The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach

What The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach does

The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach (legal entity: One in Long Beach, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1977/1980 and headquartered at 2017 E 4th Street, Long Beach, California. It delivers integrated health, mental health, youth and family, legal, older adult, and intimate partner violence services to more than 10,000 individuals annually, supported by a volunteer base exceeding 300 and more than 20 monthly support groups. Complementary resource services include a public-access Cyber Center, a community library, job postings, career counseling, workshops, training, and structured support groups.

Operationally, the Center functions as a community-based service delivery platform rather than a software or product company; there is no proprietary technology stack, AI/ML capability, or multi-site architecture described in available materials. Service delivery is human-led across six integrated practice areas, with program quality dependent on licensed clinicians, case managers, and trained volunteers rather than automated systems.

The business model is a diversified nonprofit revenue stack combining individual donations, foundation grants (including a $2.3M unrestricted Mackenzie Scott / Yield Giving award in April 2024), corporate sponsorships (Port of Long Beach, Kaiser Permanente, MemorialCare, St. Mary Medical Center, Scan Health Plan, Gilead Sciences), sliding-scale client fees for clinical services, and fee-for-service training delivered at documented rates of approximately $150 per hour. The Center also maintains an institutional partnership with the Long Beach Unified School District, which functions as a referral channel for youth services.

Name

The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach

Legal name

One in Long Beach, Inc.

Website

https://centerlb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1977/1980 that delivers integrated health, mental health, youth, legal, older adult, and IPV services to 10,000+ Long Beach residents annually, funded through donations, grants, corporate sponsorships, and sliding-scale fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LGBTQ Community Health and Social Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Health & Support Communities (BPAMABAL), Sexual & Reproductive Health Services (EDALAFAG)

Keywords

• Community health services
• Mental health counseling
• Youth support programs
• Legal assistance services
• Community resource center

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The Center is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals. Donors can make one-time or monthly contributions.
2. Grants and Foundation Funding: Major grants from foundations and philanthropists including $2.3 million from Mackenzie Scott/Yield Giving. Also supported by government grants and private foundations.
3. Corporate Sponsorship: Corporate sponsors support programs and special events. Sponsors include Port of Long Beach, Kaiser, MemorialCare, St. Mary Medical Center, Scan Health Plan, Gilead, and many other organizations.
4. Mental Health Counseling Fees: Services offered on a sliding scale basis. Initial intakes are free. The Center does not accept insurance but provides cost estimates during intake.
5. Cyber Center Usage Fees: First hour of computer use is free. Additional hours are $1 per hour with a maximum of 3 hours per day.
6. Workshop Fees: Some workshops have nominal fees (e.g., $15 materials fee for watercolor workshop). Yoga series is free.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach is a community-based nonprofit providing direct health (free HIV/STI testing, PrEP/PEP access), mental health counseling, legal assistance, youth and family programs, older adult services, and intimate partner violence support to LGBTQ individuals and families in the greater Long Beach area. It complements these with free resource services including a Cyber Center, an LGBTQ+ lending library, a community job board, career counseling, workshops, social/support groups, and fee-based LGBTQ cultural responsiveness training for outside organizations.

