Out & About

What Out & About does

Out & About (legal entity: OutAbout) is a community-building initiative founded in 2023 that coordinates monthly neighborhood gatherings on the first Sunday evening of each month. The organization is structured as a for-profit, private entity with 1-10 employees, listed in Lafayette with a PO Box in Draper, UT, and serves individuals and households in residential neighborhoods who want to reduce social isolation and build local connections. Its primary "customers" are community participants and volunteer hosts who join at no cost; the entity functions as a community service rather than a commercial enterprise.

The platform consists of a web-based interactive map (the Friendly Neighbor Map) where hosts register "Seat or Treat" stops and where visitors locate participating households. Supporting offerings include a Kickstarter Inquiry Form (Google Forms) for individuals who want to launch OutAbouts in new neighborhoods, a downloadable Materials Resource Center for promotional flyers and yard signs, and a WordPress-powered blog publishing content on loneliness, doomscrolling, and community-building. The technology stack is basic web infrastructure: no mobile app, no proprietary platform, no AI features, and no disclosed data or ML assets. Outreach runs through Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Meta channels in a grassroots, community-led motion.

The business model is non-commercial at the consumer level: services are free and no pricing model is disclosed. No funding rounds, revenue figures, ownership structure, or financial disclosures are publicly available. Operating as a community-led initiative without disclosed monetization places the entity outside the profile of a typical PE/VC/M&A investment target; sustainability is presumed to derive from donations, grants, or volunteer effort rather than commercial revenue mechanics.

Name

Out & About

Legal name

OutAbout

Website

https://outabout.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Out & About is a 2023-founded community initiative that coordinates free monthly neighborhood gatherings on the first Sunday, providing a web-based map and supporting tools for hosts and visitors in residential communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lafayette

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Community Service (Revenue Model Undisclosed): Out & About operates as a community-building initiative without publicly disclosed revenue streams. The organization appears to be funded through donations or grants, offering its community coordination services free of charge to neighborhoods.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Out & About coordinates recurring monthly neighborhood gatherings (held on the first Sunday evening of each month) through a web-based interactive map platform. Hosts register "Seat or Treat" stops where neighbors can sit and visit, while visitors use the "Friendly Neighbor" map to find participating households. The organization also distributes downloadable promotional materials and recruits community "Kickstarters" to launch the tradition in new neighborhoods.

Product overview

Out & About operates as a unified community-building platform centered around its core OutAbout program, which coordinates monthly neighborhood gatherings on the first Sunday evening. The platform consists of the interactive Friendly Neighbor Map for locating hosts, Seat or Treat Stops for participating households, and a Kickstarter Inquiry Form for community advocates launching initiatives. Supporting offerings include an educational Blog and a Materials Resource Center for promotional content. The architecture is a single unified platform with sub-products and modules that work together to facilitate community connection and reduce social isolation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OutAbout Platform A neighborhood community-building platform that coordinates gatherings on the first Sunday of each month, featuring an interactive map where hosts can list their locations and neighbors can find Friendly Neighbors hosting stops. Targeted at residential neighborhoods seeking to reduce social isolation.
• Materials Resource Center Downloadable and orderable promotional materials including flyers, yard signs, and other resources provided to community members to help spread the OutAbout message and support event hosting in their neighborhoods.
• OutAbout Blog WordPress-powered blog providing educational content on community building, combating loneliness, reducing screen time, and promoting neighborhood connections. Authors include Ava Bodrick and Fiona Wu.
• Seat or Treat Stops Designated hosting locations where participants sit outside and offer treats or entertainment (such as music or yard games) to neighbors passing by during OutAbout events. Targeted at neighborhood households willing to host.
• Friendly Neighbor Map Interactive digital map displaying active OutAbout hosts and their locations, allowing neighbors to find and visit participating households during monthly first-Sunday events.

Quantifiable outcome

• According to WHO, 1 in 4 older people experience social isolation, and 5-15% of adolescents experience loneliness - Out & About addresses these populations through community connection
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nextdoor: The dominant neighborhood social network in the US, connecting neighbors within verified geographic boundaries. Directly comparable to Out & About because both target the same primary use case — building stronger local neighbor relationships — though Nextdoor is a digital platform whereas Out & About drives in-person gatherings.
• Meetup: A global platform for organizing local interest-based groups and recurring events. Comparable because both lower the friction of coordinating in-person community gatherings, though Meetup is interest-segmented whereas Out & About is geography-segmented.
• National Night Out: An annual, nationwide community-building and crime-prevention event held on a fixed calendar date each August. Directly comparable to Out & About because both use a recurring calendrical ritual to drive neighborhood participation, though National Night Out is once a year and Out & About is monthly.
• Front Porch Forum: A Vermont-based neighborhood email newsletter and community-building service used to coordinate local activity. Comparable to Out & About because both emphasize verified-neighborhood community building as the product, with recurring, low-tech touchpoints rather than social-feed engagement.

Emerging players

• Big Sunday: A nonprofit that organizes large-scale community-service events and neighborhood connection projects across the LA region. Comparable to Out & About as a similarly-missioned community-building organization, though Big Sunday runs one-off volunteer events whereas Out & About runs a recurring monthly tradition.
• Village Square: A nonprofit civic-engagement organization that hosts community conversations and events to bridge divides. Comparable as a peer in the broader civic-community-building space, though Village Square focuses on dialogue programming rather than recurring neighborhood visits.

Broad incumbents

• Patch: A national hyperlocal news and community platform covering thousands of US neighborhoods. Comparable to Out & About as a broader incumbent in the neighborhood-community space, though Patch focuses on local news and information rather than recurring offline gathering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookoutabout.org/icons/facebook.svg
• Instagramoutabout.org/icons/insta.svg
• TikTokoutabout.org/icons/tik.svg
• Xx.com/outaboutimagine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neighborhoodoutabout

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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