Care to Learn

Name

Care to Learn

Legal name

Care to Learn

Website

https://caretolearn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Care to Learn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a Chapter-based model across 55+ Missouri school districts, providing emergent health, hunger, and hygiene resources to K-12 students in need.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Welfare Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Childhood Education & Childcare Nonprofits (BPAGADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Student basic needs
• School district partnerships
• Nonprofit student support
• Youth welfare services
• Community fundraising programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Care to Learn receives donations from individuals who support the mission of meeting student health, hunger, and hygiene needs. Donations can be made through the organization's website and at events.
2. Foundation Grants: The organization receives grants from foundations such as the Musgrave Foundation ($100,000 grant) and Community Foundation of the Ozarks to support capital campaigns and operational needs.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsors provide financial and in-kind donations through programs like Helping Hands Partners, including companies like Mercy Springfield, CoxHealth, and Bass Pro Shops.
4. Fundraising Events: Annual events including School Soirée: Thursday Night Lights, Care to Learn Ozark Classic golf tournament, and St. Charles Gala generate revenue through ticket sales, sponsorships, and donations.
5. Planned Giving: The organization offers estate and planned giving options, stock transfers, matching gifts, and tribute gifts as ways for donors to make long-term contributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Care to Learn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that meets children's emergent health, hunger, and hygiene needs through a Chapter model partnering with more than 55 school districts across Missouri. Each district enrolls as a Chapter with its own dedicated fund so 100% of funds raised stay in that community. School staff known as Liaisons identify and address student needs directly, with the organization spending approximately $3.1 million on student needs and serving more than 4.6 million student needs across its 18-year operating history.

Product overview

Care to Learn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer a software platform, SaaS product, or technology-enabled service in the traditional sense. Rather, Care to Learn provides direct charitable services to meet children’s emergent health, hunger, and hygiene needs so they can succeed in school. Services include emergency funding and resources for medical appointments, dental care, vision care (eye exams and glasses), hearing services, mental health services, prescriptions, food assistance (weekend bags, grocery vouchers, classroom snacks), and hygiene supplies (clothing, shoes, toiletries, laundry assistance). The organization operates through a Chapter model, partnering with 55+ Missouri school districts. Each Chapter is led by school district staff (Liaisons) who identify and meet student needs quickly. The Care to Learn Closet Program provides on-site closets of clothing and hygiene staples at school sites. No named software products, apps, platforms, or modules exist in the available source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• School District Chapter Enrollment
• Care to Learn Closet

Quantifiable outcome

• 233% increase in student requests over past four years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 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.

• Silver Dollar City FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026The 'Together for Kids' partnership expands access to health, hunger, and hygiene resources for more than 12,000 students in Stone and Taney counties. The partnership establishes ten new Care to Learn Chapters and supports four existing area Chapters. Silver Dollar City Foundation has been empowering educators for 20 years.
• Mercy SpringfieldcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMercy Springfield is a Game Day Presenting Sponsor for School Soirée: Thursday Night Lights. In 2024, Mercy employees donated 1,527 essential items through five donation drives and contributed 54 volunteer hours to the Care to Learn Closet Program.
• SRC Holdings CorporationmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerSRC Holdings selected Care to Learn as their nonprofit partner for their 40th Anniversary celebration. CEO Jack Stack is a founding board member of Care to Learn and continues as a Legacy Circle Board Member.
• CoxHealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCoxHealth is listed as a community partner and Rising Star Sponsor for School Soirée 2026. CoxHealth turns its lights green to celebrate Care to Learn initiatives.
• Arvest BankminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Community Partner supporting Care to Learn's mission with financial or in-kind donations.
• Bass Pro ShopsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Community Partner supporting Care to Learn's mission.
• Central Bank & TrustminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity Partner and Pregame Sponsor for School Soirée 2026.
• Reliable ToyotaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity Partner and Tailgate Sponsor for School Soirée 2026.
• Edward JonesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity Partner and Touchdown Sponsor for School Soirée 2026.
• DMPminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Community Partner supporting Care to Learn's mission.
• Pitt Technology GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Community Partner supporting Care to Learn's mission.
• SGC FoodserviceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a Community Partner supporting Care to Learn's mission.
• Paragon Architecture, LLCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitect for the new 1730 E. Portland headquarters building project.
• Snyder Construction GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction Manager at Risk for the new headquarters building project.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Communities In Schools: National nonprofit that embeds site coordinators inside K-12 schools to connect students to basic needs, mental health, and social services. Direct peer: both organizations use a school-embedded liaison model to meet emergent non-academic student needs at district scale.
• Kids In Need Foundation: National 501(c)(3) that provides school supplies, clothing, and basic necessities to students in need through school-based programs. Highly comparable: similar mission of removing non-academic barriers to learning via direct resource provision and district partnerships.
• Blessings in a Backpack: National nonprofit addressing childhood food insecurity by mobilizing communities to provide weekend food bags to schoolchildren. Direct peer: comparable school-anchored model providing discrete, measurable resources (food bags) to identified students in need.

Emerging players

• Baby2Baby: National nonprofit distributing diapers, clothing, and basic hygiene items to children in poverty through partner schools, hospitals, and social service agencies. Partial overlap: addresses the hygiene/clothing pillar of student basic needs, though broader age range and urban focus.
• SchoolHouse Connection: National nonprofit addressing the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness through school-based identification and service coordination. Highly comparable school-anchored model focused on a specific vulnerable student population.

Broad incumbents

• No Kid Hungry (Share Our Strength): Large national campaign ending childhood hunger through school breakfast grants, summer feeding, and policy advocacy. Comparable in funding the hunger pillar of student needs, but operates at much larger scale and primarily through grants/advocacy rather than direct service.
• Feeding America: Nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization with a network of 200+ food banks. Comparable in food-insecurity mission and donor-supported model, but operates at vastly greater scale and is not school-anchored.
• United Way: Global nonprofit network funding education, health, and basic-needs programs at the community level. Comparable in community-based fundraising and grantmaking for student/family support, but is a federated umbrella rather than a direct-service operator.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National youth-development nonprofit providing afterschool programming, meals, and basic-need support at club locations. Adjacent: shares youth-development mission and corporate partnership DNA, but delivers services through physical club sites rather than school-embedded chapters.

Regional players

• Ozarks Food Harvest: Regional food bank serving 28 counties in southwest Missouri, including many of the same communities where Care to Learn operates Chapters. Direct overlap on the food-insecurity pillar and Springfield-area donor pool, with potential for partnership or competition on school hunger programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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