WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION INC

Name

WILLIAMSBURG AREA FAITH IN ACTION INC

Legal name

Williamsburg Area Faith In Action Inc

Website

https://wfia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Williamsburg Area Faith In Action Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes trained volunteers to provide free transportation, household help, friendly visits, and caregiver respite to seniors aged 60+ across Williamsburg, James City County, and the Bruton District of York County, Virginia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Care and Aging-in-Place Support Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Volunteer senior services
• Nonprofit elderly support
• Senior transportation assistance
• Faith based community care
• Aging in place support

Headquarters

HQ city

Williamsburg

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. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, WFIA relies on charitable donations from individuals, organizations, and community partners. Donations are tax-deductible. The organization also offers planned giving options including Charitable Gift Annuities (CGAs) and Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs), as well as annual fundraising events such as a golf tournament and benefit bash.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Williamsburg Area Faith In Action (WFIA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that coordinates trained volunteers to deliver free support services to seniors aged 60 and older in the Greater Williamsburg area. Core services include transportation to medical appointments and errands, grocery shopping assistance, friendly one-on-one visits, therapy dog visits, household task help, well-check phone calls, yard work, and caregiver respite. All services are provided free of charge to enrolled care receivers and are funded through charitable donations, planned giving instruments, and fundraising events.

Product overview

Williamsburg Area Faith In Action (WFIA) is a nonprofit organization that operates as a single, unified volunteer service program rather than a technology platform. The organization provides a comprehensive suite of volunteer-based support services for seniors aged 60 and older, including transportation, grocery shopping, friendly visits, therapy dog visits, household task assistance, well-check calls, yardwork, and caregiver respite. These services are delivered through a network of trained volunteers coordinated by WFIA staff. The organization supplements its core service programs with self-service portals for volunteers (application platform) and care receivers (Assisted Rides Portal), an online donation system via Network for Good, planned giving instruments (Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Remainder Trusts), and annual fundraising events (Golf Tournament and Benefit Bash).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Services

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Wilson LawminorOthers · 1 January 20242024 Platinum Sponsor of the Annual Benefit Bash for Seniors event.
• City of WilliamsburgminorOthersLocal government partner; one of the community partners listed on the WFIA website.
• York County VirginiaminorOthersCounty government partner serving the Bruton District where WFIA provides services.
• James City County VirginiaminorOthersCounty government partner where WFIA provides services to seniors.
• Peninsula Agency on AgingcoreOthersKey community partner providing caregiver resources, Memory Cafe, food security programs, and other resources for aging adults in the Williamsburg/James City County area.
• Williamsburg House of MercyminorOthersCommunity partner providing healthcare and social services.
• Sentara CaresminorOthersHealthcare-focused community partner.
• United Way of the Virginia PeninsulaminorOthersNonprofit partner providing community resources.
• Williamsburg Community FoundationminorOthersCommunity foundation partner supporting local causes.
• Williamsburg Health FoundationminorOthersHealth-focused foundation partner serving the Williamsburg area.
• National Volunteer Caregiving NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network membership providing affiliation with other volunteer caregiving organizations, best practices sharing, and collective impact in serving seniors.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Meals on Wheels America: Federated national nonprofit network delivering volunteer-provided nutrition and wellness check-ins to homebound seniors. Highly comparable as a volunteer-led, donation-funded model focused on enabling seniors to age in place; differs only in meal delivery vs. transportation being the primary service.
• Faith in Action National Network: National federation of volunteer caregiving organizations operating a near-identical volunteer-based senior support model. WFIA itself is a member chapter; this is the most directly comparable peer as the parent/member network.
• National Volunteer Caregiving Network (NVCN): National membership network of volunteer caregiving organizations of which WFIA is a member. Directly comparable as the umbrella peer network coordinating shared best practices, standards, and collective advocacy across volunteer senior-service nonprofits.
• Village to Village Network (VtV): National network of grassroots "villages" that mobilize neighbors and volunteers to help older adults remain in their homes. Highly comparable as a volunteer-driven, community-based, nonprofit aging-in-place model with a federated structure similar to WFIA.

Broad incumbents

• Home Instead: Large national franchisor of paid in-home personal care, companionship, and transportation services for seniors. Comparable as a broad incumbent addressing overlapping senior needs (transportation, household help, companionship) but via a paid caregiver model at a much larger scale.
• Visiting Angels: National franchise network of paid in-home senior care services (personal care, companionship, transportation). Comparable as an in-home senior support provider serving overlapping needs but operating as a paid, for-profit franchise versus WFIA's volunteer, donation-funded nonprofit model.
• AARP Foundation: National nonprofit arm of AARP focused on low-income senior services, isolation programs, and caregiver support. Comparable as a large-scale, donation-funded nonprofit operating programs that overlap with WFIA's senior support and social-isolation mission, though at a national, programmatic scale.

Emerging players

• GoGoGrandparent: Tech-enabled on-demand ride service for seniors lacking smartphone skills. Comparable as a senior transportation alternative competing for the same care-receiver demand that WFIA's volunteer transportation service addresses, but operates on a paid, on-demand model versus WFIA's volunteer, scheduled model.
• Uber Health: Healthcare-focused arm of Uber providing non-emergency medical transport paid by providers, payors, or families. Comparable as a competing transportation solution for seniors needing rides to medical appointments, displacing volunteer transportation demand.

Regional players

• Peninsula Agency on Aging: Regional Area Agency on Aging serving the same Greater Williamsburg/Peninsula geography with caregiver resources, Memory Cafe, and senior services. Comparable as a senior-services organization in the same market, but as an Area Agency on Aging it operates on government/grant funding rather than pure volunteer delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/williamsburgfaithinaction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/williamsburg-area-faith-in-action-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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