faithinthevalley.org

What faithinthevalley.org does

Faith in the Valley is a non-profit, faith-based community-organizing organization founded on September 10, 2016, and headquartered at 2027 E. Harding Way in Stockton, California. It operates across five to eight counties in California's Central Valley — primarily Fresno, Kern, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin — serving low-income communities of color through grassroots mobilization and policy advocacy. The organization is a federated member of PICO California, which provides access to a statewide network of 485 congregations, and is aligned with the broader National Faith in Action Network.

The organization pursues a multi-issue campaign model across Clean Energy Jobs, Live Free (criminal justice reform), Dignity for ALL Immigrants, and Safe and Healthy Communities, using congregational organizing, voter engagement, and direct advocacy to influence local and state policy. Documented outcomes include the diversion of approximately $2 million from policing budgets in Kern County and the passage of the Rental Housing Improvement Act, indicating measurable policy traction in the Central Valley region.

Its revenue model is donation- and grant-driven as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, with documented institutional support including a $600,000 grant from the Sierra Health Foundation in May 2017. The organization runs on a lean leadership structure anchored by Executive Director Pastor Curtis L. Smith (appointed February 2022) and a regional team including Trena Turner, Daniel Rodela, Roman Rain Tree, Alexandra Alvarado, Michael Baldwin, Nelson Rabell, and Andy Levine. There is no proprietary technology product, software platform, or AI/ML capability disclosed in the input data; operations are built around human-led organizing rather than technology infrastructure.

Name

faithinthevalley.org

Legal name

Faith in the Valley

Website

https://faithinthevalley.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Faith in the Valley is a faith-based non-profit founded in 2016 that organizes low-income communities of color across five to eight California Central Valley counties through multi-issue campaigns on clean energy, criminal justice, immigrant rights, and housing, federated with PICO California's 485 congregations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Organizing Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations (BPAGAJAK), Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL)

Keywords

• Community organizing
• Faith-based advocacy
• Social justice campaigns
• Civic engagement
• Coalition building

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockton

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 Fundraising: The organization relies on charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and faith institutions to fund operations and programs.
2. Grants: Faith in the Valley receives grant funding from foundations such as Sierra Health Foundation to support environmental justice and community organizing initiatives across five counties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Faith in the Valley is a faith-based community organizing nonprofit that mobilizes congregations and residents across California's Central Valley to advance racial, economic, and environmental justice. The organization runs multi-racial, multi-faith coalition campaigns focused on clean energy jobs, alternatives to incarceration, immigrant rights, and safe and healthy communities. Operating across Fresno, Kern, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, it uses grassroots leadership development and civic advocacy to drive policy change for low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color.

Product overview

Faith in the Valley is a faith-based grassroots community organizing organization (not a technology product company) operating a WordPress-based website as its primary digital engagement platform. The organization runs five core campaign programs: Clean Energy Jobs, Live Free, Dignity for ALL Immigrants, Safe and Healthy Communities, and COVID-19 Resources. These campaigns are supplemented by annual Year in Review reports and various county-specific initiatives in Fresno, Kern, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties. The website functions as a content management system providing informational resources, donation processing, blog/news updates, and community contact capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clean Energy Jobs Campaign

Quantifiable outcome

• Diverted $2 million from policing to hire counselors and support services in Kern County schools
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

