Strengthening Safe Communities in the Greater Kansas City Region
Through our programs and initiatives, KC Common Good brings together leaders and organizations from across the city and region to collaborate on long-term solutions that improve community safety.
Support the Common Good
Strengthening Safe Communities in the Greater Kansas City Region
Through our programs and initiatives, KC Common Good brings together leaders and organizations from across the city and region to collaborate on long-term solutions that improve community safety.
Support the Common Good
Vision & Mission
In 2018, KC Common Good was founded to unite Kansas City’s doers, changemakers, and leaders around a shared commitment to improving community safety and driving change that uplifts generations. Through collaboration across sectors, our nonprofit works to prevent and reduce violence while supporting communities through access to resources. KC Common Good’s mission centers on empowering people, aligning partners, and investing in long‑term strategies that address both immediate challenges and systemic root causes of violence. Guided by a vision of a successful Kansas City where peace is a promise for all, the organization believes every individual and neighborhood deserves the opportunity to grow and thrive.
KC COMMON GOOD PROGRAMS
Violence Prevention & Community Safety
Creating a safer Kansas City is possible when we commit to solutions that are actionable, evidence‑based, and rooted in community voice. Through proven strategies like KC 360 driven by local insight, KC Common Good is helping build a future where community members and neighborhoods can truly thrive.
Reentry
Second chances for the formerly incarcerated strengthen our community. Through education, meaningful employment pathways, and supportive reentry services, KC Common Good and its partners are helping returning citizens build the stability needed for successful reentry.
Youth Development
Each time our city invests in its young people, we are creating a future with safer, stronger communities. KC Common Good’s coordinates youth development programs around the region to provide children and teens with the opportunities and connections they need.
Business Engagement
Reducing violence is a shared responsibility—and businesses play a critical role in improving safety across our region. Through KC Common Good’s Business Engagement Plan, local companies are driving lasting impact by generating opportunity.
Supporters
2020, 2021, and 2022 were the three most deadly years in Kansas City history. Every single one of these people has loved ones—parents, siblings, children, spouses, friends—whose lives are changed forever because of our violence epidemic. We cannot become numb to our violence problem or shrug our shoulders like this is too big of a problem to solve. Curbing violent crime requires more than just law enforcement-related solutions—and we all have a role to play. I’m proud to collaborate with KC Common Good in our shared mission to create a safer community for all through hope and opportunity.
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Kansas City