Vision: Literacy For All
Mission: To advance literacy within the Kansas City metropolitan area through direct services, advocacy, and collaboration.
Wildwood brings kids outside to learn and grow together, transforming summer into a season of learning, youth development, and outdoor adventure for low-income Kansas City area youth.
City Year AmeriCorps members partner with teachers and schools to help prepare students with the skills and mindsets to thrive and contribute to their community.
United Inner City Services (UICS) has served the Kansas City community by addressing challenges facing families in the urban core, though its early education schools St. Mark Center and Metro Center.
Early Intervention and Education for children birth through 13 years
CAPS is a nationally recognized, innovative high school program. Students fast forward into their future and are fully immersed in a professional culture.
The Kansas City Teacher Residency is a teacher preparation and development program.
Kansas City Women's Music Network provides female-identifying musicians the opportunity for performance, education, and networking.
Saint Paul School of Theology is a UMC seminary educating tomorrow’s leaders by offering on-campus, online, and hybrid learning. Grounded in Christ, we are shaping leaders to make a difference.
Crossroads Charter Schools is a network of three schools which offer a dynamic K-12 education in the heart of downtown Kansas City.
Belton Educational Foundation provides funding to enrich educational opportunities and encourage innovation to maximize the learning potential of every student attending the Belton School District.
Learn ~ Play ~ Grow!
The mission of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is to strengthen the social sector with a talented and prepared workforce.
Jana’s Campaign is a national education and violence prevention organization with the single mission of reducing gender and relationship violence.
Camps For Kids works to assure that no Kansas City area child will be turned away from summer camp because of low income or physical or developmental disability. 3,579 children were impacted in 2018
Charlie's House is a safety organization that's mission focuses on preventing accidents and injuries to children in and around the home.
Taking Shape is a youth leadership written curriculum and community service program impacting young leaders of the next generation.
Promoting awareness of, attendance to, and graduation from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Early Childhood Discovery Center
Kansas City based scholarship program for college and non-college members of the greater Kansas City Community.
Collaborative Response dba. Dynamic System of Schools
Avila University provides undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts and professional studies, preparing lifelong learners who make meaningful contributions to the global community.
Belief in the boundless potential of young people. Respect for the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds of all individuals.
KC STEM Alliance was founded in 2011 to connect the many STEM education and workforce initiatives in our community. The alliance supports leading in-school and out-of-schools STEM programs.
Helping KC families find the right school for their children.
Reach Out and Read KC is the only medically-based, pediatric literacy program in the greater Kansas City area.
A new national center for the children's book coming to Kansas City in 2020
Art as Mentorship takes an innovative approach to exploring our young artists’ full potential through creativity, independence & spontaneity, fostering their sense of exploration and achievement.
Gordon Parks Elementary is a K-4 public charter school serving students in Kansas City, Missouri.
Teaches the history of the Holocaust, applying its lessons to counter indifference, intolerance, and genocide. We serve Kansas, western Missouri and the Midwest.
The Kansas City Kansas Community College Foundation supports the overall mission of KCKCC to inspire individuals and enrich our community one student at a time, and its strategic goals and initiatives
Lead to Read KC connects caring adults to serve as Reading Mentors to students in first through third grade attending high-need elementary schools in Kansas City.
"Helping Haitians Help Haitians" through healthcare, education, recreation, and wealth creation.
The Astronomical Society of Kansas City (ASKC) provides education and outreach in astronomy and related sciences. We own and operate Powell Observatory in Louisburg, KS.
A community learning center focused on legacy skills in fiber, textile, and sewing arts in the urban core. Focused on economic self-sufficiency.
Students assume personal responsibility for decisions and actions.
Diversity includes: economic, social, academic, racial, and geographic
UMKC affiliate offering non-credit enrichment classes on fascinating topics for lifelong learners age 50+ who have a passion for learning. Classes are available both in-person and via Zoom.
Since 1908, Bishop Ward has been proud to provide a “quality, Catholic, college preparatory education that nurtures the body, mind, and soul of each student.”
Children's Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) prepares children with visual impairments to reach their highest potential in the sighted world.
Our mission is to mobilize community organizations in partnership with schools to inspire hope and help prepare children to impact their world.
Kansas City Art Institute is a four year college providing art, design and media students with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 13 different majors.