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.

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1,000 days to change a life

It’s a critical time in their lives, perhaps the most critical. And CKA’s sole purpose is to use sports as a hook to teach the boys how to create healthy habits and make great choices.

Student being mentored

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 roughly $175 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.

Connor Group associates fund our non-profit initiatives through their hard work. They are our stakeholders, and every year we report our results to them.

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

Cincinnati Children's

Kids & Community’s investment will help expand the country’s top children’s hospital’s mental health efforts in schools.

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.

LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE

Lindner Center of HOPE in Mason is a comprehensive mental health center providing patient-centered, scientifically advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness.

Citylink Center

Citylink Center – Every Mother’s Advocate. EMA is a nationally proven model that supports at-risk mothers for the benefit of their children – helping 88% of mothers retain their families.

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.

DAYTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY

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

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.

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