No Divide Kc

Name

No Divide Kc

Legal name

No Divide KC

Website

https://nodividekc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts & Education Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610), Educational Services (611), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

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Arts Education & Community Arts Programs

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

Keywords

• Arts education programs
• Community arts nonprofit
• Queer arts festival
• Creative coworking space
• Bilingual poetry workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 82-0764092), No Divide KC relies primarily on donations which are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donations are collected through the Zeffy platform.
2. Membership Fees: Artist membership program with paid tiers. Community Coworking is free for Artist Members, while non-members pay $10 drop-in fee or can bring a house plant instead.
3. Event Ticketing: Pay-what-you-can ticketing model for the Queer Narratives Festival and other events. Registration tracks attendance numbers at the door.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

No Divide KC operates a portfolio of arts education and community programs from its Kansas City studio, including the annual Queer Narratives Festival, free Art Spark workshops for youth, the Bicultural Poetry Program, the Come As You Are fellowship and concert series, weekly Community Coworking, artist memberships, and a Studio/Gallery venue. Programs are offered free or on a pay-what-you-can basis to maximize access for underserved and misrepresented communities.

Product overview

No Divide KC operates as a unified nonprofit arts and education organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs. The core offerings include the Queer Narratives Festival (an eight-week annual celebration of queer creativity), Art Spark (free arts education workshops for youth), the Bicultural Poetry Program (bilingual poetry workshops and publication), Come As You Are (paid fellowship with community concerts), Community Coworking (weekly creative workspace), Artist Memberships, and Studio/Gallery space. These programs work together to build community through the arts, with a focus on underserved and misrepresented communities in Kansas City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Art Spark: Arts education program bringing free, hands-on workshops led by local teaching artists into schools and community centers. Has served 700+ youth across Kansas City.
• Bicultural Poetry Program
• CAYA: Come As You Are
• Queer Narratives Festival

Products and services

• Queer Narratives Festival A multidisciplinary queer arts festival celebrating LGBTQ+ creativity across Kansas City, showcasing visual art, live performance, panels, community workshops, and resource events with pay-what-you-can pricing. Targeted at queer artists, LGBTQ+ community members, and allies in Kansas City.
• Art Spark Free arts education program bringing hands-on workshops led by local teaching artists into schools and community centers, serving youth across Kansas City through visual, literary, and performance art. Targeted at youth in schools and community centers.
• Bicultural Poetry Program Multicultural poetry and publication program offering Spanish/English workshops, mentorship, and an annual anthology that uplifts emerging bilingual poets across Missouri. Targeted at young bilingual writers and emerging poets.
• Come As You Are (CAYA) A paid fellowship and community concert program created by emerging artists, promoting vulnerability on stage and inviting families and first-time audience members into accessible music, movement, and storytelling experiences. Targeted at emerging artists and family audiences.
• Community Coworking Weekly coworking space at the Livestock Exchange Building studio, free for Artist Members or available as a $10 drop-in for non-members, centered around women, queer, and BIPOC creatives. Targeted at women, queer, and BIPOC creatives seeking workspace.
• Artist Residency Program Artist residency program debuting at the No Divide KC studio, providing space and platform for choreographic and performance work, with the inaugural residency featuring contemporary dance and drag artist Miana Abramson. Targeted at performance artists.
• Artist Memberships Artist membership program providing access to studio space, free Community Coworking, and participation in the creative hub at the Livestock Exchange Building location. Targeted at women, queer, and BIPOC creatives seeking ongoing workspace access.
• Studio/Gallery Studio and gallery space located at Suite 200 in the Livestock Exchange Building, serving as a venue for exhibitions, events, and creative programming. Targeted at artists, event hosts, and exhibition visitors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 700+ youth through Art Spark since launch
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• The Coterie TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresented Come As You Are interactive family performance program on May 2, 2026 at The Coterie Theatre. Partnership brings accessible, hands-on performance art to families and children in Kansas City.
• Owen/Cox Dance GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presented Come As You Are performance program alongside The Coterie Theatre. Partnership integrates contemporary dance into accessible family programming.
• The ShipflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain venue for 7th Annual Queer Narratives Festival main event on August 8th. The Ship in West Bottoms provides intimate, neon-lit space for the annual queer arts reunion.
• Smalter GallerycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for Queer Narratives Festival Closing Reception on August 21st. Partnership showcases queer artists in a gallery setting.
• Poetic Underground KCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Second Annual KC Summer Poetry Lab, a two-day immersive experience for poets and writers exploring identity, heritage, and voice.
• Raytown High SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating school in the Our Identidad anthology through the Bicultural Poetry Program. Students contribute poetry and creative writing to annual multicultural publication.
• Paseo Institute of Fine ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipating institution contributing student work to the Our Identidad anthology. Partnership supports emerging bilingual and multicultural artists.
• Gilda's ClubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCancer support organization participating in the Our Identidad anthology. Partnership brings creative writing and poetry programming to cancer patients and families.
• Arts KCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKansas City arts organization partnership. No Divide KC participates in Arts KC's Now Showing program for artist visibility and business participation.
• KC Teen TixminorGTM or Marketing PartnerYouth arts access organization linked on No Divide KC website. Partnership supports teen access to arts programming through reduced-cost or free tickets.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Queer Theater: New York-based LGBTQ+ performing arts nonprofit producing theater, readings, and community programming that centers queer artists of color. Direct peer in mission, programmatic mix (festivals + education + new works), and audience development among queer and BIPOC creatives.
• Unicorn Theatre: Kansas City-based regional theater with a longstanding mission to amplify diverse and LGBTQ+ voices. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping geography, similar-sized nonprofit structure, and explicit commitment to underrepresented community storytelling through performing arts.
• The Theater Offensive: Boston-based LGBTQ+ performing arts organization presenting theater, youth programs, and community residencies that center queer and trans artists of color. Closely comparable on combining a festival/season program with youth education and community development.
• PrideArts: Chicago-based LGBTQ+ performing arts nonprofit producing theater, film, and music programming for queer audiences and artists. Comparable operating model — independent nonprofit producing queer-centered work across multiple disciplines in a single metro.

Broad incumbents

• Young Audiences: National nonprofit network delivering arts education programming to K–12 students in schools and communities. Comparable on the Art Spark model of placing teaching artists in schools for underserved youth, though operating at far larger national scale.
• Creative Capital: National nonprofit providing grants, professional development, and career support to individual artists across disciplines. Comparable in artist-career-services mission and nonprofit operating model, though focused on grantmaking rather than direct community programming.
• Kansas City Repertory Theatre: Long-established KC-based professional theater company producing mainstage and community programming. Comparable as a performing-arts nonprofit in the same metro, but with substantially larger institutional scale, budgets, and venue operations than No Divide KC.
• The Coterie Theatre: Kansas City–based children's/family theater and current No Divide KC partner for the Come As You Are program. Comparable as a regional performing-arts nonprofit, but with a broader family/youth audience and more established institutional scale than No Divide KC.

Others

• Americans for the Arts: National nonprofit advocacy and service organization supporting the arts sector through research, convening, and grantmaking. Comparable as a community-arts ecosystem enabler, but does not directly produce community programs in the way No Divide KC does.

Regional players

• Pentangle Arts Council: Community arts council operating a presenting house, arts education, and local artist support programs in a small New England region. Comparable as a small nonprofit that combines community presenting, education, and artist development, but in a different regional market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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