Giving Back

KIDS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS


Every time a Connor Group associate adds to the bottom line, they’re helping under-resourced kids in the communities where we operate.

In the Spotlight

What we do matters

Hugs and high-fives filled the sidewalk in front of The Greater Dayton School as a Developing Leaders bootcamp arrived. A group of six Connor Group managers spent a September morning opening up books and reading side-by-side with students.

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Non-profit activist investing

ABOUT US

A percentage of The Connor Group revenue goes to its non-profit arm, The Connor Group Kids and Community Partners, which has invested $152 million in programs since inception. The company plans on devoting $800 million to non-profits over the next decade.

Kids & Community Partners is committed to pulling kids out of generational poverty in Connor Group markets. That means researching and vetting non-profits we can help scale into — or beyond — communities in which we operate. And when we see the need for a new program… we create it ourselves.

Kids and Community

What we’ve started

Our Programs

COLIN'S LODGE

An evening-and-weekend recreation and enrichment center for young adults with cognitive differences.

GREATER DAYTON SCHOOL

Ohio’s first private non-religious elementary school exclusively dedicated to under-resourced students.

CONNOR KIDS ACADEMY

An innovative approach to sports camps that provide kids with a potentially life changing three year experience.

Who we partner with

OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS

LEARN TO BE

Learn to Be helps kids from underserved communities unlock their own potential by connecting them with exceptional one-on-one online tutors, for free.

Bottom Line

Bottom Line helps first-generation-to-college students from low-income backgrounds get to and through college.

Mayo Clinic

The Connor Group Kids and Community Partners is also proud to support the cutting-edge research of James L. Kirkland, M.D., Ph. D. and the Mayo Clinic at the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center for Aging to improve the quality of life for all commencing at birth.

ROAD TO HIRE

Road to Hire and its partners support underrepresented high school students, college students and young professionals on their way to strong, sustainable tech careers.

ALLIANCE FOR DECISION EDUCATION

The Alliance for Decision Education improves lives by empowering students with essential skills and dispositions for making better decisions.

CODE NATION

Code Nation equips students in under-resourced high schools with the skills, experiences, and connections that together create access to careers in technology.

CITYLINK - PELOTONU

PelotonU offers busy, working adults a flexible and affordable path to their Associate or Bachelor’s degree. It’s a collaborative approach to overcoming poverty.

DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Dayton Children’s believes in reinventing the path to children’s health for families throughout the Dayton region and beyond.

MIRACLE MAKERS

Miracle Makers is an after-school and summer program located in Dayton’s East End. Students receive a wide range of services in an academically stimulating environment.

VICTORY PROJECT

The Victory Project is an intense after-school program, mentoring disengaged young men in Dayton with its groundbreaking 3E curriculum: education, entrepreneurship, and enlightenment.

DAYTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY

DECA’s mission is to prepare future college graduates today to become the leaders of our community tomorrow.

CLEVELAND CLINIC

Kids & Community Partners’ invest — through the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic in cutting edge artificial intelligence projects that have the potential to redefine the treatment of spine and hypertension treatment.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO COLLEGE PROMISE

MCOCP supports poverty impacted 8th graders in Montgomery County who show academic promise and helps prepare them to attend and graduate from college.

MCLEAN HOSPITAL

The Connor-McLean Healthy Kids Development Program is a partnership with one of the world’s leading psychiatric hospital. It consists of a biological study of trauma and its long-term effects on mental health, particularly in children living in poverty.

CORE VALUES

It’s our culture

LOOK FAR AND WIDE; ACT NARROW AND DEEP

ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE

TRANSFORM KIDS’ LIVES

EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING

INVEST FOR THE LONG-TERM