ThriveKS
Thrive Local Foundation
Nonprofit · Leavenworth, Kansas

Help local businesses thrive

Thrive Local Foundation is a 501(c)(3) focused on helping Leavenworth-area businesses get the tools they need to grow — so young people can build their future right here at home.

Make a donation I want to get involved Business support

We’re building the fundraising + partner pipeline now. Early support helps us set up infrastructure that keeps opportunity, talent, and revenue in Leavenworth.

Programs

Outcome-driven support, built for real local traction.

Business enablement

Websites, payments, automation — delivered fast.

We help local owners modernize without overwhelm: a clean site, checkout links, basic automation, and a path to better operations.

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Youth + workforce

Real projects that build modern skills locally.

We connect students and young adults to real local businesses for real deliverables: websites, media, operations, and tech — tied to outcomes.

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Sponsors + donors

Sponsor an outcome, not a vague promise.

Fund specific wins: one business website, one training cohort, one community project. Transparent, local, and measurable.

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Where donations go

You’re not just giving — you’re building infrastructure.

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Direct business support

Websites, Google Business setup, booking, and automation that saves time and drives revenue.

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Youth & workforce

Real projects with local employers so young people build modern skills here — not elsewhere.

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Community partnerships

Alignment with schools, city leaders, and partners to bring training, systems, and funding in.

Offers

Choose the path that fits you.

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Business owners

Get set up with a modern website, payments, and basic automation—built to save time and drive revenue.

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Sponsors & donors

Sponsor specific outcomes: a business website, student training, or a community growth project.

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Educators & students

Connect classrooms and young adults to real local projects with real businesses.

In the community

Momentum you can see.

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Downtown community
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Collaboration
Partnership
Planning and systems
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Vision
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Local business owner
Local owners get modern tools without the overwhelm.
Classroom / youth
Students build skills on real projects with real businesses.
Downtown community
Keeping opportunity and commerce rooted locally.
Partners

Our early supporters & collaborators.

These are the organizations and businesses already leaning in to help build something bigger for Leavenworth. As we add new partners, their logos will appear here.

For local business owners

Ready to link your Square account?

Connect Square to ThriveKS

Securely connect your Square business account so Thrive can generate checkout links for your offerings, automate key steps in your workflow, and help your business run more efficiently.

Connect Square account

For participating local businesses and partners. You’ll be taken to a secure Square authorization page.

Stay in the loop

Share how you’d like to help or be helped.

This form doesn’t add you to a generic list. It lets us follow up personally as we launch programs.

Prefer to email directly? Reach out at dev@thriveks.com and share who you are and how you’d like to plug in.

Whether you’re a business owner, donor, teacher, student, or community member, we’d like to hear from you while we build this out.

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