Determination, Incorporated

Helping people
behind bars
grow businesses

Meet the second chance entrepreneurs in our Rise Up, Get Started Program

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. 

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Every shirt sold goes to support second chance entrepreneurs that are building businesses which create jobs and provide for their communities. LEARN MORE & ORDER NOW. 

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.

Rise Up, Get Started

Second chance entrepreneurs complete a business plan and save money to put toward their endeavor. After saving $300, we triple their savings and help them 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
Brittany Peterson, Board Member
Brittany Peterson, Board Member
Jordan Bergsten, Secretary of the Board
Jordan Bergsten, Secretary of the Board
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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.

Thank you to Balanced to a T Bookkeeping for providing affordable services to our second chance entrepreneur community. 

See our 2019 annual report.