It's My Community Initiative

What It's My Community Initiative does

It's My Community Initiative (IMCI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 3 E. Main St., Oklahoma City, OK, founded in 2010. The organization delivers a portfolio of four community programs serving financially vulnerable individuals and families in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, with a historic focus on Northeast OKC: TRUE Dads (fatherhood and co-parent empowerment through free workshops and coaching), Safe Families Oklahoma (volunteer-hosted temporary child placement during family emergencies aimed at reducing foster-care entries), Work Ready Oklahoma (job preparedness and skill-building workshops), and the IMCI Youth Initiative, which includes the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Project XP sub-program for youth ages 15-18 with justice-system involvement or school expulsion. All programs are delivered free of charge to participants.

IMCI operates as a service-delivery nonprofit rather than a technology platform; there is no proprietary technology stack, no app, no AI/ML capability, and no public API. Program delivery occurs through in-person workshops, individual coaching, after-school sessions embedded at three Oklahoma City Public Schools high schools (Douglass, John Marshall, Star Spencer), and volunteer host homes for the Safe Families program. Beneficiary acquisition is community-led via school and employer partnerships, community referrals, and direct interest forms on the organization's website.

IMCI's revenue model is a 501(c)(3) mix of philanthropic foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, individual donations, and government grants, with the U.S. Department of Labor serving as the primary funder of Project XP. Leadership comprises an Executive Director (Camal Pennington), Director of Operations (Allie McKinnon), and Controller (Sarah Heath), supported by a nine-member Board of Directors. The organization does not disclose revenue, does not charge for services, and operates exclusively within Oklahoma.

Name

It's My Community Initiative

Legal name

It's My Community Initiative

Website

https://itsmycommunity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

It's My Community Initiative is an Oklahoma City-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit delivering free community programs — fatherhood support, crisis child hosting, workforce training, and after-school youth services — to financially vulnerable individuals and families across Oklahoma City and Northeast OKC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth & Young Adult Workforce Programs (Out-of-School Youth) (EDAAAOAD)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Fatherhood programs
• Workforce development
• Youth after-school services
• Family crisis support

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma 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. Philanthropic and Corporate Funding: Financial support from philanthropic foundations and corporate partners who share IMCI's mission of strengthening families and communities in Oklahoma.
2. Government Grants and Funding: Funding from government sources including the U.S. Department of Labor to support workforce development programs like Project XP for youth.
3. Individual Donations: Individual donors contribute to support IMCI's community programs and services for families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

It's My Community Initiative (IMCI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers free community-based social service programs addressing parenting skills, family crisis stabilization, workforce preparedness, and youth development for financially vulnerable individuals and families in Oklahoma City. Its core offerings include four program lines — TRUE Dads (fatherhood coaching), Safe Families (temporary child hosting), Work Ready Oklahoma (job preparedness workshops), and IMCI Youth Initiative (after-school services for youth ages 14-18) — plus the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Project XP workforce program for justice-involved youth.

Product overview

It's My Community Initiative (IMCI) is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of community-focused social service programs. The organization operates four distinct programs: TRUE Dads (fatherhood empowerment through workshops and coaching), Safe Families (child welfare support through volunteer hosting), Work Ready Oklahoma (job preparedness and workforce development), and IMCI Youth Initiative (after-school services for disadvantaged youth). Project XP is a sub-initiative under Youth Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, targeting youth ages 15-18 with justice system involvement. These programs collectively address the intersection of education, well-being, and employment for financially vulnerable individuals and families in Oklahoma City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TRUE Dads: Program empowering low-income fathers to be engaged parents through free workshops and coaching sessions.
• Safe Families
• Work Ready Oklahoma
• IMCI Youth Initiative
• Project XP

Products and services

• TRUE Dads Program empowering low-income fathers to be engaged parents through free workshops and coaching sessions, providing parenting and healthy relationship skills training, employment support, and access to community partner resources for fathers and co-parents in Oklahoma.
• Safe Families Program helping keep children safe and families intact by providing temporary hosting of children in volunteers' homes while parents deal with short-term emergencies, aiming to prevent child neglect and abuse and reduce foster care entries.
• Work Ready Oklahoma Program empowering Oklahomans toward self-sufficiency through targeted job preparedness and skill-building workshops, enhancing workforce participation and reducing reliance on government assistance through community-based support.
• IMCI Youth Initiative After-school program serving disadvantaged youth ages 14-18 in Oklahoma City through on-site services at select schools, using an education-focused model that teaches basic life skills and provides increased awareness about effective poverty-prevention strategies to help youth achieve their education, employment, relationship, and family goals.
• Project XP Workforce development program under IMCI Youth Initiative for youth ages 15-18 with justice system contact or school expulsion, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, providing paid work experience opportunities, leadership building, individualized coaching, healthy relationship skills, and job credential training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Safe Families program helps reduce the number of children entering foster care by providing temporary hosting in volunteers' homes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Community PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMCI works with a coalition of community partners to deliver comprehensive services addressing education, well-being, and employment needs of Oklahoma families.
• Douglass High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of three partner schools in Northeast OKC where IMCI Youth Initiative delivers after-school programming for grades 9-12. Address: 900 N Martin Luther King Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• John Marshall High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school in Oklahoma City where IMCI Youth Initiative after-school program is delivered. Address: 12201 Portland Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73120
• Star Spencer High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner school serving Spencer, OK where IMCI Youth Initiative delivers after-school programming. Address: 3001 Spencer Rd, Spencer, OK 73084
• Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMCI partners with OKCPS to deliver after-school programs at select schools in Northeast OKC, including Douglass High School, John Marshall High School, and Star Spencer High School.
• Local EmployerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOklahoma City area employers who partner with Project XP to offer job opportunities to youth program participants. Employers provide paid work experience and job placement for youth ages 15-18 who have completed the program.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Sunbeam Family Services: Oklahoma-based nonprofit delivering early childhood, counseling, and family crisis services — comparable in mission and target population to IMCI's family-stability programs.
• Northcare (NorthCare Oklahoma): Oklahoma City-area nonprofit providing behavioral health, family, and community support services that intersect with Safe Families and TRUE Dads.

Direct peers

• YouthBuild USA: National network providing paid workforce training and credentialing for opportunity youth with justice involvement — directly comparable to Project XP.
• Safe Families Coalition (now CarePortal Movement): National network behind the Safe Families model; IMCI's Safe Families Oklahoma is an affiliate chapter, making it a directly comparable peer for crisis-hosting child welfare programs.
• Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma: Regional Oklahoma nonprofit delivering workforce development and job-readiness services that overlap with IMCI's Work Ready Oklahoma program.
• Communities In Schools of Oklahoma: Embeds support staff in Oklahoma public schools to keep at-risk youth on track to graduation — directly comparable to IMCI's school-based Youth Initiative.
• Boys & Girls Club of Oklahoma County: Local OKC youth-development nonprofit serving low-income teens with after-school programming, life skills, and workforce exposure — closely overlaps IMCI Youth Initiative.
• Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City: Local Urban League affiliate providing workforce, education, and family-stability programming to vulnerable Oklahoma City families — directly comparable across IMCI's full program portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• National Fatherhood Initiative: National umbrella organization that originated the fatherhood curriculum TRUE Dads is built on; operates at national scale where IMCI operates regionally.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma: Youth-mentoring nonprofit operating statewide in Oklahoma, serving a similar at-risk youth population through community-based relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ItsMyCommunity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/it's-my-community-initiative/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/itsmycommunity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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