Right 2 Thrive

What Right 2 Thrive does

Right 2 Thrive, Inc. (R2T) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in West Haven, Connecticut (US mailing address) with program operations in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 2009 and active in Kenya since 2012, the organization runs a multi-generational anti-poverty program portfolio consisting of four core offerings: the Education Scholarship Program (awarding roughly $25,000 annually across primary, secondary, and university tiers priced at $500, $2,000, and $2,500 per student per year), the Youth Empowerment Program or YEP! (after-school life skills and trauma healing at three partner schools serving 500+ students), the Economic Empowerment Program (workforce readiness and business skills workshops that have trained 5,000+ community members), and the Strengthening Families Initiative (family-level financial literacy, mental health, communication, and leadership training). The CapStart Initiative has deployed capital into 6 women-owned businesses as startups or expansions.

The organization is funded entirely through donations and charitable contributions, solicited via its Wix-hosted website and PayPal donation flow, with structured per-student sponsorship tiers and a presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Beneficiary programs are delivered free of charge at partner school venues, primarily Bignet Education Center (partner since 2012), enabling an asset-light operating model with no disclosed physical office in Kenya beyond a PO box and 1-10 total staff. There is no proprietary technology, app, API, or AI component disclosed; the intervention model is human-delivered and centered on specialized trauma healing and coaching modalities.

The customer base is split between diffuse individual donors primarily reached through digital channels and beneficiaries concentrated in the single community of Dagoretti, served through three partner schools. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, no funding rounds, M&A, leadership changes, or major capital events are reported in the data, and the organization appears to be founder-led with no disclosed institutional investors or parent entity. Program operations and donation solicitation are ongoing as of the most recent available signals.

Name

Right 2 Thrive

Legal name

Right 2 Thrive Inc.

Website

https://right2thrive.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Right 2 Thrive is a US-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs education scholarships, youth life-skills, adult workforce, and family-strengthening programs free of charge in Dagoretti, Nairobi, funded entirely by donations and delivered through partner schools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

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: Right 2 Thrive is funded entirely through donations from individuals, organizations, and sponsors. The organization solicits donations through PayPal on their website and offers specific sponsorship opportunities for education scholarships at different levels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Right 2 Thrive is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs free, family-focused programs in Dagoretti, Nairobi to break multi-generational poverty. Its offerings combine education scholarships (primary, secondary, university), an after-school Youth Empowerment Program (YEP!) delivering life skills and trauma healing, an Economic Empowerment Program providing workforce readiness and business skills to adults, and a Strengthening Families Initiative addressing root causes of family breakdown through financial literacy, mental health, and community-building services.

Product overview

Right 2 Thrive operates a suite of family-focused social impact programs designed to break the cycle of multi-generational poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The organization's portfolio consists of three interconnected core programs: the Education Scholarship Program (providing primary, secondary, and university scholarships worth $25,000 annually), the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP!) offering after-school life skills and trauma healing to over 500 students at 3 schools, and the Economic Empowerment Program providing workforce readiness and business skills training to adults with over 5,000 community members served. These programs are complemented by the Strengthening Families Initiative, which provides financial literacy, educational support, mental health services, and leadership training to entire families. The organization also manages tiered scholarship products (Primary, Secondary, University) with specific sponsorship opportunities ranging from $500 to $2,500. All programs are conducted at partner schools with no physical office overhead, enabling maximum impact on beneficiaries in the Dagoretti community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Education Scholarship Program Annual scholarship program awarding primary ($500), secondary ($2,000), and university ($2,500) scholarships to at-risk youth in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Covers school fees, supplies, uniforms, shoes, field trips, mentoring, tutoring, mental health, and medical care, with $25,000 in scholarships awarded annually.
• Youth Empowerment Program (YEP!) After-school program teaching life skills and trauma healing to over 500 students annually at 3 different partner schools in Dagoretti. Uses emotional intelligence training, transformational coaching, reiki, BodyTalk Access, NLP, meditation, and tapping to strengthen resilience and focus of young students.
• Economic Empowerment Program Workforce readiness and business skills training program for adults in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Provides workshops and mentoring on personal empowerment, business planning, financial recordkeeping, customer service, product pricing, inventory tracking, marketing, and branding. Over 5,000 community members trained; the CapStart Initiative has invested in 6 women-owned businesses.
• Strengthening Families Initiative Family-focused program addressing root causes of family breakdown, promoting resilience, and fostering healthy relationships. Provides financial literacy training, educational support, mental health services, communication skills workshops, community building activities, and leadership and advocacy training to families in Dagoretti affected by multi-generational poverty.

Quantifiable outcome

• $25,000 worth of Education Scholarships awarded annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bignet Education CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Long-standing partner organization since 2012. Programs are conducted at this partner school location. Bignet Education Center recently relocated to a new property with a brand new school built by the Patel Family. The organization serves as the primary venue for Right 2 Thrive's education scholarship and youth empowerment programs.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education): Nonprofit supporting girls' education across sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, through scholarships, mentoring, and leadership development. Directly comparable in education scholarship funding, youth empowerment curriculum, and Africa-based operations.
• African Library Project: Small nonprofit establishing libraries and supporting education access across sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable in education-focused nonprofit mission, small team size, and Africa-based operations with school partnerships.
• BuildOn: Nonprofit that partners with schools in developing countries (including several in Africa) to deliver education and adult literacy programs. Highly comparable school-anchored delivery model and adult education focus to R2T's Dagoretti programs.
• Pencils of Promise: Education-focused nonprofit that builds schools and provides student support in developing countries including several African nations. Comparable in core mission of expanding education access for at-risk youth, with similar scholarship and school-partnership delivery model.
• Ubuntu Education Fund: Nonprofit delivering integrated education, health, and social services to at-risk youth and families in South Africa. Strong comparability in multi-generational, holistic family support model targeting at-risk youth in African communities.
• Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO): Nairobi-based nonprofit operating integrated education, health, and economic empowerment programs for slum communities. Highly comparable to R2T in mission, target population, and multi-program community development approach, though significantly larger in scale.

Broad incumbents

• WE Charity / Free The Children: International nonprofit running education, youth leadership, and community development programs. Comparable in youth empowerment and education focus, though much larger and more globally distributed than R2T.
• Room to Read: Large international nonprofit focused on literacy and girls' education across multiple developing countries. Comparable in education access mission and scholarship-type programming, though operating at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth than R2T.

Regional players

• GiveDirectly: Kenya-headquartered nonprofit delivering cash transfers to households in extreme poverty. Operates in the same geography and serves similarly impoverished Kenyan households, though via a different intervention model (direct cash vs. programs).

Others

• Kiva: Nonprofit enabling microfinance loans to underserved entrepreneurs in Kenya and globally. Adjacent through its Kenya operations and micro-enterprise focus similar to R2T's Economic Empowerment and CapStart programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/right2thrive
• Facebookfacebook.com/right2thrive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/right-2-thrive-inc.
• Instagraminstagram.com/right2thrive

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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