What Brookside Community Development Corporation does

Brookside Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development corporation headquartered at 1035 N Olney Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2016, the organization operates five core programs aimed at transforming the Brookside neighborhood: reentry services supporting individuals transitioning from incarceration back into the community; housing programs providing assistance and support services for housing-insecure individuals; a food pantry serving food-insecure residents; a Women & Children's House providing residential shelter for women and children in crisis; and Impact Ministries coordinating volunteer engagement and spiritual support.

The organization uses a faith-based, holistic service model that addresses multiple intersecting needs (housing instability, reentry support, food insecurity, and crisis shelter) within a single geographic footprint rather than specializing in a single service vertical. Its primary constituencies include formerly incarcerated individuals, housing-insecure families, women and children in crisis, and food-insecure residents of the Brookside neighborhood. A team of 11–50 staff is led by Executive Director Brandon Andrews and Program Director Matt Kunkel, with functional leadership covering housing (Kyle Stewart), programs (Tamiko Bass, Austin Martin), maintenance (Roy Halbert), and pantry operations (David Chaney), plus a Development Intern role indicating nascent fundraising capacity building.

Brookside CDC is funded primarily through donations and grants rather than commercial revenue and does not publicly disclose financial figures beyond a publicly posted IRS Form 990. The organization has earned third-party transparency certifications including the GuideStar Gold Seal (2018) and Candid Gold Seal (2025), and publishes an annual impact report. A $15,000 grant from United Way of Central Indiana in March 2025 represents the only publicly traceable institutional funding event in the available source material, and there are no disclosed parent companies, subsidiaries, M&A activity, partnerships, patents, or commercial revenue streams.

Name

Brookside Community Development Corporation

Legal name

Brookside Community Development Corporation

Website

https://brooksidecdc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brookside Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Indianapolis operating reentry, housing, food pantry, women and children's shelter, and impact ministries programs to transform the Brookside neighborhood.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Development and Social Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL), Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

Keywords

• Community development services
• Housing assistance programs
• Reentry support services
• Food pantry operations
• Women and children shelter

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

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, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Brookside Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community development corporation that operates Reentry Services, Housing Programs, a Food Pantry, a Women & Children's House (emergency residential shelter), and Impact Ministries. The organization delivers these services directly to community members in the Brookside neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, with funding drawn from donations and grants.

Product overview

Brookside Community Development Corporation operates as a community development organization focused on transforming the Brookside neighborhood through reentry support, housing assistance, and emergency services. The organization offers five core programs: Reentry Services (supporting individuals returning from incarceration), Housing Programs, a Food Pantry, a Women & Children's House (emergency residential shelter), and Impact Ministries. These programs work together to create a community of hope by connecting, serving, and walking alongside those in need.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reentry Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana: Large regional nonprofit operating workforce development, reentry support, and community programs across central Indiana. Comparable because it serves overlapping populations (returning citizens, housing-insecure) in the same Indianapolis geography but at materially greater scale.
• Indianapolis Urban League: Established Indianapolis affiliate providing housing, workforce, and reentry-related services to underserved populations. Comparable because it operates overlapping program categories within the same Indianapolis market at a larger institutional scale.

Direct peers

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis: Housing-focused nonprofit operating in Indianapolis, including affordable home construction, repair programs, and neighborhood revitalization. Directly comparable on the housing-and-community-development axis of Brookside CDC's mission within the same metro.
• Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana: Regional food bank distributing food across central Indiana, including through partner pantries. Comparable because Brookside CDC's food pantry program operates in Gleaners' distribution ecosystem and serves the same food-insecure population in Indianapolis.
• HVAF (Helping Veterans and Families of Indianapolis): Indianapolis nonprofit providing housing, reentry-style transitional support, and case management for vulnerable populations including veterans and families. Directly comparable on the combined housing-plus-reentry model that mirrors Brookside CDC's wraparound approach.
• Exodus Refugee Immigration: Indianapolis-based nonprofit supporting refugee resettlement with housing, employment, and case management services. Comparable mission structure (neighborhood-rooted wraparound services) and overlapping client profiles with reentry and housing-insecure populations.
• Amani Family Services: Indianapolis nonprofit providing culturally responsive family services including housing stabilization and reentry-adjacent support. Comparable because it serves overlapping populations (women, children, vulnerable families) in central Indiana with a similar community-based wraparound approach.

Regional players

• Second Helpings: Indianapolis food-rescue and hunger-relief nonprofit that prepares and distributes meals. Comparable on the food-assistance program axis and shares the Indianapolis geography, though its model focuses on rescued-food redistribution rather than pantry operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BrooksideCDC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brooksidecdc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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