Love Our City

What Love Our City does

Love Our City is a non-profit community service organization founded in 2018 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It operates as a self-described "national movement" that convenes businesses, non-profits, community residents, and faith-based organizations to collectively execute community service projects. The organization reports running thousands of community service projects annually, with its flagship initiative being the Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday Giveaway, an annual event that distributes Nike shoes, school supplies, and haircuts to children in need, featuring guest performances such as a 10-year-old rapper. Operations are concentrated in the Southeast USA, and the payroll scale is small at six employees.

The organization's core offerings are programmatic rather than technological. Its products include the Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday event, an Amazon Wishlist Sponsorship program that lets donors directly fulfill shoe needs via Amazon's marketplace, a Community Service Projects portfolio, and a Volunteer Program. The technical backbone is minimal: a Squarespace website, a third-party donation platform (ddock.co), and the Amazon wishlist integration. Volunteer recruitment is supported through Crossover Church's CCB Church management platform. There is no proprietary software, mobile app, or API.

Love Our City's revenue model is donation- and sponsorship-driven. It collects unrestricted and event-specific contributions through its website and Amazon wishlist, supplemented by local business sponsorships (e.g., SNAAP Transportation, a broader LOC Sponsors coalition) and in-kind support. The site does not publish pricing, sponsorship tiers, or financial statements. Customer segments are community residents and families in need, business partners and sponsors using the organization for CSR engagement, and volunteers seeking service opportunities. The organization is privately held with no parent company, no disclosed funding rounds, and no investor base.

Name

Love Our City

Legal name

Love Our City

Website

https://loveourcity.info

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Love Our City is a Tampa, Florida-based non-profit founded in 2018 that convenes businesses, faith-based groups, and residents to run community service projects, anchored by its annual Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday shoe and supplies giveaway for children in need.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Services / Nonprofit Community Service

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

Keywords

• Community service projects
• Nonprofit organization
• Volunteer engagement
• Corporate sponsorships
• Charitable giving programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorships: Love Our City operates as a non-profit organization funded through donations from individuals, businesses, and sponsors. The organization collects monetary donations via their website donation links and receives sponsorship support from local businesses and organizations to fund community service projects and events like the annual shoe drive.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Love Our City is a non-profit community service movement that convenes businesses, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and community residents to execute thousands of community service projects annually. Its core offerings include the annual Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday Giveaway event (providing Nike shoes, school supplies, and haircuts to children in need), an Amazon Wish List sponsorship program, ongoing community service projects, and a volunteer recruitment program. The organization is funded through donations and corporate sponsorships collected via its website and Amazon wishlist.

Product overview

Love Our City is a national community service movement, not a technology product company. The organization operates as a platform connecting businesses, non-profits, community residents, and faith-based organizations through community service projects. Its offerings include the Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday event, an Amazon Wish List Sponsorship program for shoe donations, Community Service Projects, and a Volunteer Program. These initiatives work together to facilitate tangible community assistance while promoting volunteer engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Back 2 School Sneaker Sunday Giveaway Annual community event giving away Nike shoes, school supplies, and haircuts to children in need, with featured guest appearances and entertainment. The event is the organization's primary in-person distribution channel for tangible aid.
• Amazon Wish List Sponsorship Program Program allowing donors to purchase shoes directly from Amazon to sponsor children for school through the organization's Amazon wish list. Provides a convenient, logistics-light donation channel for individual and corporate donors.
• Community Service Projects Thousands of community service projects executed annually that meet tangible needs while boosting volunteerism, morale, appreciation, and compassion in communities. The core operational program of the organization.
• Volunteer Program Program connecting volunteers with opportunities to make impactful contributions to community service initiatives, including event participation and ongoing project support. Volunteer sign-up is facilitated through the loveourcity.info website and the Crossover Church platform.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AmazoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAmazon provides an integrated wishlist platform allowing donors to sponsor children's shoes for the Back 2 School shoe drive. The partnership enables direct item gifting to families in need through Amazon's logistics.
• SNAAP TransportationminorOthersSNAAP Transportation appears as a sponsor in the Love Our City sponsor logo section, providing transportation support for community events and initiatives.
• LOC Sponsors (Various Businesses)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerMultiple local businesses and organizations sponsor Love Our City initiatives, contributing financially and in-kind to community service projects including the annual shoe drive and Back 2 School events.
• Crossover ChurchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrossover Church provides volunteer sign-up infrastructure through their church management platform (CCB Church) for Love Our City's volunteer recruitment and event registration.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• City Year: City Year engages young adults in community service focused on education and youth development. Comparable in mobilizing volunteers and corporate sponsors for community service projects targeting youth needs.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: Boys & Girls Clubs provides youth development services through community-based programming. Comparable focus on serving youth in need through community partnerships and donor-funded programming.
• Feeding America: Feeding America is a national hunger-relief organization distributing tangible goods through a network of partner organizations. Comparable model of meeting tangible community needs through donations, sponsorships, and volunteer mobilization.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Big Brothers Big Sisters is a national youth-mentoring nonprofit with local affiliates engaging community volunteers and corporate sponsors. Comparable model of donor and volunteer mobilization for youth-focused community impact.
• Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity mobilizes volunteers and corporate partners to address tangible community needs through home building. Comparable volunteer-driven model with corporate sponsorship and faith-based organization engagement.
• United Way: United Way is a national network of local chapters mobilizing businesses, non-profits, and volunteers to address community needs. Highly comparable multi-stakeholder model and community service focus, but operates at vastly larger scale with broader programmatic scope.

Emerging players

• VolunteerMatch: VolunteerMatch is an online platform connecting volunteers with community service opportunities. Comparable focus on volunteer mobilization and community service, though operates as a digital matching platform rather than direct service delivery.

Direct peers

• HandsOn Network: HandsOn Network, affiliated with Points of Light, coordinates volunteer-led community service projects nationally. Directly comparable as a volunteer mobilization organization running community service initiatives through local affiliates.
• Points of Light: Points of Light is a national volunteer movement powering civic engagement and service projects. Directly comparable as a volunteer-driven community service organization with national reach and corporate partnership focus.

Regional players

• Tampa Bay Lightning Community Foundation: Tampa Bay Lightning Community Foundation is a regional nonprofit operating in the same Tampa geography as Love Our City, running community programs with corporate and partner engagement. Comparable in geographic focus and corporate partnership approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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