SAY

What SAY does

SAY (The Stuttering Association for the Young) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York. It provides support, advocacy, and life-changing programs for young people who stutter, ages 3–18, through a portfolio of integrated service lines: Camp SAY (an American Camp Association-accredited two-week residential summer camp at Camp Tel Yehudah in Barryville, NY); Confident Voices (after-school and weekend performing arts programs); SAY: Speech (bilingual English/Spanish stuttering therapy with teletherapy); SAY: DC and SAY: Canada (regional year-round creative arts programs); Camp SAY: Across the USA (regional mini-day camps); the My Stutter Project (blog and video story-sharing platform); and SAY: Parents (monthly parent support groups). Programs are delivered both in person and, since 2020, virtually via Zoom.

The organization runs on a donation-funded model. Revenue is generated through individual contributions, corporate and foundation grants, and recurring signature fundraising events (notably a 24-year-running annual benefit gala in New York and a 2nd-annual DC gala) plus the George Springer Kids Fund, with donation processing handled by Blackbaud and program enrollment managed through CampMinder. It maintains brand endorsements from a former U.S. President, the Stuttering Foundation of America, and MLB spokesperson George Springer.

Operationally, SAY has a small staff of 11–50 employees led by founder Taro Alexander, Vice President of Programming and Camp Director Travis Robertson, and a bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist. The organization does not have proprietary technology as a product; its technology footprint consists of third-party administrative, fundraising, and communications tools rather than a unified software platform.

Name

SAY

Legal name

The Stuttering Association for the Young

Website

https://say.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAY is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers integrated support, advocacy, and direct-service programs — including residential camp, speech therapy, and creative arts — for young people who stutter, ages 3–18, funded by donations and benefit galas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Disability Support Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Fluency (Stuttering/Cluttering) Services (School-Age) (EDAKAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Teletherapy / Remote Speech-Language Therapy (School-Age) (EDAKAEAL)

Keywords

• Youth stuttering support
• Speech therapy services
• Summer camp programs
• Nonprofit youth services
• Communication skills programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: SAY operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded primarily through donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. The organization processes donations through Blackbaud's donation processing services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SAY is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers direct service programs for young people who stutter, ages 3-18. Core offerings include Camp SAY (an ACA-accredited two-week overnight summer camp at Camp Tel Yehudah), Confident Voices (after-school and weekend performing arts program), SAY: Speech (bilingual speech therapy in English and Spanish with teletherapy), SAY: DC and SAY: Canada (regional creative arts programming), SAY: Parents (monthly parent support groups), and The My Stutter Project (story-sharing platform). Programs are delivered in-person and virtually via Zoom.

Product overview

SAY (The Stuttering Association for the Young) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides support, advocacy, and life-changing programs for young people who stutter, ages 3-18. Rather than a unified software product, SAY offers a portfolio of direct service programs including Camp SAY (ACA-accredited 2-week summer camp), Confident Voices (after-school and weekend performing arts program), SAY: Speech (comprehensive speech therapy in English and Spanish), and regional programs like SAY: DC and SAY: Canada. The organization also operates digital platforms including the MY STUTTER Blog and Video Series for story sharing and community building, plus parent support groups. Programs are delivered both in-person and, since 2020, virtually via Zoom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Camp SAY: American Camp Association (ACA)-accredited 2-week summer camp for kids and teens who stutter, ages 8-18, hosted at Camp Tel Yehudah in Barryville, New York.
• Confident Voices
• SAY: Speech
• SAY: DC
• SAY: Canada
• The My Stutter Project
• SAY: Parents

Products and services

• Camp SAY American Camp Association (ACA)-accredited 2-week summer camp for kids and teens who stutter, ages 8-18, hosted at Camp Tel Yehudah in Barryville, New York. Combines traditional camp experience with specialized programs to help children build confidence, improve communication, and develop friendships.
• Confident Voices After-school and weekend program that connects young people who stutter through performing arts including music, writing, acting, and dance, enabling self-expression without pressure to perform.
• SAY: Speech

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 70 million people stutter on a daily basis globally, with 5% of all children affected

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CampMindercoreTechnology or IntegrationCampMinder provides program management software for Camp SAY applications, enrollment, and staff management. Families use CampMinder to submit applications and manage their child's enrollment in SAY programs.
• BlackbaudcoreTechnology or IntegrationBlackbaud provides donation processing services for SAY, administering donation transactions and maintaining privacy and security policies for donor information.
• American Camp Association (ACA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCamp SAY is American Camp Association (ACA)-accredited, ensuring it meets established standards for camp operations and programming.
• Camp Tel YehudahcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for Camp SAY, providing 150 wooded acres on the banks of the Delaware River in Barryville, NY with a 75-year history.
• Stuttering Foundation of AmericaminorOthersThe Stuttering Foundation of America has publicly endorsed SAY's work, providing credibility and advocacy for the organization's mission.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• International Stuttering Association: Global umbrella organization coordinating national stuttering associations worldwide. Adjacent to SAY's mission and beneficiary community but functions as an industry association rather than a direct service provider.

Emerging players

• Great Speech: Telehealth speech therapy provider serving all ages, including fluency disorders, with insurance-network partnerships. Comparable to SAY's teletherapy arm in clinical focus on stuttering but operates as a scaled commercial platform.
• Expressable: Online speech therapy platform delivering care for children and adults, including stuttering. Overlaps with SAY's SAY: Speech teletherapy offering on technology, customer (parents of children who stutter), and business model (virtual sessions), but competes as a for-profit commercial platform.
• SpeechEasy: Provider of anti-stuttering devices and fluency-shaping tools. Addresses the same end beneficiary (people who stutter) with an adjunctive device-based intervention rather than therapy services, representing a parallel solution pathway in the stuttering space.
• Camp Kesem: National nonprofit running free summer camps and year-round programs for children affected by a parent's cancer. Comparable operational model (ACA-accredited summer camp, regional expansion, donor-funded, youth-focused) rather than overlapping mission, making it an operational analog for SAY's camp program.

Direct peers

• National Stuttering Association: Largest U.S. nonprofit supporting people who stutter of all ages, including the FRIENDS program for young people who stutter. Directly comparable mission and beneficiary population; overlaps with SAY's young-person programming.
• FRIENDS (National Association of Young People Who Stutter): Program within the National Stuttering Association serving children and teens who stutter. Direct peer to SAY's Camp SAY and Confident Voices, focused on the same age segment with similar peer-support programming.
• The Stuttering Foundation of America: National 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to stuttering support, education, and research. Directly comparable to SAY as a peer stuttering-focused nonprofit; has publicly endorsed SAY's work, underscoring mission alignment rather than direct competition.

Regional players

• STAMMA (British Stammering Association): UK-based national charity for people who stammer. Comparable mission and beneficiary focus as SAY, but operates in the United Kingdom and serves all ages rather than children and teens specifically.

Broad incumbents

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): National professional, scientific, and credentialing body for audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Operates across the full speech-language space rather than the stuttering niche, making it a broad incumbent in the field in which SAY's SLP partner programs operate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sayorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Sayorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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