Ubuntu Village NOLA

What Ubuntu Village NOLA does

Ubuntu Village NOLA is a private nonprofit founded in 2016 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with 7 employees. It serves people affected by community and gun violence, justice-involved individuals whose mental health or social-support needs contribute to arrest, families in the juvenile legal system, and local youth ages 15-20. Its principal programs are Peace Ambassadors, a violence-interruption and conflict-mediation program; INSTEAD, a community diversion and no-cost case-management program; and Family Support and Organizing, delivered through Parent Navigators. It also operates SACE, a nine-week youth enrichment program, a Community Resources Hub, and the 7th Ward Environmental Survey.

Delivery is based on trusted community relationships and human staff rather than proprietary software: Peace Ambassadors, case managers, and Parent Navigators provide direct services, supported by city agencies, a hospital, academic institutions, and community organizations. Services are free to participants. Funding comes from individual donations, foundation grants including the Kresge Foundation and United Way of Southeast Louisiana, and government partnerships including the New Orleans Health Department; revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Ubuntu Village NOLA

Legal name

Ubuntu Village NOLA

Website

https://ubuntuvillagenola.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ubuntu Village NOLA is a New Orleans nonprofit providing violence interruption, court diversion, family navigation, case management, and youth programs for justice-involved people, violence-affected residents, families, and local youth through community-based services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Violence Intervention Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Support Services (611710), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Community violence intervention
• Alternatives to incarceration
• Credible messenger program
• Community-based diversion
• Youth enrichment program

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans, Louisiana

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monthly sustaining donors and one-time donations from individuals who support the organization's mission of violence prevention and community safety.
2. Foundation Grants: Grants from foundations such as the Kresge Foundation to support community violence intervention programming and organizational capacity.
3. Government Partnerships: Funding and partnerships with the City of New Orleans Health Department for violence intervention programs including the Community Violence Intervention Program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ubuntu Village NOLA is a Black-led, multi-racial nonprofit that provides community-based violence intervention, alternatives to prosecution and incarceration, family support for families in the juvenile legal system, and youth summer programming. Core services are delivered free of charge to participants by trained Peace Ambassadors, Parent Navigators, and case managers embedded in New Orleans neighborhoods. Programs are funded by charitable donations, foundation grants, and government partnerships.

Product overview

Ubuntu Village NOLA is a Black-led, multi-racial community organization offering a portfolio of violence prevention and community safety programs. Its core offerings include the Peace Ambassadors Program (violence interruption), the INSTEAD diversion program (alternatives to prosecution/incarceration), and Family Support and Organizing services. Supporting programs include the Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program (SACE) for youth, a Community Resources Hub for referrals, and research initiatives like the 7th Ward Environmental Survey. The organization takes a holistic, public health approach to community safety rooted in the Ubuntu philosophy of mutual care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Peace Ambassadors: Violence interruption program where team members mediate conflicts in the community before they escalate into gun violence and prevent retaliation.
• INSTEAD
• SACE
• Parent Navigators

Products and services

• Peace Ambassadors Program Violence interruption program in which trained Peace Ambassadors mediate conflicts in the community to prevent retaliatory shootings and gun violence, connecting participants with employment, mental health, and educational resources.
• INSTEAD (Integrated Navigation Services to End Arrest and Detention) Community-based diversion program that diverts people from court and provides holistic, no-cost case management to address social and health challenges and avoid re-arrest.
• Family Support and Organizing Parent Navigators help families in the juvenile legal system with case management and provide spaces for healing, mutual aid, and collective action.
• Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program (SACE) Nine-week summer program for young people ages 15-20 offering career and education exploration, history education, cultural enrichment, and annual road trips to historical Black landmarks.
• Community Resources Hub Resource directory providing information on disaster preparedness, mental health services, crisis hotlines, healthcare providers, legal support, housing assistance, and system-involved support services.
• 7th Ward Environmental Survey Community-led research initiative documenting instances of urban blight including vacant lots, abandoned buildings, blighted properties, illegal dumping, and deteriorating infrastructure in the Seventh Ward.

