Playce Partners

We are building a coalition of 25 municipal agencies (school districts, parks and recreation departments, housing systems, etc.) and networks of nonprofit partners who are committed to addressing the urgent needs of kids. Playce Partners value public spaces designed with kids in mind, ensuring their experiences are playful, supportive of healthy childhoods, and provide clear avenues to kids to experience the full developmental benefits of having quality spaces to play. Playce Partners have a commitment to addressing racial equity and engaging with communities to ensure their voices are central to decision-making. Join our efforts to end playspace inequity across systems for greater impact.

KABOOM! is seeking municipal partners

We are seeking municipal partners enthusiastic about creating equitable access to playspaces to join our 25 in 5 Initiative to End Playspace Inequity. This 25 in 5 Initiative Interest Survey is a first step that allows KABOOM! to learn more about your system and gauge your readiness to partner with us to mobilize funding, engage community members, and identify the key stakeholders in the execution of this work.

Take the Interest Survey

Playce Partner Commitments

Playspace Equity

A demonstrated and public commitment to addressing playspace inequity and advancing the work in an equitable way that centers community voice
Community Engagement

Determine local need via mapping and assessment (or analysis of existing reports on playspace inequity), and identify where inequities must be addressed first across a system or network
Joint Fundraising

Jointly create and implement a fundraising strategy to attract the public, private and/or philanthropic funding needed to complete all aspects of the initiative work (including mapping, assessment, public report development, campaign development, and overall investment to playspace infrastructure projects to address the need).

Playce Partner Benefits

Resource generation

This work will attract resources to the partner’s system or network.

Access to national expertise

Partners will be able to leverage our 26-year experience in addressing playspace equity and peer connections.

Local data

We will create mapping and assessment activity and publish a report clearly defining the playspace need.

Accelerated impact

Together we will have the opportunity to create playspaces together at an accelerated scale and pace.

Local and national visibility

We will spotlight our work through public announcements, reporting, and overall thought leadership that will bring visibility to each playce on addressing playspace equity.

Shared learning

Learn from a group cohort who are all working together to address their system’s playspace equity needs.

Interested in partnering with us? Take the interest survey