Non-profit Be Great Together helps bring community ideas to life that don't normally make it off the ground.

KC United provides a safe outlet for youth and their families to participate in sports. The Robersons work directly with the community and other local organizations to lead experiences that strengthen emotional regulation, teamwork, resilience and connection, they explained. KC United is about more than sports, Chandra Green noted.

According to research from The Century Foundation, “school districts with more than 50 percent Black and/or Latinx students face a funding gap of more than $5,000 per pupil on average.” BeGreat Together looks to combat this disparity with grassroots-style change starting this fall.

BeGreat Together aims to bridge that gap and put resources in the hands of public schools and grassroots community changemakers who know best what their students and communities need.

Non-profit Be Great Together helps bring community ideas to life that don't normally make it off the ground.

The philanthropic organization is launching their new educational initiative aimed at supporting schools that serve local Black and Brown communities.

A new nonprofit organization is seeking nominations for changemakers in Kansas City’s Black and Latinx communities ahead of a Nov. 30 deadline. One individual will be awarded $20,000 in support of their efforts.

BeGreat Together, the philanthropic arm of online educational platform Assemble, announced it will launch Fall 2021, awarding up to $10,000 to two local public school programs and $20,000 to a local community changemaker…

Avrell Stokes, Co-founder of Assemble and President of BeGreatTogether, sees an unprecedented opportunity to inspire movements and guide transformation by uplifting current community leaders within our neighborhoods and build future leaders by investing in our public K-12 schools.

Interview with BeGreat Together president, Avrell Stokes

BeGreat Together, the nonprofit arm of newly launched online educational platform Assemble.fyi, has opened applications for $5,000 scholarships to be awarded to three, full-time junior, senior, or graduate students attending a Historically Black College or University. Chosen students will support them in conducting research for their upcoming short documentaries.

BeGreat Together, the non-profit subsidiary of newly launched BIPOC tech platform, Assemble.fyi, will be filming short documentaries starting Spring 2022, focused on Black and Latino community changemakers and the work that they are doing to transform their communities.

"If you make a commitment, stick to it. This builds character and resilience in the long run."

“Take the time to self-reflect. There are always thorns on the road ahead. Sometimes, we need to step back and examine ourselves, because those thorns can often be distractions that may choke out the vision or opportunity that we have to actually transform lives.”

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Be Great Together, a Kansas City nonprofit, presented the church’s pre-K program with a generous donation — a $10,000 gift for exceptional work with young children under its care, according to Be Great co-founder Avrell Stokes.

Three Kansas City schools were surprised with $10,000 each last week from the local nonprofit BeGreat Together. The grant is intended to help teachers at historically underfunded public schools enhance the classroom experience.

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As Give Black Week begins in Kansas City, Missouri, one local nonprofit is showcasing its work in the community as it hopes to secure further investment in Black-led organizations.

Atlanta-based fintech company, CapWay, has launched its new Phunds specialized program, “Food and Finance,” in partnership with education-based nonprofit BeGreat Together and Kansas City Public Schools’ Success Academy at Anderson. The program aims to provide free food to students in underserved communities while also teaching them about money through a Phunds digital-first financial literacy program.

LeBron James Family Foundation and Stand Together Foundation partners recently met in Akron, Ohio, for The Huddle, an inspiring event showcasing how bottom-up empowerment offers a better path to transforming communities.