Quantifiable outcome

• Every $1 invested in INSTEAD returns $1.20-$3.61 in savings
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• City of New Orleans Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the City of New Orleans Health Department for the Community Violence Intervention Program, providing trauma-informed therapeutic services and comprehensive case management to individuals and families impacted by community and gun violence.
• University Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative public health approach to reducing gun violence including University Medical Center, the New Orleans Health Department, and the City's Office of Violence Prevention.
• New Orleans Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the collaborative public health-based approach to reducing gun violence alongside University Medical Center and the City's Office of Violence Prevention.
• Vera Institute of JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the New Orleans Firearm Violence Dashboard project, providing critical data to organizations, agencies, and community leaders working to address gun violence.
• Washington University in St. LouiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the New Orleans Firearm Violence Dashboard project, compiling information from city agencies to provide data from 2019 to 2024.
• Violence Prevention Institute at Tulane UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the New Orleans Firearm Violence Dashboard project, working with other academic and community partners to provide gun violence data.
• Grow Dat Youth FarmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program, teaching youth participants how to garden as part of the program curriculum.
• Trombone Shorty FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program, providing music education and mentorship for aspiring young artists.
• The Butterfly EffectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program, teaching youth meditation and emotional expression techniques.
• NOLA Grown LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting the Summer Academic and Cultural Enrichment Program, helping design program sweatshirts for participants.
• Idea VillageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth program participants visited Idea Village to learn about mentorship programs for entrepreneurs at any stage.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Roca: Roca delivers behavior-change-driven violence intervention for high-risk young people in Massachusetts and beyond, combining street outreach, case management, and cognitive behavioral programming — a direct functional analog to Ubuntu Village's INSTEAD and Peace Ambassadors work.
• Advance Peace: Advance Peace operates a fellowship-based model where credible messengers (Neighborhood Change Agents) mentor individuals most likely to be involved in gun violence, closely mirroring Ubuntu Village's violence intervention and case management approach.
• Cure Violence Global: Cure Violence pioneered the public-health approach to community violence interruption by training credible messengers to mediate conflicts and prevent shootings — directly comparable to Ubuntu Village's Peace Ambassadors program across multiple U.S. cities.
• Institute for Nonviolence Chicago: The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago trains credible messengers to mediate conflicts and provides case management and workforce development for those affected by violence — a direct operational analog to Ubuntu Village's Peace Ambassadors program.
• Youth Advocate Programs: YAP provides community-based alternatives to incarceration and intensive case management for justice-involved youth across multiple states, closely paralleling Ubuntu Village's INSTEAD and Parent Navigators offerings.
• CHOOSE 180: CHOOSE 180 provides community-based alternatives to incarceration and prosecutorial diversion for young people in Washington State, closely paralleling Ubuntu Village's INSTEAD diversion program model.

Regional players

• Operation Ceasefire Boston: Operation Ceasefire is Boston's implementation of the group violence intervention strategy, an alternative to street-level violence intervention that aligns with Ubuntu Village's Peace Ambassadors approach in a different metro market.

Broad incumbents

• Heartland Alliance: Heartland Alliance runs a portfolio of human services and violence prevention programs serving marginalized populations nationwide, comparable to Ubuntu Village's holistic, community-based model but at considerably larger scale.

Others

• National Network for Safe Communities: NNSC is the national convener for the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) model — the conceptual framework underpinning Ubuntu Village's Peace Ambassadors and INSTEAD programs — making it a peer in the same operating discipline.
• Vera Institute of Justice: Vera partners with Ubuntu Village on the New Orleans Firearm Violence Dashboard and operates broader safety and justice reform programs; it is comparable as a research-driven partner in the same community violence ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/ubuntuvillagenola

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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