Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center

Name

Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center

Legal name

Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center

Website

https://portlandoic.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a minority-led nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, POIC relies on donations, grants, and charitable contributions to fund operations. The organization has a history spanning since 1967 and has been confronting funding shortfalls due to public budget shifts and contract reductions.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

POIC is a minority-led nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides free community services across four pillars: Education (delivered through Rosemary Anderson Prep, a K-12 alternative private school with three campuses), Employment & Training (paid workforce training and job placement), Community Safety (violence prevention and intervention including Community Safety Worker certification), and Family & Wellness (wrap-around services such as Youth Services, Resident Services, and Trauma-Informed Care). All programs are provided at no cost to participants and primarily serve underserved youth, adults, and families in greater Portland, with a focus on Black and Latinx communities.

Product overview

Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC) is a minority-led nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization providing community services through four core program areas: Education (via Rosemary Anderson Prep, a K-12 private school), Employment & Training, Community Safety, and Family & Wellness. Under Family & Wellness, programs include Family Services, Community Health, Youth Services, Resident Services, and Trauma-Informed Care. The Community Healing Initiative (CHI) is a notable cross-cutting program addressing youth violence prevention. All POIC programs are free to participants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rosemary Anderson Prep: Private alternative school providing education services from K-12 across multiple campuses in the greater Portland area.

Products and services

• Education (Rosemary Anderson Prep) K-12 private alternative school with three campuses in greater Portland delivering academic education alongside wrap-around support services for underserved youth.
• Employment & Training Paid workforce training, job placement, and support services helping adults in greater Portland launch careers through skills development and workforce readiness programs.
• Community Safety Safety and security services for families and communities through prevention and intervention programming, including the Community Safety Worker (CSW) certification for violence prevention workers.
• Family & Wellness Wrap-around family and wellness services including Family Services, Community Health, Youth Services, Resident Services, and Trauma-Informed Care supporting healthier students, families, and communities in greater Portland.
• Community Healing Initiative (CHI) Community-centered, whole family-focused collaboration designed to address root causes of youth violence, serving youth and their families in Multnomah and Washington Counties.
• Natural Resource Pathway Career-connected learning program where students earn hourly stipends while building job skills through partnerships with organizations like Friends of Trees.
• Youth Services Activities and support helping students reach their goals through programming beyond the classroom designed to help students adopt new belief systems, restructure attitudes, and change behaviors.
• Resident Services On-site family stabilization, healthcare access, community building, and youth programs embedded at Albina One (family-focused housing) and Paramount (housing for single adults).
• Trauma-Informed Care Organizational approach providing trauma-informed care and healing-centered engagement, focusing on continuous reinvention, relationship building, and staff development.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Portland Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPOIC operates Rosemary Anderson Prep schools, which collaborate with Portland Public Schools. The partnership supports educational services and student resources.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Latino Network: Portland-based nonprofit serving Latino youth and families through education, parent engagement, and community programs—a direct culturally specific peer operating in the same metro and target demographic.
• Urban League of Portland: Portland affiliate of the National Urban League providing workforce development, education, and housing services to African American communities—a direct peer in mission, demographic focus, and service mix.
• Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI): Portland-based minority-led nonprofit providing youth education, family services, and community development with cultural specificity for African American communities—directly comparable to POIC's wraparound, culturally specific model in the same metro.
• Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO): Portland-based multicultural nonprofit providing social services, workforce training, education, and family support to immigrant and refugee communities—closely overlapping POIC's wraparound service pillars.
• New Avenues for Youth: Portland nonprofit serving youth experiencing homelessness and systems involvement through education, employment, and housing—directly comparable to POIC's employment training, alternative education, and youth services.
• Worksystems: Portland-metro workforce development nonprofit administering public and private workforce funds for adult job training—closely comparable to POIC's Employment & Training pillar.

Broad incumbents

• College Possible: National nonprofit providing college access and success coaching for students from low-income backgrounds—comparable to POIC's Rosemary Anderson Prep education and youth services mission at national scale.
• Year Up: National workforce development nonprofit providing paid training, internships, and job placement for young adults from low-income communities—comparable to POIC's paid Employment & Training model at national scale.
• Catholic Charities of Oregon: Regional faith-based social services organization providing housing, family services, refugee resettlement, and community programs across Oregon—broadly comparable wraparound service model at larger regional scale.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro: Established youth-development nonprofit providing after-school programs, education support, and youth services across the Portland metro—comparable youth services model with a broader, less culturally specific scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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