Business Directory

BTF Enterprises provides full-time business and administrative management, project management, meeting planning including full conference and tradeshow management, and consulting services. Combining proven business and management concepts with cost effective shared resources, BTF strives to enhance the effectiveness of our client programs and ensure their successful growth. Through a long-term commitment to this mission, we are known for consistently delivering above and beyond our clients’ expectations. We invite you to visit our website – www.BTFenterprises.com - to hear more of what our clients are saying about us and then call us to find out how we can help your company.

For the past 30 years, Dientes has been on a mission is to create lasting oral health for the underserved children and adults in Santa Cruz County and neighboring communities. Serving 11,000 low income patients a year, we provide comprehensive, high quality dental care through three full-time clinics in Santa Cruz and Watsonville and a 30-location Outreach Program so that everyone has the dignity that comes from a healthy smile.

Court Appointed Special Advocates is a Santa Cruz County non-profit that recruits, trains and professionally supervises volunteers who work one-on-one with children in the foster care, juvenile probation, and/or truancy court systems. Each year volunteer Advocates serve over 200 children, working with schools, therapists, social workers and the courts. Judges rely on Advocates' recommendations in deciding how to best meet the children's needs until they are in safe, permanent homes. More than half of CASA's annual budget comes from fundraising and community donations. Since its inception in 1992, CASA of Santa Cruz County has trained over 1300 volunteer Advocates and served almost 2000 children.

Think Local First – County of Santa Cruz is a network of locally owned & locally operated businesses and community organizations joining together to promote economic vitality and preserve the unique character of our community.

BalanceSCC is a nonprofit organization that works in collaboration with schools and families to provide personalized care solutions for individuals with unique needs. We prioritize finding the perfect match between our team members and the clients they support. At BalanceSCC, we are driven by our mission to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive within their home, school, and community.

Birchbark Foundation

Through the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center and the East Cliff Family Health Center, SCCHC (a Federally Qualified Health Center) provides comprehensive primary care services in English and Spanish to all ages, genders, ethnicities, abilities and sexual identities and orientations, regardless of their ability to pay.

Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay covers Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

Habitat for Humanity has 2 restore locations - Please visit them and support the community

• 555 Main Street, Watsonville
• 4230 Gigling Road, Seaside

Housing Matters partners with individuals and families to create pathways out of their homelessness and into permanent housing.

We hold firmly to a vision that homelessness in Santa Cruz County should be rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Central Coast Community Energy is a Community Choice Energy agency established by local communities to source carbon-free electricity for Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties while retaining PG&E’s traditional role delivering power and maintaining electric infrastructure. As a locally controlled not-for-profit, MBCP supports Tri-County economic vitality by providing clean energy at a cost equivalent to or lower than PG&E, supporting low-income rate payers, and funding local renewable energy projects. For more information, visit www.3Cenergy.org

The Veterans Memorial Building (SCCVMB) is a historic cornerstone in Santa Cruz, dedicated to serving veterans while welcoming the broader community through a wide range of programs, events, and services.  Built in 1932, it is a historic landmark in downtown Santa Cruz  As a proud 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we operate with a dual mission: supporting local Veterans through direct resources and preserving this storied facility as an accessible, community-centered space.

Supporting Our Veterans: Organization & The Veterans Village

Our Organization

Led by a Board of Trustees (established in 1995), the organization oversees daily operations, community programs, and long-term stewardship of this essential facility.  We work closely with county agencies, local partners, and Veteran-serving organizations to ensure the building remains a reliable hub for support, connection, and outreach.

Veterans Village

As part of our broader mission, the Veterans Village stands as a forward-leaning initiative to provide Permanent Supportive Housing for homeless and at-risk Veterans in Santa Cruz County.  The project offers stable housing, supportive services, and a strong sense of community to help Veterans regain their footing and rebuild their lives with dignity, structure, and long-term stability.

Community Engagement & Impact

The Veterans Memorial Building is more than a venue.  It’s a gathering point for the entire community.  Through weekly service days, resource fairs, cultural events (like art shows and concerts), and collaborative programming, we bring Veterans, families, and local residents together under one roof.  Our work strengthens community ties, expands service capacity, and ensures Veterans remain connected to the support network they’ve earned.  Every dollar spent here directly supports our mission to serve those who served, including funding permanent and supportive housing for homeless Veterans.

Event & Venue Rentals: Reserve Your Space Today!

Our building offers versatile rental opportunities for public and private events like meetings, celebrations, training events, performances, and community gatherings.  With multiple spaces and unique historic features, the Veterans Memorial Building provides an affordable, mission-driven alternative to traditional venues.  Every rental directly supports Veteran services and helps preserve this legacy site for future generations.

Note: Special discounted rates are available for Nonprofits and Veterans. 

Weekly (4+ rentals/month) and Monthly (12+ rentals/year) rental packages are also available at a discount.

Contact for Booking: Booking@vetshall.org or call 831-454-0478.

The Volunteer Center is your “one-stop shop” for all things volunteer related for individuals, organizations, and businesses. We believe it should be easy to find out when and where your skills are needed and we are committed to doing the legwork so you don’t have to. Each year we collaborate with over 500 community partners to ensure they are able to recruit and welcome new volunteers and we partner with local businesses that want to invest their resources in building a more connected community. We connect people with volunteer opportunities on the web, by phone or in person via our match-making appointments. We additionally invite every person to be a part of our work through our family of 16 programs.

The mission of Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center is to end cycles of trauma, support lifelong learning, and promote healthy relationships with oneself and others.

Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center (Walnut Avenue) is a 501 (c) 3 public benefit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for women, children, and families in Santa Cruz County for 90 years. A strength-based family center, our service providing programs include Early Education Center, Services for Children & Youth, Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Family Support Services, and Community Engagement. Many of the families participating in Walnut Avenue programs are from under-served populations due to poverty, lack of stable housing, and/or domestic violence. We peruse local collaborations and work toward a community that offers equity and autonomy.

Pajaro Valley Shelter Services (PVSS) provides families with a path to stable, self-sufficient futures through short- and longer-term housing and supportive services. We offer housing solutions to families with children in diverse situations of homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness as the most effective organization in the Pajaro Valley that provides Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing. We excel in three areas: we resolve crisis, we transform lives, and we offer hope & home. We help families thrive – not just survive – under a roof of their own. 80% of families exit successfully to permanent housing. 70% of families exit successfully with savings for housing. 65% of adults exit successfully with employment.

San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) is the Bay Area's easiest and most dependable airport due to its medium size, simple layout, temperate climate and inland location. Providing nonstop service to more than 40 destinations across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Asia, SJC is a convenient gateway to Northern California and the Silicon Valley region.

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the airport is just minutes from downtown San José, Levi’s Stadium and PayPal Park and close to tech giants like Adobe, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, Meta and Zoom. SJC is a completely self‐supporting enterprise owned and operated by the City of San José, Northern California's largest city and the 10th largest city in the U.S. For more airport information, visit flysanjose.com.

Fly Simple. Fly SJC.