Our #1 goal is to build better futures for our local kids and their caregivers.
Our staff, volunteers, donors, and agency partners create lasting, sustainable changes that transform lives and build a thriving community for us all.
We work with a dedicated group of volunteers and Campaign Coordinators who lead their companies and organizations to raise funds to address our community's areas of greatest need.
We do the due diligence that individual donors don’t always have the time, resources, or knowledge to do. Local people volunteer their time to vet all of the nonprofits we fund in the areas of quality programming, governance, finance, and sustainability.
We are proud to have achieved the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, the world's largest source of information on non-profits. This puts us in the top 1% of charities nationally.
More than 50% of local kids in Benton and Franklin Counties enter kindergarten unprepared. Through our Early Learning programs, we are hoping to change that number.
More than 25% of local students in Benton and Franklin Counties are chronically absent. Through our Student Success programs, we're hoping to change that number.
We collaborate with our Community Grant partners to help support a foundation for the well-being, safety, and academic success of children, from birth to middle school by providing services in our 3 priority areas: kindergarten preparedness, student success, and basic needs.