Product overview

The LGBTQ Center of Long Beach is a community-based organization offering a comprehensive suite of integrated programs and services rather than a unified software product. The core service portfolio includes Health Services (HIV/STI testing, PrEP/PEP), Mental Health Counseling, Youth & Family Services (MYTE program), Legal Services, Older Adult Services, and Intimate Partner Violence Services. These are complemented by resource services including the Cyber Center, Gary Booher LGBTQ+ Library, Job Postings, Career Counseling, Workshops (watercolor, yoga), and Training Programs. The organization also provides Mental Health Internships for graduate students and maintains a Volunteer Program with over 300 active volunteers. All services are designed to advance equity for LGBTQ people through culturally responsive advocacy, education, and support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health Services Free HIV testing, STI screening and treatment (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia), PrEP and PEP prevention services, and telehealth consultations with a Nurse Practitioner for LGBTQ individuals in Long Beach.
• Mental Health Counseling LGBTQ-focused therapy integrating psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, strength-based, person-centered, humanistic, and mindfulness approaches for trauma, anxiety, and depression, offered on a sliding scale with free initial intake.
• Youth & Family Services Programs for LGBTQ youth including Mentoring Youth Through Empowerment (MYTE) for ages 13-18, LGBTQ Student Advocacy in K-12 schools, family support, and professional development training for educators.
• Legal Services Free LGBTQ-affirming legal assistance including intakes, referrals to LGBTQ-friendly attorneys, volunteer legal clinic consultations, and help with name and gender change petitions and victims of crime legal services.
• Older Adult Services Social programs for LGBTQ+ adults aged 55+ including Coffee Talk, Lez Chat, and monthly activities designed to combat isolation and foster connections.
• Intimate Partner Violence Services Healthy Relationships Services Program providing crisis counseling, safety planning, individual and group counseling, case management, legal advocacy, and shelter advocacy for LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence.
• Cyber Center Free access to computers for one hour daily (then $1/hour with 3 hours daily maximum), funded by the David Bohnett Foundation, for community members to check email, search for jobs, and stay connected.
• Gary Booher LGBTQ+ Library Lending library of over 6,000 fiction and non-fiction books celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories available for free checkout by community members.
• Job Postings and Free Referral Service Free job board and telephone-based referral service connecting LGBTQ+ job seekers with employers, operated since the early 1980s telephone hotline.
• Career Counseling Free, confidential 30-minute career counseling sessions on the second Saturday of each month covering resume writing, job interview techniques, and job search strategies.
• Workshops Art and wellness workshops including the Transparent Watercolors Workshop (Tuesday afternoons, $15 materials fee) and Yoga Series by Andy (Wednesday evenings, free).
• Training Programs Culturally responsive LGBTQ advocacy training for civic, public, private, and religious organizations with standard hourly rates of $150/hour ($75/hour for nonprofits) and curriculum development services.
• Social & Support Groups Over 20 monthly social and support groups including 20 Somethings, Men's Wrap, Gender Expansive, Queer People of Color, and Transparent Families, fostering community connection and peer support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves over 10,000 community members annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool Liaisons work with Wellness Centers to provide affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ students. Partnership for youth advocacy and education.
• Long Beach QFilm Festival PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Art Theatre and other venues for the annual 33rd Long Beach QFilm Festival celebrating LGBTQ independent films.
• LGBTQ-friendly Community PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral network for mental health counseling, affirming physicians, and local community partners serving LGBTQ youth.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Los Angeles LGBT Center: The Los Angeles LGBT Center is the world's largest LGBTQ organization and the most direct regional counterpart. It offers an analogous integrated portfolio of health, mental health, legal, youth, and senior services, competing for many of the same regional funders, corporate sponsors, and grant applications as the Long Beach Center.
• NYC LGBT Community Center: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City operates youth, family, senior, cultural, and wellness programming under a single community-center banner. While geographically distant, it sets the operating template that smaller city-level LGBTQ centers like Long Beach emulate.

Emerging players

• Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal is a national LGBTQ legal-advocacy organization that overlaps meaningfully with the Center's Legal Services program, particularly around name/gender change petitions, anti-discrimination work, and victims-of-crime legal assistance. It competes for the same legal-services grant pool.
• The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project provides crisis intervention and mental health services for LGBTQ youth nationally, partially overlapping with the Center's MYTE youth program and school-liaison work. While tech-enabled and national in scale, it competes for the same youth-services foundation dollars.

Direct peers

• San Francisco LGBT Center: The San Francisco LGBT Center operates a similar combined community-services model with youth programs, mental health, legal, and senior services for the Bay Area LGBTQ community. It is a city-level direct functional peer, sharing program structure, volunteer model, and grant-driven nonprofit economics.
• SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders): SAGE is the leading national organization focused on LGBTQ older adults and offers programming, advocacy, and training that directly overlap with the Long Beach Center's Older Adult Services and Scan Health Plan partnership. It is a key national peer on elder-services program design and funding.
• San Diego LGBT Center: The San Diego LGBT Center provides behavioral health, youth, senior, legal, and HIV services across Southern California and competes for similar state, foundation, and corporate funding. It is a near-regional functional peer operating an integrated services model of comparable scale.
• Center on Halsted (Chicago): Center on Halsted is Chicago's LGBTQ community center, offering an integrated mix of youth, senior, behavioral health, and HIV services. It is one of the most operationally analogous peers in terms of program breadth, volunteer engagement, and city-level nonprofit funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterLB
• Instagraminstagram.com/centerlb
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-lgbtq-center-of-long-beach

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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