Keene Day Care Center

What Keene Day Care Center does

Keene Day Care Center (KDCC) is a nonprofit child care provider established in 1971 in Keene, New Hampshire, operating a single licensed facility at 86 Wood Street. The center delivers full-day, year-round child care for 90 children ages six weeks to six years, serving working parents, job seekers, and parents enrolled in workforce training programs in the Monadnock region. Hours run Monday through Friday from 6:45 AM to 5:15 PM, and the program includes meals, diapers, wipes, formula, and daily outdoor activities across playgrounds, a nature trail, a baseball field, and garden beds.

The center's core educational approach is a play-based curriculum with a structured focus on social and emotional development, implemented through the Pyramid Model framework — an evidence-based practice involving routines within routines, positive deposits, picture schedules, calm-down strategies, and feelings charts. Nutritious meals are delivered through the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), in which KDCC has participated for over three decades. The center is licensed through the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and supports enrollment via the state's Child Care Scholarship for eligible families.

KDCC's revenue model combines three streams: weekly recurring tuition (rates vary by child age), recurring donations and Foundation Memberships (starting at $1,000 annually, plus monthly pledges from $15), and federal USDA CACFP meal reimbursements. Customer acquisition is primarily direct-to-consumer via the center's website and Facebook page, supplemented by word-of-mouth and referrals through community partners including Child Care Aware, Child Care Resource and Referral agencies, Impact Monadnock, and Monadnock United Way. There are no products beyond the integrated child care service, no online enrollment or billing infrastructure, and no technology platform beyond a static website.

Name

Keene Day Care Center

Legal name

Keene Day Care Center

Website

https://keenedaycarecenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Keene Day Care Center is a nonprofit, single-site child care provider in Keene, NH, serving 90 children ages six weeks to six years with full-day, year-round care via a play-based, Pyramid Model curriculum, and funded through tuition, donations, and USDA CACFP reimbursements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Care Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Day Childcare Centers (EDACAAAA)

Keywords

• Child care services
• Early childhood education
• Day care center
• Preschool programs
• Infant and toddler care

Headquarters

HQ city

Keene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Care Tuition: Weekly tuition charged for full-day, year-round child care services. Tuition varies based on child's age. Full-day, all-day program with no proration for part-time care.
2. Donations and Gifts: Accepts donations in various forms including cash, appreciated securities, charitable gift annuities, and corporate matching gifts. Monthly pledges of $15 or more and Foundation Membership at $1,000+ annually.
3. USDA CACFP Reimbursement: Federally funded program that reimburses the center for nutritious meals served to eligible children. Keene Day Care Center has participated in CACFP for more than three decades.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Keene Day Care Center provides full-day, year-round licensed child care for up to 90 children ages six weeks to six years in Keene, New Hampshire, enabling parents to work, seek work, or attend job-training programs. The center delivers a developmentally appropriate, play-based curriculum with a focus on social and emotional development through the Pyramid Model framework, and includes CACFP-funded nutritious meals, diapers, wipes, formula, and daily outdoor learning activities on playgrounds, nature trails, and garden beds.

Product overview

Keene Day Care Center operates as a single-service child care center providing full-day, year-round care for children ages six weeks to six years. The center serves 90 children with a play-based curriculum focused on social and emotional development through the Pyramid Model framework. No distinct product modules or sub-products exist—the offering is a unified child care service that includes educational programming, meals through the USDA CACFP program, and outdoor learning experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full-Day Child Care Services Full-day, year-round licensed child care for up to 90 children ages six weeks to six years at the 86 Wood Street, Keene, NH center, with hours M-F 6:45 AM - 5:15 PM. Includes a play-based curriculum focused on social and emotional development (Pyramid Model), CACFP-funded nutritious meals served family-style, diapers, wipes, and formula, daily outdoor activities (playgrounds, nature trail, baseball field, garden beds, sand boxes, dirt piles), and naptime. Designed for parents who are working, seeking work, or enrolled in a training program, and accepts the DHHS Child Care Scholarship.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Northern Border Regional CommissionminorOthers · 19 December 2025Federal funding body providing Catalyst program grants to expand child care capacity. New Hampshire received $8M in funding to expand child care at two centers including KDCC, adding 54 new spots.
• USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)coreOthersFederally funded food program that reimburses the center for nutritious meals served to eligible children. Provides quality standards for meals and promotes healthy eating habits from a young age.
• Impact MonadnockcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports Pyramid Model implementation across the Monadnock Region, helping young children develop social and emotional skills with higher self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Monadnock United WaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Impact Monadnock to support Pyramid Model implementation across the Region, enabling children to develop stronger relationship development and cooperative skills.
• Child Care AwareminorOthersNational organization providing resources for families choosing child care. KDCC references this organization for additional information on choosing quality child care providers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Goddard School: A franchise system of play-based early childhood education programs for infants through pre-kindergarten. Comparable to KDCC's play-based, developmentally-focused curriculum delivery model.
• KinderCare Learning Companies: One of the largest private child care and early education providers in the U.S., offering full-day care for infants through school-age children. Comparable to KDCC in core service offering but vastly larger in scale and footprint.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: A large, publicly-traded provider of child care and early education services with employer-sponsored and center-based programs. Directly comparable as a full-day child care provider, though operating at much greater scale with multiple locations nationwide.
• The Learning Experience: A national franchise of early childhood education centers serving infants through kindergarten. Comparable as a full-day child care provider with proprietary curriculum, though operating as a franchise model across multiple U.S. states.
• Childcare Network: A regional child care provider operating multiple centers across the Southeastern U.S., offering full-day programs for infants through school-age children. Comparable core service model though serving a different geographic region.
• Primrose Schools: A national franchise system of accredited early childhood education schools offering full-day care for infants through pre-kindergarten. Comparable to KDCC in offering play-based curriculum and full-day programs, though at national scale.

Others

• Child Care Aware of America: National resource and referral organization for families seeking child care. KDCC explicitly references Child Care Aware as a partner for referrals, positioning it as an ecosystem enabler rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Keene-Day-Care-Center-100094179122311
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/keene-day-care-center-inc

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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