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Partner Programs

Charleys Kids supports youth programming and education partners across the country and around the world.

The work does not stop in Columbus. Through valued partnerships, Charleys Kids helps extend literacy support, mentorship, and educational access to communities across the United States and beyond. Every combo meal sold at a Charleys restaurant helps fund that reach.

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Here is where the support goes.

30+
partner organizations supported
16
states with active partnerships
5
countries with supported programming

Partners across the
United States

Charleys Kids partners with organizations doing strong work in their communities — from local schools to programs around the world.

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Charlotte, NC
Academic Learning Center

Provides free after school tutoring programs at 11 Title I schools, with instruction from certified teachers at the students' home schools.

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Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Brain Food

Discreetly provides a backpack of food to feed hungry schoolchildren on the weekends.

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Based: Columbus, OH
Cambodia
Asia Hope

Relies on high-quality instruction via highly experienced and qualified educators, a strong family support system, access to technology and tutoring to nurture orphaned students' educational and life skill needs.

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Columbus, OH
Asian American Community Services (AACS)

Provides after school and summer programming for low-income youth. HAY kids enjoy tutoring, recreation, mentorship, and field trips.

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Pomona, CA
Bright Prospect

Aims to break the cycle of poverty by significantly increasing the college-going culture and rate in their local community.

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St. Louis, MO
College Bound Inc

Helps students prepare for, enroll in, and graduate from college through advising, enrichment, and long-term support.

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Washington, DC
College Bound: A Million Stars

Supports students on the path to and through college with academic advising, mentorship, and persistence support.

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Bridgeport, CT
ConnectiKids

Students develop a relationship with caring mentors from various educational and career fields to allow access to college and career readiness opportunities to benefit their social-emotional development.

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Atlanta, GA
Create Your Own Dream

Provides the resources, opportunities, and relationships to children living below the poverty line on the Westside of Atlanta to equip them to reach their potential and break the cycle of generational poverty.

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Tacoma, WA
Degrees of Change - Act Six

Ready to Rise equips scholars with leadership development skills through mentorship as a cohort of peers that get to experience college together.

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Phoenix, AZ
Elevate Phoenix

Transforms the lives of urban youth 24/7/365. Develops stable, consistent relationships with urban students by providing full-time Teacher-Mentors to create structure and accountability for transformation.

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Cambridge, MA
Enroot Inc

Supporting students to succeed through 1-1 Coaching and 1-1 Mentoring.

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New York, NY
Friends of the Children: New York

Friends NY measures success through three long-term outcomes for the Achievers in the program: Avoiding the juvenile justice system, avoiding early parenting, and graduating high school and either enrolling in college or securing sustainable employment.

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Based: Lake Forest, IL
Lebanon
Heart for Lebanon Foundation

Improves education of students in literacy and fluency of Arabic and English and grade level ability in math and science, improving the future independence of the children.

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Washington, DC
Kid Power Inc

Provides a continued learning opportunity for students following school-day operations, including academic and enrichment support.

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Based: Phoenix, AZ
Honduras
Mountain Park: Honduras

Helps students achieve their goals and be more successful in school and in life. Makes an impact by providing basic health care necessities such as food, vitamins, anti-parasitic medication, and assistance with vision for those who need it.

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Washington, DC
National Restaurant Association

ProStart students learn how to be industry professionals through hands-on work under the direction of a mentor. Mentors help students make the connection between their present performance and their future career.

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Topawa, AZ
Native American Advancement Foundation

The only nonprofit to provide an After-School program to communities within the Tohono O'odham Nation. Community members from the District develop and manage the program, which includes extracurricular activities designed to keep students scholastically engaged as well as physically fit.

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Cleveland, OH
Open Doors Academy

Creates free, high-quality, out-of-school time programs that individually meets the needs of scholars.

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California
Pomona Hope

Works to help the next generation attain their educational goals, gain life skills, and personal character growth.

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Based: Franklin, TN
Cambodia
Rapha International

Provides housing, food, and education to support child survivors of trafficking and sexual exploitation in US, Thailand, Cambodia and Haiti.

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Cleveland, OH
Re:Source Cleveland

Offers public and public charter school students in grades 8-12 academic enrichment and resources to prepare for and succeed in college.

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Massachusetts
Read to a Child

A national literacy and mentoring nonprofit that fosters a love of reading, improves literacy skills and supports socio-emotional well-being in students from communities with limited access to resources.

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Charlotte, NC
Right Moves for Youth

Provides weekly one-hour small group mentoring sessions using activity-based curricula that help students re-engage their education, increase positive behaviors, and reduce risky behaviors.

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Based: Honolulu, HI
Cambodia
The Pathways International

Provides education, meals, and stable housing to 200 students in rural Cambodia, supporting learning from kindergarten through 7th grade in both Cambodian and English.

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Pittsburgh, PA
The Pittsburgh Promise

Promotes high educational aspirations among urban youth, funds scholarships for post-secondary access, and fuels a prepared and diverse regional workforce.

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Kansas City, MO
Urban Ranger Corps

Offers school year programming to high school seniors and a mentoring program to youth in 6th and 8th grades. Participants receive small group support and instruction led by a Success Coach and engage in character building activities.

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Charlotte, NC
UrbanPromise Charlotte

After school programs and summer camps provide year-round opportunities for about 300 elementary and middle school students to improve their academic performance, develop life skills, create positive relationships, and explore the arts.

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Detroit, MI
Wellspring Detroit

The Academic and Youth Development Program is comprehensive with several components, including the Kumon Math and Reading curriculum.

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Based: Santa Clarita, CA
Thailand
Zoe International

Focused on rescuing every child: ending child trafficking and restoring survivors and orphans.

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Every combo meal sold at a Charleys location funds this work

10¢ from every combo meal sold across Charleys Cheesesteaks locations goes directly to Charleys Kids Foundation. That funding supports the partner organizations along with the direct programming through CTI and Leaders Arise.

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