Kaposia

What Kaposia does

Kaposia, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered at 223 Little Canada Road E. in Little Canada, Minnesota, that delivers customized employment and retirement services to adults with disabilities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Founded in 1963 by parents of children with developmental disabilities as the Neighborhood House Day Activity Center and incorporated as a non-profit in 1971 under the name Kaposia Area Day Activity Center, the organization operates two core service lines: Employment Services and Retirement Services.

Employment Services is built around a proprietary methodology called 'Discovering Personal Genius™', which replaces traditional job-placement with person-centered vocational profiling. The Discovery Process identifies an individual's interests, skills, strengths, and required support conditions through observations, skills testing, and interviews with people who know the individual well, distills three broad vocational themes, and then matches the candidate to a customized employer opportunity rather than fitting the candidate into pre-existing openings. The organization reports that almost half of customers find meaningful employment in under six months and over 80% remain with their employer long-term. Retirement Services, founded in 2000, serves seniors with disabilities seeking continued community engagement through volunteerism, recreation, leisure activities, and structured participation in Ramsey and Hennepin counties.

Kaposia reports capacity to assist more than 300 adults annually and employs 101-250 staff. Revenue is composed primarily of government-funded vocational rehabilitation contracts, individual donations, corporate sponsorship and affinity-marketing partnerships, and planned gifts; no direct client fees for services are disclosed, and no financial filings, revenue figures, or budgets are publicly available. Go-to-market is referral-based, sourced through case managers, social workers, and vocational rehabilitation counselors, with intake handled by phone and in-person Discovery meetings. Outreach relies on testimonial-driven storytelling (website success stories, YouTube videos), a recurring email newsletter, and two annual fundraising events (Walk for Wheels and Fall Gala). Geographic scope remains concentrated in the Twin Cities across the 494/694 corridor, Dakota County, Washington County, and Ramsey/Hennepin counties, with no disclosed expansion to additional metros, states, or service verticals. By 1990 the organization had converted all employment options to integrated community settings, a milestone the source material reports only 2% of similar organizations have achieved.

Name

Kaposia

Legal name

Kaposia, Inc.

Website

https://kaposia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kaposia is a Minnesota 501(c)(3) nonprofit delivering customized employment and retirement services to adults with disabilities in the Twin Cities metro, using its proprietary 'Discovering Personal Genius™' methodology to match individuals with employer opportunities and community programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Employment and Retirement Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Employment & Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Programs (EDAAAOAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interagency Coordination & Case Management (VR, DD, Medicaid Waivers) (EDAKANAM)

Keywords

• Customized employment services
• Disability employment programs
• Supported retirement services
• Vocational rehabilitation support
• Nonprofit disability services

Headquarters

HQ city

Minnesota City

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Program Funding: Primary funding through vocational rehabilitation and disability services programs. Services are delivered under government-funded support arrangements for individuals with disabilities.
2. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting the mission of assisting adults with disabilities. General support contributions enable the organization to serve over 300 adults annually.
3. Corporate Sponsorship & Program Partnerships: Corporations may sponsor specific programs aligned with their giving guidelines including vocational rehabilitation, job placement, mental wellness, or retirement services. Affinity marketing partnerships allow corporations to receive tax-deductible donations for marketing dollars spent with Kaposia.
4. Planned Gifts: Long-term financial stability through planned gifts via wills, life insurance, or other estate planning instruments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kaposia is a nonprofit service provider that delivers customized Employment Services and supported Retirement Services to adults with disabilities in the Twin Cities metro area. Employment Services use a proprietary "Discovering Personal Genius™" Discovery process to identify individual vocational themes and match them to community-based employer opportunities, while Retirement Services coordinate volunteer programs, recreation, transportation, and community participation for seniors with disabilities. Services are funded through government vocational rehabilitation programs, individual donations, and corporate sponsorships rather than direct client fees.

Product overview

Kaposia is a non-profit organization offering two core service lines: Employment Services and Retirement Services. The Employment Services include the proprietary Discovery Process (Discovering Personal Genius™) for customized job matching for people with disabilities, while Retirement Services provide community involvement programs, leisure activities, and volunteer coordination for seniors with disabilities. Supporting programs include volunteer opportunities for community members. The organization serves the Twin Cities metro area and has been operating since 1971.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Services Customized employment services that help individuals with disabilities find community-based jobs matched to their unique interests, skills, strengths, and support needs via the Discovering Personal Genius™ Discovery process, with employer relationship development, customized job creation, and ongoing retention support.
• Retirement Services Supported retirement services for seniors with disabilities, including retirement planning profiles, community involvement programs, volunteer opportunities, recreation, leisure activities, social-skills training, and transportation coordination across Ramsey and Hennepin counties.

Quantifiable outcome

• Almost 50% of customers find meaningful employment in under 6 months
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Public diversified provider of home and community health services, including disability and employment supports; broader health-services platform that includes VR-adjacent offerings.
• Sevita Health: Large, multi-state operator of home and community-based disability services including employment supports; broader portfolio but overlapping customized-employment and VR services.
• Merakey: Multi-state human-services nonprofit operating behavioral health, intellectual-disability, and employment programs; comparable customized-employment and VR service lines at greater scale.

Regional players

• Rise Inc. Minnesota-based nonprofit providing customized employment, day services, and supports for people with disabilities; closest geographic and service-line peer to Kaposia.
• Lifeworks Services: Minnesota-based nonprofit providing customized employment, retirement, and community-living services to people with disabilities; near-overlapping service mix in the same metro.

Direct peers

• The Arc: National disability advocacy and services organization operating employment, transition, and community-living programs; comparable customized-employment and VR funding model.
• Easterseals: National nonprofit providing employment, vocational rehabilitation, and community-based services to people with disabilities; overlaps directly with Kaposia on customized employment and transition services.
• Goodwill Industries International: Largest nonprofit operator of employment and training services for people with disabilities and other barriers; directly comparable mission, employment-placement model, and government/donation funding mix.
• SourceAmerica: National nonprofit that connects people with disabilities to employment through AbilityOne and partner agencies; directly comparable customized-employment and vocational rehabilitation focus.
• Hope Services: California-based nonprofit providing customized employment and community living services for people with developmental disabilities; analogous service mix and person-centered employment methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/Kaposia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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