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Kids Can Succeed Foundation’s is committed to helping children, especially those who live in poverty, to reach their full potential and achieve their dreams. Through our far-reaching programs, we strive constantly to make an impact on kids from all walks of life. Consistent with our commitment to our mission “Hope Dream Believe” we recognize the importance of supporting the family to help achieve our goal. We work with children, parents and local communities through initiatives that are designed to make a difference

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Who We Are

Kids Can Succeed Foundation is a 501(C)(3) non profit, non partisan organization working to help children, youth and families succeed.

We empower youth to learn and create. Our programs, events are ran to help young people. This entire website is built and maintained by a group of teens. We believe that we can make a difference in each life by teaching guiding principles of hard work and passion.

Kids Can Succeed does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.

It takes time to change lives. There is no magic formula, it’s not done overnight.  Our approach is based on a solid foundation that has shown us Time is our greatest asset when dealing the young people in our program.

We believe in kids!  Although our programs can be demanding we have found that the kids we work with respond to a achievement based programs.  We believe they can achieve really big goals and we inspire them to do so.

Kids Can Succeed. That’s our core value that drives all of our efforts.

Single Family Home
73%
Working Poor / Low Income
91%
Disadvantaged
96%
Minority
85%

About Us

We started in  2009  with a dream of helping kids in sports. We located in a small suburb of Phoenix and launched our first program with only 4 kids.  We rented out a gym and offered basketball classes, as the program grew we began to see the tremendous need in the community for additional programs.

Since then we have come a long way. We have served thousands of young people through our programs. We have been blessed to receive many awards and corporate sponsors & grants throughout the decade. 

We believe in teaching young people  to work hard to achieve their dreams. 

Meet Our Executive Director

Our Team is committed to excellence

Richard Brown

Executive Director

Executive Director

As Executive Director, Richard oversees all aspects of the full- spectrum of our community initiatives, including education programs, health & fitness, technology, the Kids Success after school club, new community groups, and Children Health & Youth Sports.

Richard has more than 20 years of experience in youth leadership & business, having served as a Vice President with multiple companies over two decades. Prior to Kids Can Succeed, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Internet Marketing Services Inc. Over his career, he has worked as a consultant for American Express, International Cruise & Excursions Inc & Expedia Inc and another fortune 500 companies.

An Arizona resident since 2004, Richard has been active in the community, including volunteering and serving on several boards. His community involvement involves many areas, including running for City Council. Currently, he spends a large portion of this time mentoring kids, and young people through the many program initiatives provided by Kids Can Succeed

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