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

• PICO CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley is a federated member of PICO California, the largest faith-based community organizing network in California with institutional membership of 485 congregations from more than a dozen faith traditions. Through PICO California, they participate in statewide campaigns including Home is Sacred and LA RED (Liberation, Action, Respect, Equity, Dignity) for immigrant rights.
• National Faith in Action NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley is part of the National Faith in Action Network, providing a connection to a broader national movement for faith-based community organizing.
• Kern Educational Justice Collaborative (KEJC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in Kern works in partnership with KEJC to end the school-to-prison pipeline and implement restorative justice. Through this partnership, leaders diverted $2 million from policing to hire counselors.
• Public Health AdvocatesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley partnered with Public Health Advocates to receive a $600,000 Sierra Health Foundation Cluster grant for environmental justice work across five counties.
• Fresno StateminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Fresno State on the 'Evicted in Fresno' study that found highest rates of evictions in South Fresno.
• Central California Legal ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the 'Evicted in Fresno' research study on eviction patterns and disparities.
• Advance PeacemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley partners with Advance Peace on violence intervention programs and brought the model to Fresno. Also working with Advance Peace on a youth cohort learning about restorative justice, pollution and environmental justice.
• Communities for a New California Education FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on a 2020 Census video and outreach efforts in immigrant communities.
• Fresno Interfaith Climate AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley co-collaborates on the Fresno Interfaith Climate Alliance and leads a workshop on 'Climate Justice is Housing Justice'.
• Fresno Black Metro Chamber of CommerceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering on youth programs including climate and environmental justice initiatives with Central Valley youth.
• Stockton Housing Justice CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with the coalition to facilitate public forums and collaborate on the 24-hour navigation center and low-barrier shelter project in Stockton.
• Echo Chamber's WE CAN ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering on housing solutions for the unhoused community in Stockton.
• California Jobs First Initiative (formerly CERF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaith in the Valley has been engaged in the California Jobs First (formerly California Community Economic Resilience Fund) process, working to shape regional economic recovery plans. Leaders Silvia Romano and Daniel Rodela were elected to the Kern Coalition Governance Council.
• Hmong TV NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduced Hmong language interview with Rev. Wangki on COVID-19, the delta variant, and encouraging the community to get vaccinated.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PICO California: Faith in the Valley is a federated member of PICO California, the largest faith-based community organizing network in California with 485 congregations. PICO California operates the same statewide advocacy model across multiple federations, providing direct peer comparison on coalition building, fundraising, and policy campaigns.
• Faith in Action: Faith in the Valley is part of the Faith in Action national network, which provides the organizing methodology, theology of resistance framing, and national campaign infrastructure (Live Free, LA RED) used locally. Direct parent/peer relationship and the closest model for national replication of the Central Valley model.

Direct peers

• Communities for a New California: California-based grassroots organizing network focused on immigrant rights, environmental justice, and civic engagement in the Central Valley. Collaborated with Faith in the Valley on 2020 Census outreach; operates a similar multi-county, multi-faith coalition model targeting low-income communities of color.
• Dolores Huerta Foundation: California grassroots organizing and advocacy nonprofit focused on Latino communities, civic engagement, and policy campaigns across the Central Valley and beyond. Operates a comparable volunteer-leader-driven organizing model and overlaps with Faith in the Valley on immigration and worker justice campaigns.
• Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice: Inland Empire and Central Valley environmental justice organization combining community organizing with policy advocacy on air quality, land use, and climate. Overlaps with Faith in the Valley's environmental justice and Sierra Health Foundation-funded work and serves a similar constituency.
• Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE Institute): California-wide community organizing network focused on housing justice, economic equity, and tenant rights. Closely comparable on affordable housing advocacy (Rental Housing Improvement Act, tenant protection campaigns) and on resident-led multi-county coalition building.
• Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE): Multi-issue grassroots organizing nonprofit in California targeting low-income, immigrant, and communities of color. Comparable volunteer-leader development pipeline, multi-county geographic focus, and issue mix (housing, immigrant rights, civic engagement).

Emerging players

• Greenlining Institute: California racial justice and economic equity advocacy organization working on policy research, coalition campaigns, and leadership development. Comparable multi-issue model (racial equity, economic inclusion, climate) with a more research/policy orientation versus Faith in the Valley's faith-anchored base-building.

Others

• Public Health Advocates: California nonprofit that partnered with Faith in the Valley on the $600,000 Sierra Health Foundation Cluster grant for environmental justice. Operates in the same health-equity and policy-advocacy space and is a concrete coalition partner rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Kern Community Foundation: Kern County-based community foundation providing grants to local nonprofits, including organizing and advocacy work in the same geography Faith in the Valley serves. A potential funder and partner in overlapping Central Valley networks, with comparable regional scope but a grantmaking rather than base-building role.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FaithInValley
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCcDEo1L5FW2PgZ_XvYpQYIw
• Facebookfacebook.com/FaithInValley
• Instagraminstagram.com/faithinvalley

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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