What MAKING A CHANGE GROUP does

Making a Change Group (MACG) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 400 East 21st Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, that delivers violence intervention, youth mentoring, and family support services to at-risk youth ages 8-24 and moderate-to-low-income families in Chester City and surrounding Delaware County communities. The organization operates through three named program brands: TEAM MAC, a foundational youth development program for ages 8-17 centered on positive adult mentorship and life skills; GVINE (Gun Violence Intervention Network & Empowerment Program), which combines violence interruption, crisis de-escalation, and a 10-week paid workforce readiness track (NextChap) for ages 18-24; and Connected Families (formerly Connected Visions), which provides guided needs assessments, goal-setting, referrals, and workshops on financial literacy, family communication, career readiness, and healthy living. Programs are delivered in-person through community-based and in-school mentoring rather than through a software or technology platform.

The organization is led by Executive Director and Founder Cory Long and governed by a board including David Rudd (Chair), Tamara Wilson (Vice-Chair), Suzanne Herron (Treasurer), and Jacquie Jones (Secretary). It operates with a headcount of 1-10 and is funded primarily through charitable donations and grants, including a recurring monthly giving program called ChangeMakers with associated donor events. Making a Change Group holds a Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid (formerly GuideStar) and a Charity Navigator rating, which it uses as donor-trust signals.

Reported 2025 program outcomes include 180 new high-risk youth engaged, 45 violent incidents prevented, 50% of students maintaining honor roll status, 137 participants in family programs, a 60% reduction in school incidents, and 90% of participating families reaching their goals. There are no disclosed revenue figures, no funding rounds, no technology platform, no app, and no AI or automation capabilities described in the source material — the service model is human-intensive, community-grounded, and geographically concentrated in a single Pennsylvania county.

Name

MAKING A CHANGE GROUP

Legal name

Making a Change Group

Website

https://makingachangegroup.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Making a Change Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Chester, PA that delivers violence intervention, youth mentoring, and family support programs — including TEAM MAC, GVINE, and Connected Families — to at-risk youth ages 8-24 and moderate-to-low-income families in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, funded through donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI), Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI)

Keywords

• Violence intervention services
• Youth mentoring programs
• Family support services
• Gun violence prevention
• Community social services

Headquarters

HQ city

West Chester

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Making a Change Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides community-based violence prevention, violence intervention, youth mentoring, and family support services to residents of Chester, PA and Delaware County. Its service portfolio centers on violence interruption and crisis response for at-risk youth ages 10-24, structured mentorship and life-skills development for youth ages 8-17, and family-focused case management, workshops, and referrals addressing financial, educational, vocational, and personal goals.

Product overview

Making a Change Group is a nonprofit social services organization offering a portfolio of violence intervention, prevention, and family support programs. The organization operates three core programs: Connected Families (formerly Connected Visions), which provides comprehensive family support services including financial literacy and job readiness; GVINE (Gun Violence Intervention Network & Empowerment Program), which focuses on interrupting cycles of gun violence through crisis intervention, mentorship, and workforce preparation for at-risk youth ages 10-24; and TEAM MAC, a youth development program for ages 8-17 emphasizing mentorship and life skills. The organization also runs a recurring monthly giving program called ChangeMakers. These programs are community-based social services, not technology products or software platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Connected Families: Family-based program designed to support moderate- to low-income families in achieving their financial, educational, vocational, and personal goals. Formerly known as Connected Visions.
• GVINE
• TEAM MAC

Products and services

• Connected Families Family-based program designed to support moderate- to low-income families in Chester, PA and Delaware County in achieving financial, educational, vocational, and personal goals through guided needs assessments, goal-setting, personalized support, referrals, and workshops on financial literacy, social and emotional skill-building, family communication, career and job readiness, and healthy living.
• GVINE (Gun Violence Intervention Network & Empowerment Program) Program dedicated to interrupting cycles of gun violence by providing critical support to at-risk youth ages 10-24 in Chester, PA and Delaware County, including violence interruption, crisis intervention and de-escalation, workforce preparation through the NextChap 10-week paid job readiness training (ages 18-24), community-based and in-school mentoring, violence prevention education through the ROAR program (ages 10-17), one-on-one and group mentorship through G's Mentoring G's (boys ages 10-17), and referrals to external service providers.
• TEAM MAC Foundational youth development program designed to support young people ages 8-17 through positive adult mentorship, life skills development, and real-world learning experiences, helping youth build essential competencies including defining boundaries, making constructive use of time, integrating positive values, maintaining commitment to learning, and developing a strong positive identity.

Quantifiable outcome

• 180 new high-risk youth engaged in programs
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mothers In Charge: Philadelphia-based violence-prevention and family-support nonprofit serving communities affected by gun violence — comparable mission, beneficiary profile, and trauma-informed approach to GVINE.
• Roca, Inc. Massachusetts-based nonprofit serving high-risk young adults ages 16-24 with violence intervention, mentoring, and workforce-readiness programming — closely aligned with GVINE and NextChap.
• Youth Guidance: Chicago nonprofit providing school-based mentoring and violence-prevention programs (e.g., Becoming a Man) targeting at-risk youth — comparable in-school mentoring approach to TEAM MAC.
• Cure Violence Global: National nonprofit operating a 'violence interrupter' / credible-messenger model in high-violence U.S. cities. Most direct comparator to MACG's GVINE program on method, population, and outcome claims.

Regional players

• Chester Community Coalition: Chester-based community coalition addressing violence, workforce, and youth opportunity — directly comparable geography and overlapping mission with MACG.
• Philadelphia Anti-Violence Partnership / Philadelphia CeaseFire: Regional Philadelphia-area violence-prevention and intervention nonprofit; comparable mission to GVINE but focused on Philadelphia proper rather than Chester/Delaware County.

Others

• National Network for Youth: National membership and advocacy organization supporting youth-serving nonprofits serving homeless and disconnected youth — adjacent ecosystem player rather than direct service competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Communities In Schools: National organization embedding coordinators inside K-12 schools to connect at-risk students to services — comparable to TEAM MAC's in-school mentoring and family-support referral work.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest U.S. youth-mentoring nonprofit; overlapping with TEAM MAC's 1:1 and group mentoring model for at-risk youth but operates as a federated national network at a much larger scale.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National youth-development nonprofit offering mentorship, life-skills, and academic programming — overlaps with TEAM MAC's positive youth-development approach across a far broader footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TeamMacGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/making-a-change-group

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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