal sales motion; participant intake is driven by referrals, word-of-mouth, and direct outreach, while organizational awareness is built through organic social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram), the sfatc.org website, video testimonials, and community partnerships with churches and local organizations.

Strategically, SFATC's most significant recent move was the 2024 launch of Moses House, which extended the program from residential recovery into transitional housing and hands-on career training, creating a continuous care pathway overseen by an SFATC graduate. The organization is independently operated within the broader national Teen Challenge network and has no parent company, no external equity investors, and no disclosed funding rounds. It holds no patents or trademarks on record, maintains 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, and operates exclusively within the United States with a regional San Francisco Bay Area service footprint.

Name

San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge

Legal name

Greater San Francisco Teen Challenge Inc.

Website

https://sfatc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1964 that runs a faith-based residential addiction recovery program for men in the San Francisco Bay Area, delivered at no cost through the Valencia Street Men's Center and the 2024-launched Moses House Re-Entry Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-Based Addiction Recovery Services

NAICS

Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Services (EDALAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Faith-based addiction recovery
• Residential recovery program
• Transitional housing services
• Vocational training program
• Men's recovery ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge operates entirely on donations from individuals and organizations. Services are provided at no cost to participants. The organization also generates revenue through student work programs where participants perform landscaping, painting, cleaning, repairs, moving, light construction, and security services for community partners, which helps fund program operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge provides faith-based residential addiction recovery and discipleship programs for men in the San Francisco Bay Area. Services are delivered through two centers — the Valencia Street Men's Center (established 1964) and the Moses House Re-Entry Center (launched 2024) — and are supported by student work programs that provide vocational training in landscaping, painting, cleaning, repairs, moving, light construction, and security services. All programs are provided at no cost to participants.

Product overview

San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge operates as a unified faith-based addiction recovery organization offering residential programs for men. The core portfolio consists of two program centers: the Valencia Street Men's Center (established 1964), which serves as the primary addiction recovery and discipleship facility, and Moses House (launched 2024), a vocational and transitional housing project for program graduates. Supporting these centers are student work programs that provide career training while generating operational revenue. All programs are grounded in Christian principles and emphasize holistic transformation through community, work, and spiritual development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Valencia Street Men's Center Faith-based residential addiction recovery and discipleship program for men, located at 1464 Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood. Established in 1964 as the organization's original facility, providing a safe community, biblical-based recovery programming, holistic life transformation, and work program opportunities for men in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Moses House Re-Entry Center Vocational and transitional housing program for graduates of the men's recovery program, located at 1469 Oakdale Avenue in San Francisco's Bayview area. Provides a supportive living environment while residents gain hands-on career training, develop practical skills, and transition into independent living.
• Student Work Programs Vocational training and work program where student participants gain life skills, work ethic, and purpose by performing meaningful work. Students engage in landscaping, painting, cleaning, repairs, moving, light construction, security detail, and other industries for community partners and households. Revenue from these services supports organizational operations.
• Addiction Recovery Program Faith-based leadership development program that empowers individuals to pursue holistic freedom from high-risk lifestyles and addiction through safe community, transformational relationships, and biblical principles. Delivered at no cost to participants through the organization's residential centers in San Francisco.

Quantifiable outcome

• The organization has been rescuing men from addiction and helping them rebuild lives since 1964.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: One of the largest and most established addiction treatment operators in the United States, offering residential and outpatient programs for adults and youth. Serves as the broad incumbent benchmark for clinical addiction care scale and brand.
• Caron Treatment Centers: Large nonprofit addiction treatment provider with residential programs across the U.S. Comparable mission of long-term recovery transformation but at much greater scale and broader clinical scope than SFATC.
• Sutter Health Behavioral Health Services: Major Bay Area health system providing behavioral health and substance use services. Represents the secular clinical alternative in the same geography and a likely source of referrals or competition for participants.

Direct peers

• Adult & Teen Challenge USA: The national network of which SFATC is an independently operated member. Operates faith-based residential recovery programs using the same biblical, holistic methodology across the United States, with shared brand, curriculum, and training infrastructure.
• Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Centers: Faith-based, donation-funded residential recovery program serving adult men and women. Provides similar work-therapy and spiritual programming and competes for the same faith-aligned donor and participant pool.
• Delancey Street Foundation: San Francisco-based residential self-help program combining vocational training, education, and recovery for people coming from incarceration, addiction, and homelessness. Uses a similar residential, work-based, peer-led model and competes in the same donor and participant pool.

Regional players

• Glide Foundation: San Francisco-based faith-rooted social services organization serving people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and poverty. Competes for a similar donor base and participant referrals in San Francisco.
• HealthRIGHT 360: San Francisco-based nonprofit providing integrated behavioral health, substance use treatment, primary care, and re-entry services. Operates residential programs in the same Bay Area market and overlaps with SFATC's recovery and re-entry missions.
• Friendship House Association of American Indians: San Francisco-based nonprofit offering residential and outpatient recovery services, including culturally rooted programming. Competes with SFATC for San Francisco participants and donor support.
• Baker Places: San Francisco nonprofit providing residential and outpatient substance use and mental health services. Serves a similar population in the same city and represents a directly competing secular option for referrals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wearesfatc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wearesfatc
• Facebookfacebook.com/wearesfatc
• Instagraminstagram.com/wearesfatc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfatc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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