A job acceleration program that provides on-the-job training for adults with intellectual disabilities is seeking assistance in completing construction on its operational hub where they offer training in 30 different job skills—from restaurants to animal care and help patrons find meaningful employment.

QSAC (Quality Services for the Autism Community) is a New York City and Long Island-based non-profit charter school that supports children and adults with autism, together with their families, in achieving greater independence, realizing their future potential, and contributing to their communities.

Sunburst is a tight-knit, small community that seeks a gathering place for its community members to host events large and small. With many residents offering their time and skills to the project, this space will create a deeper sense of community among the residents of Sunburst. It will also eliminate the liability of residents using their own personal spaces for community gatherings.  

The mission of Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Memphis Inc. (ADS) is to help persons with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders live their lives with dignity and respect while providing relief to their caregivers and support for their families. This beautification project will allow the organization to increase capacity to serve move individuals while contributing to neighborhood revitalization efforts in the Hickory Hill neighborhood.

The Ted Phea Boys & Girls Club in East Lubbock seeks to renovate its oldest facility. The club gives children a safe and positive place to go every day after school and all summer long, and remodeling the library to add computers will help children ages 6-12 participate in the Stride Reading program, which will keep them reading on grade level or help them get caught up. 

Anchor Ridge has been serving the North Wilkesboro and greater Wilkes County area since 2012, and its mission is to fight poverty by providing hungry families with food, basic hygiene items, household goods, and home repair supplies. Located in one of the original Lowe's distribution centers, Anchor Ridge serves thousands of people on a monthly basis throughout the Appalachian Mountain region. Anchor Ridge's Kid's Club program, serving hundreds of local Wilkes County kids on a monthly basis also operates from this facility.

NFL star Travis Kelce's foundation, Eighty-Seven & Running, is supporting Operation Breakthrough and the completion of its new learning space, Ignition Lab. More than 700 urban Kansas City children from infants to teenagers come to Operation Breakthrough each weekday for nutritious food, lively learning, health and dental care, therapy and TLC, while their parents work or attend school.

A community ministry that helps the homeless by providing them tools and resources to stabilize, gain employment and secure and sustain affordable housing seeks assistance in renovating its on-site dining space where meals are served to those in need five days a week. The new space will accommodate 200 hungry men, women, and children each day with a warm meal, safety, and respite from the trauma of life on the street.

The city of Brownsville seeks to renovate a historic bank building and transform it into a new City Hall that will become a community hub that is vibrant, open, and create a sense of pride in the community. The new City Hall, located in the city’s downtown, would serve as a hub for several uses, from housing shared community resources to creating more space for public meetings and gatherings, and ultimately further the development of the city.

A local school wishes to make transformational changes to its space that would allow it to also function as a community fitness center in an effort to instill healthy habits and help combat childhood obesity. The center would feature an outdoor family fitness course and provide after-school and weekend fitness and nutrition courses for students, their families and the community-at-large. A 360-approach includes program integration into the school curriculum as well as health outcomes tracking.