What Elevate Omaha does

Elevate Omaha is a private nonprofit organization founded in 2021 and headquartered at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) campus in Omaha, Nebraska. It provides youth-led research, leadership development, and advocacy programs designed to elevate youth voice in the Omaha community. Its core offerings are the ENGL (Elevate Omaha's Next Generation of Leaders) Cohort, a 30-person, 9-month leadership program for participants aged 16-25 that meets monthly on topics such as Nebraska's legislative sessions, mental health awareness, coalition building, professional development, and finance; the Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) program, in which young people identify community challenges, conduct original research, and share findings with local decision-makers; and a Civic Engagement Program supporting events, community partnerships, and facilitation.

The organization operates on a community-led, event-driven go-to-market model, recruiting participants through community outreach, word-of-mouth referrals, and partnerships with local institutions, and using a SurveyMonkey waitlist to build pipeline for future cohorts. Its distribution is purely in-person at its Omaha/UNO office, with hybrid arrangements for some staff roles. There is no technology product, no proprietary software platform, and no app. The digital footprint is limited to a Squarespace website, an email newsletter, and Givebutter-based donation processing.

Elevate Omaha is funded entirely through donations and monetary investments from individuals and organizations, with no fees charged to youth participants. Grantmaking, foundation, or corporate sponsor details are not disclosed. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and operates with a staff of 1-10, and is currently posting roles for an Executive Director and program staff, indicating an early organizational build-out phase.

Name

Elevate Omaha

Legal name

Elevate Omaha

Website

https://elevateomaha.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Elevate Omaha is a nonprofit founded in 2021 that runs youth-led leadership, civic engagement, and participatory action research programs for young adults aged 16-25 in Omaha, Nebraska, funded entirely through donations and operated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

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 Monetary Investments: Elevate Omaha generates revenue through charitable donations and monetary investments from individuals and organizations who support youth leadership development. The 'Give Now' page explicitly invites supporters to 'make a monetary investment in Elevate Omaha' to 'build our funds, platform and audience.'

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Elevate Omaha is a nonprofit youth voice-driven organization that delivers leadership development, youth-led participatory action research (YPAR), and advocacy programs to young people aged 16-25 in the Omaha community. Its core offerings include the ENGL Cohort, a structured 30-person monthly leadership program; YPAR research projects enabling youth to investigate community issues; and a Civic Engagement Program connecting young people with local leaders and decision-makers. All programs are provided free of charge to participants and funded through donations.

Product overview

Elevate Omaha is a nonprofit youth voice-driven organization that provides a platform and programs for youth leadership development. The core offerings include the ENGL (Elevate Omaha's Next Generation of Leaders) Cohort, a 30-person youth leadership program; Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) for community-driven research; and a Civic Engagement Program. These programs work together to elevate youth voice, build community, and advocate for youth-driven solutions in Omaha.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ENGL (Elevate Omaha's Next Generation of Leaders) Cohort A youth leadership development program for young adults aged 16-25 that provides monthly meetings on topics such as Nebraska's legislative sessions, mental health awareness, coalition building, professional development, and finance. The cohort also includes impactful projects addressing community issues like Omaha's 'Brain Drain' issue.
• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) A program where young people identify community challenges, conduct original research, analyze findings, and transform ideas into action. Interns work alongside young people to facilitate focus groups and surveys and share research with community partners.
• Civic Engagement Program A program that helps young people connect with their community and discover the power of civic leadership through planning events, building community partnerships, facilitating discussions, and creating opportunities to engage with issues shaping Omaha's future.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduated inaugural ENGL cohort with participants who conducted original community research and engaged directly with local decision-makers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerElevate Omaha operates from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) campus, specifically in the College of Education, Computing, and Engineering (CEC) building. The organization appears to have an embedded relationship with UNO, with staff positions described as 'Hybrid (Omaha/UNO office)' and 'In-person (Omaha/UNO office)'. This partnership provides physical infrastructure and potentially academic credibility for the organization's youth leadership programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DoSomething.org: Large-scale youth civic engagement nonprofit focused on campaigns and volunteering for teens and young adults. Comparable on target demographic (16-25) and youth civic action mission, but operates nationally and at vastly larger scale than Elevate Omaha.
• Points of Light: Large nonprofit focused on civic engagement, volunteering, and service across age groups. Overlaps with Elevate Omaha on the civic-engagement mission and youth programming pillar, but operates as a broad incumbent across many demographics.
• KIPP: National charter school network with a strong leadership-development and civic-engagement pillar for middle and high school students. Comparable on youth leadership development mission, though KIPP's primary vehicle is schools rather than cohort/community programs.

Direct peers

• Generation Citizen: National nonprofit that places youth voice at the center of civic action through action civics curricula and youth-led advocacy projects. Highly comparable to Elevate Omaha given the shared YPAR-style methodology and focus on youth-driven community research.

Others

• Omaha Community Foundation: Major local grantmaker that funds many Omaha-area youth and civic nonprofits. Included as a key ecosystem participant and potential funder relationship for Elevate Omaha rather than a direct program competitor.

Regional players

• Voices for Children in Nebraska: Nebraska-based child advocacy organization working to amplify youth voice in policy and community decisions. Highly comparable on Nebraska geographic focus and advocacy-driven mission for young people.
• YMCA of Greater Omaha: Regional youth development organization serving Omaha with leadership, civic, and enrichment programming. Same geography and overlapping age-range programming makes it a direct regional peer for youth leadership development dollars.
• Nebraska Children and Families Foundation: Statewide nonprofit supporting child and youth well-being through research, advocacy, and capacity-building. Adjacent Nebraska-anchored youth advocacy peer with overlapping community-level research and policy engagement methods.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Omaha: Local affiliate of a national youth-development network providing leadership and civic programming for Omaha-area youth. Same geography, overlapping youth leadership mission, and comparable donor pool.

Emerging players

• 826 National: Network of youth writing and tutoring centers that amplify youth voice through storytelling and publishing. Comparable in its emphasis on validating youth expression and voice, though the medium (writing) and delivery differ from Elevate Omaha's community research focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/elevateomaha
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elevateomaha

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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