Determination, Incorporated

Helping people
behind bars
grow businesses

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Determination, Incorporated is a 501C3 nonprofit based in Kansas City, MO. 

Our Mission: Create a pathway to opportunity for formerly incarcerated people through entrepreneurship. 

Our vision: Prisons will become ‘grad schools’ for the world’s most impactful leaders. And formerly incarcerated people, by starting viable, hiring businesses, will help to solve the problem of recidivism and ultimately end mass incarceration

What we do

Back to Business

Our in-prison workshop prepares returning citizens with a business and action plan so they can hit the ground running upon release.

Be the boss

In our business support group formerly incarcerated people receive the knowledge and guidance they need to succeed as entrepreneurs.
Click the icon to see the 2020 schedule.

Rise Up, Get Started

Kansas City's first entrepreneurship competition for formerly incarcerated people, applicants compete for grants to start or grow their business.

Meet the Team

Kyle J Smith, Founder and Executive Director
Kyle J Smith, Founder and Executive Director
Leslie Walton, Entrepreneur Success Manager
Leslie Walton, Entrepreneur Success Manager
Bek Abdullayev, Board Member
Bek Abdullayev, Board Member
Brittany Peterson, Board Member
Brittany Peterson, Board Member
Curtisi Cross, Treasurer of the Board
Curtisi Cross, Treasurer of the Board
Jordan Bergsten, Secretary of the Board
Jordan Bergsten, Secretary of the Board
Mark Logan, Board Member
Mark Logan, Board Member
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Determination, Incorporated

Address:
4747 Troost
Ste. 207
Kansas City, MO 64110

 

Telephone: 816-607-1873

 

Email: kylejsmith@determinationincorporated.com

Thank you to our supporters

Our work is made possible thanks to the support of many organizations and individuals in the community. 

Determination, Incorporated is proud to be a 2019 grantee of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Inclusion Open.

See our 2019 annual report.