Oc United

What Oc United does

OC United is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2015 and headquartered in Fullerton, California, operating within Orange County under tax identification 46-3761517. The organization pursues a prevention-first mission focused on family strengthening and reducing entry into the foster care system, positioning itself against the dominant reactive-services approach in a market that the organization estimates at over $800M in annual Orange County reactive-services spending. It has cumulatively served more than 1,000 individuals and families and sustains a base of 115+ monthly volunteers drawn from local churches, businesses, and civic stakeholders.

Name

Oc United

Legal name

OC United

Website

https://www.ocunited.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OC United is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2015 and based in Fullerton, California, that delivers prevention-focused family strengthening programs to Orange County families to reduce foster care entry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community-Based Family Prevention Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Family prevention services
• Community-based youth programs
• Foster care prevention
• Family support programs
• Nonprofit social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fullerton

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: One-time and monthly donations from individuals supporting family prevention programs. Donors contribute through the EveryAction platform with tiered giving options ($50, $100, $250 levels). Monthly Prevention Partners provide consistent recurring support.
2. Corporate and Foundation Partnerships: Support from businesses, corporations, and foundations through volunteer opportunities, organizational collaboration, and financial contributions. Includes stock, matching gifts, legacy gifts, and in-kind donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OC United is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that mobilizes community relationships through churches, volunteers, businesses, and neighbors to strengthen families and prevent children from entering the foster care system. The organization delivers youth mentorship, young adult transition support, family stabilization, and community education programs across Orange County, California, with a prevention-first approach that intervenes before crisis occurs.

Product overview

OC United is a nonprofit organization that operates as a single integrated service model focused on family strengthening and prevention of child welfare system involvement. The organization offers a coordinated portfolio of programs including Youth Programs, Young Adult Programs, Family Support Programs, and Community Programs. These programs work together through a community-based approach, mobilizing churches, volunteers, businesses, and neighbors to provide mentorship, life skills training, housing stabilization, and emotional support to prevent families from reaching crisis points. Additional engagement services include Volunteer Programs and Donation Programs with options for one-time, monthly, and special giving. The organization also runs the United Kids & Teens youth program as a flagship youth service. All programs operate from the organization's Fullerton, California headquarters and are designed to interconnect to address the full spectrum of family needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• United Kids & Teens

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000+ individuals and families served in Orange County
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Raise the Future (formerly Adoption Services): Adoption and family services nonprofit serving California with foster care and family preservation programs. Overlaps with OC United in preventing family disruption and supporting vulnerable youth and families through community-based services.
• RaiseAChild: Nonprofit focused on foster care and adoption advocacy with strong California presence. Comparable in targeting the same $800M+ reactive child welfare spending market through family-strengthening and foster care prevention programs.
• Children's Home Society of California: California-wide nonprofit supporting adoption, foster care, and family preservation programs. Comparable as a community-based nonprofit working at the intersection of family support and child welfare prevention in California.
• Maryvale: Southern California nonprofit providing residential, mental health, and family support services to vulnerable children and families. Comparable in trauma-informed, community-rooted approach to preventing foster care entry.
• Children's Bureau of Southern California: Community-based nonprofit offering family strengthening, foster care, adoption, and early childhood services throughout Southern California. Comparable in mission (preventing child welfare system involvement) and community-based service delivery model.
• Olive Crest: Southern California-based nonprofit providing family preservation, foster care, and youth services across multiple counties. Directly comparable as a faith-informed nonprofit working to prevent foster care entry and stabilize at-risk families in the same geographic region.

Broad incumbents

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: National youth mentoring nonprofit operating in communities across the U.S. Comparable in delivering one-on-one mentorship to vulnerable youth, though at significantly larger scale and with a narrower service focus.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National youth development nonprofit with broad youth mentorship and after-school programming. Comparable in serving youth with caring adult relationships and resilience-building programming, but operates at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Save the Children: Global nonprofit working on child welfare, protection, and family support. Comparable in mission to strengthen families and protect children from system involvement, though operating at vastly larger scale and geographic breadth.

Others

• VolunteerMatch: Online platform connecting volunteers with nonprofit opportunities. Relevant as the ecosystem infrastructure OC United relies on to recruit and manage its 115+ monthly volunteers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ocunited
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oc-united

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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