What Chapman Foundation For Caring Communities does

The Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities is a national family foundation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that delivers structured leadership development and emotional-intelligence training to individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States. Its core product is a sequenced curriculum of three foundational classes — Our Community Listens (communication and listening with customized DISC profiling), Our Community Serves (emotional intelligence and service culture), and Our Community Transforms (workplace culture transformation via the Six Strategies of Caring Workplaces framework) — complemented by skill-focused add-on series (People Leader Series, Coaching Series) and the multi-year Caring Communities Initiative partnership program.

Delivery combines cohort-based in-person and virtual workshops with a continuous-learning ecosystem that includes the CFCC Leads! mobile application (iOS and Android), the Beyond the Class audiocast, YouTube on-demand content, monthly alumni newsletters, and facilitated alumni roundtables. The foundation serves six distinct verticals — Local Government, PK-12 Education, For Good Organizations (nonprofits), Healthcare, Credit Unions, and Military — with documented engagements including the Town of Snowmass Village CO, Overland Park Police Department, West Shore ESD, Habitat for Humanity of Kent County, and Metanoia.

The business model operates through a mix of foundation grantmaking and fee-for-service program delivery. Classes are accessible via direct website registration for individual learners and through dedicated organizational partnerships that include multi-year Caring Community engagements; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The organization is led by Organizational Psychologist and CEO Misty Janks, holds SHRM recertification credit eligibility for its foundational listening class, and maintains active distribution across its own website, social channels, and third-party LearningStream registration infrastructure.

Name

Chapman Foundation For Caring Communities

Legal name

Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities

Website

https://chapmancommunities.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities is a national family foundation delivering cohort-based leadership development and emotional-intelligence training to local government, education, nonprofit, healthcare, credit union, and military organizations across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Development and Leadership Training

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Educational Support Services (61171), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Offices & Philanthropic Advisors (Grantmaking) (BPAGAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Leadership development programs
• Caring community workshops
• Organizational culture training
• Executive communication skills
• Community impact programs

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grantmaking and Program Services: As a national family foundation, the organization operates through grantmaking and fee-for-service program delivery. They offer organizational partnerships, dedicated team classes, and learning opportunities that may involve registration fees or service agreements. The foundation is dedicated to strengthening relationships and building stronger communities through transformational learning experiences.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Chapman Foundation delivers transformational learning experiences through three foundational classes (Our Community Listens, Our Community Serves, Our Community Transforms), skill-focused series (People Leader Series, Coaching Series), and multi-year Caring Communities partnerships. Programs focus on developing empathetic communication, emotional intelligence, and caring leadership cultures within organizations and communities across local government, education, healthcare, credit unions, nonprofit, and military sectors.

Product overview

Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities offers a structured portfolio of leadership development programs centered around three foundational classes: 'Our Community Listens' (communication skills with DISC profiling), 'Our Community Serves' (emotional intelligence and service culture), and 'Our Community Transforms' (workplace culture transformation). These core offerings are complemented by skill-focused series (People Leader Series and Coaching Series) and comprehensive learning supports including the CFCC Leads! mobile app, Beyond the Class Audiocast, monthly alumni newsletters, roundtables, and on-demand video content. The organization also runs the Caring Communities Initiative—a multi-year community transformation program. The program delivery uses a cohort-based model with LearningStream registration management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CFCC Leads!: Mobile application providing continuous learning opportunities, skill challenges, news, daily celebrations and encouragement, and access to all Chapman Foundation media including videos, audiocast, on-demand sessions, and more.

Products and services

• Our Community Listens A foundational class designed to help participants learn to listen effectively, express themselves clearly, and build better relationships. Includes a customized eight-part DISC profile and personalized insights. Qualifies for 18 SHRM recertification credits upon completion.
• Our Community Serves The second foundational class focused on shifting mindsets from me-centric to we-centric. Develops emotional intelligence and a culture of service through trust-building, collaboration, and accountability.
• Our Community Transforms The third foundational class designed to help organizational leaders develop strategies for transforming workplace culture. Participants explore Six Strategies of Caring Workplaces and gain tools to strengthen engagement and lead transformation.
• People Leader Series A five-session series for people leaders navigating everyday leadership moments, from setting expectations to giving feedback and holding accountability.
• Coaching Series A four-session series for leaders to build real coaching skills, including empathetic listening, asking powerful questions, and facilitating conversations that build ownership and accountability.
• CFCC Leads! Mobile Application Mobile application available on iOS and Android providing continuous learning opportunities, skill challenges, news, daily celebrations and encouragement, and access to Chapman Foundation media including videos, audiocast, and on-demand sessions.
• Learning Sessions Targeted sessions helping teams and organizations grow specific skills and deepen concepts taught in foundational classes.
• Caring Communities Initiative Multi-year partnership program helping communities build caring leadership, shared responsibility, and lasting impact through structured progression from exploration to readiness, design, integration, and sustainment phases.

Quantifiable outcome

• Our Community Listens qualifies for 18 SHRM recertification credits

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Toastmasters International: Global nonprofit delivering communication and leadership skill development through peer-led clubs. Comparable in training foundational communication and leadership skills, though delivered via volunteer clubs rather than paid cohorts.

Broad incumbents

• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership and workforce training company serving large enterprises with leadership curricula, assessments, and consulting. Overlaps with Chapman's organizational-services offering at the enterprise end of the market.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Large nonprofit research and leadership development institution offering cohort-based programs, assessments, and custom solutions to organizations globally. Comparable leadership-development mission and nonprofit structure, but at significantly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Dale Carnegie Training: Long-established provider of leadership, communication, and interpersonal-skills training courses delivered through certified facilitators. Closely comparable offering to Chapman's foundational classes, with a similarly cohort-based delivery model.
• Crucial Learning (formerly VitalSmarts): Provider of communication, influence, and leadership skills training (Crucial Conversations, Crucial Influence). Comparable in training frontline managers and teams on relational and communication skills — directly adjacent to Chapman's Our Community Listens/Serves content.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational performance company selling training, workshops, and content (e.g., The 7 Habits) to enterprises and government. Most direct competitor in the leadership development / cultural transformation category Chapman serves.
• The Ken Blanchard Companies: Leadership development and management training firm built around Situational Leadership and related frameworks. Comparable in selling cohort-based leadership programs to organizations seeking culture and manager capability uplift.
• Arbinger Institute: Training and consulting firm focused on mindset shift, accountability, and culture change (Outward Mindset). Closely aligned philosophically with Chapman's relational/caring culture thesis and competing for similar organizational culture-transformation engagements.

Emerging players

• Interaction Associates: Consulting and training firm specializing in collaborative leadership, facilitation, and inclusive workplace cultures. Comparable content focus on relational and collaborative leadership skills.
• Points of Light: Nonprofit focused on civic engagement and community impact, running volunteer and community-building programs. Comparable in mission-driven community-impact framing and operating across multiple sectors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/chapman_foundtn
• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLlj6LQLNgq8qesXe2TdJ9W8U31YGVrmhv
• Facebookfacebook.com/ChapmanCommunities
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ourcommunitylistens
• Instagraminstagram.com/chapmancommunities

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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