Kids At Risk Action (KARA)

What Kids At Risk Action (KARA) does

Kids At Risk Action (KARA) is a 501c3 nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Hopkins, Minnesota. The organization advocates for abused and neglected children through education, data resources, public events, and direct support to child advocacy organizations, primarily CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) affiliates. Its core offerings include the CASA and Child Advocacy Support Program (launched 2023), which provides free Google Ad Grant management valued at up to $120,000 per CASA organization, along with digital optimization, content support, and strategic guidance; the KARA Deep Dive Research Service, which produces custom research on child welfare topics; the Invisible Children Campus Conversations program operating at colleges and universities nationwide; a podcast series on child protection distributed via Spotify; a financial literacy and grant program for fostered and adopted Minnesota youth; and two published/forthcoming books. KARA's flagship 2025 initiative is an AI-driven National Child Abuse and Child Protection Information & Solutions Platform in development.

KARA operates with 1-10 paid staff, a small active board of directors, and a large volunteer base that includes hundreds of student interns. It is funded through individual donations, corporate sponsorships (Highland Bank, Heintz & Clark Accounting, Sunrise Banks, Spire Credit Union, Edina Federated Women's Foundation, Schwab, Auction Masters), and grants. The organization distributes content through its website (invisiblechildren.org), podcast platforms, social media (Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok), a Friday Morning Updates email newsletter, and a Substack publication, and engages stakeholders through in-person presentations, conferences, and policy forums including a 2007 United Nations Youth Assembly presentation.

The organization's underlying technology stack is modest: a WordPress-based website, podcast distribution, social media management, and Google Ad Grants administration. The most notable technical initiative is the planned AI-driven information platform, which would convert KARA's accumulated domain knowledge into an interactive knowledge retrieval resource for families, professionals, and policymakers. Key partnerships include academic research collaborators via RIIPEN (since 2021) — connecting KARA with colleges including the University of Minnesota, Arizona State University, and Northeastern University — and Safe Passage For Children of Minnesota for investigative child welfare reporting.

Name

Kids At Risk Action (KARA)

Legal name

Kids At Risk Action

Website

https://invisiblechildren.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kids At Risk Action (KARA) is a 501c3 nonprofit advocacy organization that supports abused and neglected children through education, research, CASA technical support, podcasts, campus programs, and a planned AI-driven national child protection information platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Advocacy

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH)

Keywords

• Child protection advocacy
• Child abuse prevention
• Nonprofit advocacy services
• CASA support programs
• Child welfare research

Headquarters

HQ city

Hopkins

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: KARA operates as a 501c3 nonprofit that relies on donations from individuals, companies, and organizations to fund advocacy activities, podcasts, books, campus programs, and social media efforts

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kids At Risk Action (KARA) is a 501c3 nonprofit advocacy organization that supports the people, policies, and programs that improve the lives of at-risk children. It delivers advocacy through educational content (articles, podcasts, books), campus and community presentations, free Deep Dive research services, CASA nonprofit support including Google Ad Grant management, a financial literacy program for foster and adopted youth, and an upcoming AI-driven National Child Abuse and Child Protection Information & Solutions Platform.

Product overview

KARA (Kids At Risk Action) is a nonprofit advocacy organization that operates as a non-technology product company offering programs and services focused on child protection awareness and advocacy. Their core offerings include an AI-driven National Child Abuse Information & Solutions Platform (planned for 2025 launch), the CASA and Child Advocacy Support Program providing technical services to child advocacy organizations, the Deep Dive Research Service for accessing child protection information, podcasts (Critical Conversations series), campus conversation programs, a financial literacy program for foster youth, and published works including the Invisible Children book and America's Children In 100 Charts (in development). The organization primarily functions as an advocacy and educational resource rather than a technology product vendor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KARA CASA and Child Advocacy Support Program: Grant and technical support program for CASA and child advocacy nonprofits, including Google Ad Grant management and digital optimization services
• KARA Deep Dive Research
• Invisible Children Campus Conversations
• FinLit Financial Literacy Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Provided $120,000 Google Ad Grants to CASA organizations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RIIPEN OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnects KARA with college research and writing volunteers to discover hard-to-find information for advocacy work; engaged since 2021
• CASA MinnesotacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting and promoting CASA volunteers to ensure abused and neglected children have safe, stable families; KARA co-founded Friends of Children nonprofit (CASA Cares)
• University of MinnesotaminorOthersOne of multiple colleges and universities providing research and writing volunteers through RIIPEN
• Arizona State UniversityminorOthersOne of multiple colleges and universities providing research and writing volunteers through RIIPEN
• Northeastern UniversityminorOthersProvided capstone research projects on child welfare crisis with projections
• Safe Passage For Children of MinnesotacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on investigative reporting on child deaths and helped bring transparency of child abuse death and near-death cases to Minnesota legislature

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/kidsatriskaction
• Facebookfacebook.com/KidsAtRiskAction
• Instagraminstagram.com/kidsatriskaction
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kids-at-risk-action

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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