Neighborhood Centers Together

What Neighborhood Centers Together does

San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together (SFNCT) is a coalition of eight neighborhood centers serving San Francisco residents across every city zip code. Founded in 2001 and operated as a fiscally sponsored entity under The Richmond District Neighborhood Center, SFNCT coordinates capacity building, shared services, peer education, joint fundraising, and collective advocacy for its member centers: Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Booker T. Washington Community Services Center, Cameron House, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, I.T. Bookman Community Center, Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Richmond Neighborhood Center, and TEL HI Neighborhood Center. The network collectively employs more than 300 staff and serves roughly 9,000 to 12,000+ residents annually, including more than 3,500 older adults.

SFNCT's service portfolio spans senior programs (social connectedness initiatives, senior advisory councils, digital literacy, home-delivered groceries, cancer support), youth and family services (after-school, summer camps, youth leadership, transitional age youth programs), food security, housing assistance including Section 8 lottery navigation, and culturally responsive multilingual programming for immigrant communities. Roughly 54% of older adults in San Francisco speak a primary language other than English, and member centers deliver services in multiple languages across neighborhoods including Chinatown, the Mission, and Oceanview/Merced Heights/Ingleside.

The organization is funded primarily through grants from private foundations — most notably Metta Fund (a $350,000 multi-year grant in 2022 and a new two-year grant in August 2024) and The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation (Healthy Aging grant in April 2024) — and from San Francisco city agencies including the Mayor's Office of Housing & Community Development (MOHCD) and the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (DCYF). Past funders include Walter and Elise Haas Senior Fund, Whitman Institute, United Way of the Bay Area, San Francisco Foundation, The California Endowment, and Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund. Services are delivered free of charge to community members; SFNCT has no proprietary technology platform and operates as a nonprofit coalition rather than a product or SaaS business. Leadership comprises Executive Director Danny Sauter (since 2019) and Director of Operations Chris Shelton, with governance by an Admin Team of four member-center Executive Directors.

Name

Neighborhood Centers Together

Legal name

San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together

Website

https://sfnct.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together (SFNCT) is a coalition of eight neighborhood centers, founded in 2001 and fiscally sponsored by The Richmond District Neighborhood Center, that delivers senior programs, youth services, food security, and housing assistance to more than 9,000 San Francisco residents annually across every city zip code.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Community services
• Senior programs
• Youth development
• Family support
• Nonprofit coalition

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: Primary revenue comes from grants from foundations including Metta Fund and The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation. These grants support specific programs such as older adult services, senior advisory councils, staff development, and capacity building.
2. Government Funding: Funding from the Mayor's Office of Housing & Community Development (MOHCD) for organizational capacity building and shared services. DCYF (Department of Children, Youth & Their Families) grants for community convener programs and youth services.
3. Fiscal Sponsorship: SFNCT is fiscally sponsored by The Richmond District Neighborhood Center, providing administrative and financial infrastructure support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

San Francisco Neighborhood Centers Together (SFNCT) is a coalition that convenes and supports a network of eight member neighborhood centers across San Francisco. SFNCT provides capacity building, shared consulting services, training, peer education, and joint advocacy to its member centers, while the member centers themselves deliver direct community services including senior programs, youth development, family support, food security, and housing assistance to local residents.

Product overview

Neighborhood Centers Together (SFNCT) is a collaborative network of eight neighborhood centers serving San Francisco communities, not a technology product company. Rather than a unified software platform or modular product suite, SFNCT functions as a coalition that provides organizational services to its member centers including capacity building, joint advocacy, collaboration facilitation, shared consulting services, and training/peer education programs. The eight member centers deliver direct community services including senior programs, youth development, family support, food security, and housing assistance. SFNCT does not offer distinct branded software products, modules, or add-ons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Senior Advisory Council Program A program that supports member neighborhood centers in establishing or expanding senior advisory councils, enabling groups of older adult clients to take an active role in shaping programs and services. Funded by The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation's Healthy Aging grant and Metta Fund.
• Older Adult Staff Scholarship Program A professional development scholarship program for staff serving older adults in the member neighborhood centers, providing financial support for training and career advancement. Funded by Metta Fund.
• Capacity Building and Shared Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 neighborhood centers serve 9,000-12,000+ residents annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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.

• The Richmond District Neighborhood CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFNCT is Fiscally Sponsored by The Richmond District Neighborhood Center, providing administrative and financial infrastructure support.
• Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center (TEL HI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember center serving North Beach/Chinatown community for over 130 years. Has the highest population of older adults in San Francisco. Operates two Community Hubs during pandemic.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Compass Family Services: Compass Family Services is a San Francisco nonprofit providing housing, family support, and community-based services to families and individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty. Comparable as a SF-based social-services nonprofit with overlapping family, housing, and community-resource programming.
• The Unity Council: The Unity Council is a coalition of neighborhood centers serving the Fruitvale district of Oakland and broader Alameda County, providing housing, workforce, youth, and senior services. It is the most structurally comparable peer — a network/coalition of neighborhood centers with shared services, advocacy, and capacity-building functions analogous to SFNCT.
• Mission Neighborhood Centers: Mission Neighborhood Centers operates multiple community center sites in San Francisco's Mission District offering youth, family, and senior programs. Direct SF-based peer running a multi-site neighborhood center model with similar program mix and target populations.
• United Way of the Bay Area: United Way of the Bay Area is a Bay Area intermediary that raises and allocates funds to a network of community-based organizations and runs anti-poverty initiatives. Comparable as a regional nonprofit convener/funder supporting community-based service delivery, with shared philanthropic partners.

Regional players

• East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC): EBALDC is a Bay Area nonprofit developing affordable housing and running neighborhood-based programs across Oakland and the East Bay. Comparable as a neighborhood-anchored community development organization with housing, senior, and youth programming, though primarily East Bay rather than SF.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA of San Francisco: YMCA of San Francisco operates multiple branches across the city providing youth, family, and senior programming. Comparable as a multi-site community-services operator in San Francisco with overlapping youth, family, and older-adult programming.
• San Francisco Foundation: San Francisco Foundation is the region's largest community foundation, funding and convening community-based organizations across the Bay Area. Comparable as a local philanthropic convener with overlapping grantees, funder relationships, and advocacy orientation toward SF communities.
• Catholic Charities of San Francisco: Catholic Charities of San Francisco delivers a broad portfolio of social services including immigration, housing, and senior programs across the city. Comparable as a multi-program SF social services nonprofit with overlapping immigrant, senior, and family-service offerings.
• Tipping Point Community: Tipping Point Community is a Bay Area nonprofit that funds and partners with organizations serving people experiencing poverty. Comparable as a major local funder/convenor backing community-based service organizations addressing poverty in the Bay Area.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco runs multiple clubhouses serving youth across SF neighborhoods. Comparable as a multi-site SF nonprofit delivering youth and family programming in underserved neighborhoods, with shared philanthropic and city-funding relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sfnct
• Xx.com/sfnct
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sfnct

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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