Miami Valley Urban League

Name

Miami Valley Urban League

Legal name

Miami Valley Urban League

Website

https://mvul.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Workforce development
• Youth empowerment programs
• Financial literacy coaching
• Entrepreneurship support services
• Community economic development

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

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. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual and corporate donations support program operations and community initiatives in education, workforce development, entrepreneurship, health, and advocacy.
2. Event Revenue (Pillar Awards): Ticket sales and sponsorship packages for the annual Pillar Awards ceremony celebrating community leaders and minority-owned businesses.
3. Program Registration Fees: Fees for workshops, training programs, and conferences including the Future Focused Youth Conference and SOAR professional development training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Miami Valley Urban League is a nonprofit community services organization delivering economic empowerment programs across the Greater Dayton and Miami Valley region. Its core offerings include the SOAR two-week workforce development and job readiness training for unemployed and underemployed adults, the EMERGE youth development program with STEM and college preparation components, Business Development & Entrepreneurship (BD&E) support for local entrepreneurs including grants and accelerator programs, one-on-one Financial Coaching covering credit and budget counseling, and the annual Pillar Awards ceremony recognizing community leaders and minority-owned businesses.

Product overview

The Miami Valley Urban League operates as a community services organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs focused on economic empowerment, workforce development, youth education, and financial literacy. The core offerings include SOAR (job readiness training for adults), EMERGE (youth development including STEM training and college tours), BD&E (business development and entrepreneurship support), Financial Coaching (credit and budget counseling), and the annual Pillar Awards (community recognition). Programs are designed to serve the Greater Dayton community across different demographics, from youth through adults, providing pathways to employment, education, entrepreneurship, and financial stability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SOAR: Solid Opportunities for Advancement and Retention - flagship workforce development program offering two-week job readiness training for adults
• EMERGE
• BD&E
• Financial Coaching
• Pillar Awards

Products and services

• SOAR (Solid Opportunities for Advancement and Retention)

Quantifiable outcome

• Two-week professional development training leading to living-wage job placement
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Urban League of Greater Southwestern OhiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization. The Miami Valley Urban League operates as a division of the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, implementing regional programs in economic empowerment, community development, and social justice across the Miami Valley.
• Fifth Third BankminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFifth Third Bank representative Marya Rutherford-Long serves as Advisory Board Chair. The bank supports through community impact initiatives and the Community Reinvestment Act compliance activities.
• Physicians' Charitable Foundation of the Miami ValleyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerExecutive Director Bonnie Baker serves on the Advisory Board, providing healthcare philanthropy perspective.
• Greater Dayton Area Hospital AssociationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPresident & CEO Sarah Hackenbracht serves on Advisory Board, contributing healthcare and regional hospital perspective.
• Premier HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSystem VP/Chief Compliance & Risk Officer K. Duane Martin serves on Advisory Board providing healthcare system governance expertise.
• Central State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVice President Jose Toledo serves on Advisory Board, contributing 1890 Land-Grant Programs and economic development expertise. Supports workforce and entrepreneurship initiatives.
• Omega Community Development CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSean Freeman from Omega CDC received the 2026 Rising Star Award. Omega CDC implements the Hope Zone Promise Neighborhood grant supporting community transformation.
• Learn to EarnminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSenior Director Erica Fields serves on Advisory Board. Learn to Earn focuses on education and workforce development alignment.
• OH Taste FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCOO Jamaica White serves on Advisory Board, contributing food/hospitality industry perspective and community engagement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Junior Achievement of Dayton: Youth-focused nonprofit delivering career exploration, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship programming to local K-12 students — directly overlapping with MVUL's EMERGE and Financial Coaching offerings.
• United Way of the Greater Dayton Area: Regional community-impact nonprofit that funds and convenes many of the same workforce, youth, and financial stability initiatives MVUL runs; directly comparable donor base and beneficiary segments.
• Omega Community Development Corporation: Local community development nonprofit implementing the Hope Zone Promise Neighborhood grant; recognized via MVUL's Pillar Awards and operates in the same geographic and programmatic footprint.
• Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce: Regional business association providing entrepreneur support, networking, and business-development programming comparable to MVUL's BD&E and African American Business Development accelerator offerings.
• Learn to Earn Dayton: Local education-to-employment nonprofit already represented on MVUL's Advisory Board; runs aligned workforce-readiness and credentialing programs for the same beneficiary population.
• Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio: MVUL's direct parent organization operating the same Urban League mission and programmatic model in the broader Southwestern Ohio region; nearly identical service mix and beneficiary base.
• Goodwill of Southwestern Ohio: Regional nonprofit delivering workforce development, job training, and youth programs in the same Ohio geography; competes with MVUL for similar corporate donors, grants, and program participants.

Broad incumbents

• Sinclair Community College Workforce Development: Local higher-education institution running workforce and credentialing programs targeting the same unemployed/underemployed adults and youth populations in the Miami Valley.
• National Urban League: The national parent movement of which MVUL is an indirect affiliate; comparable because it operates the same workforce, youth, and economic empowerment programmatic model across a national footprint, providing shared branding, best practices, and funding pathways.

Others

• Greater Dayton RTA: Regional transit authority where MVUL's Executive Director previously served as Community Relations Manager; comparable as a regional civic organization with overlapping workforce-mobility and community-outreach missions in the Miami Valley.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MiamiValleyUrbanLeague/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61587725619568
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mvul
• Instagraminstagram.com/miamivalleyurbanleague

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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