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2025 Year-End Appeal

For 75 years, The Kennedy Collective has shattered barriers and ignited potential, achieving the seemingly impossible and ensuring people live fully and thrive in their communities.

The success of Kelly, now a published author living with friends, exemplifies the power of purpose we champion and represents the thousands of lives transformed by your support.

This Giving Season, your gift is a direct investment in human potential. It funds transformative community living and participation, job training, and crucial life-skills development, unlocking the full potential of every individual we serve.

As we build toward the next 75 years, we need bold action to ensure every person like Kelly has hope, community, and purpose. Will you stand with us now and help shape a future defined by limitless opportunity?

Give today. Help us carry forward the promise Evelyn Kennedy began 75 years ago.

When we unite as a collective to empower and employ, our abilities have no bounds. The next chapter of impact begins now.

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Meet Kelly

From being excluded and isolated in elementary school to now publishing her own stories and living in a home surrounded by friends, love, and support, Kelly shines as a symbol of resilience and possibility. Your gift this Giving Season helps more people like Kelly find community, purpose, and hope.

VIEW KELLY'S STORY

Your Support Empowers and Employs People With Disabilities

Mobility Services

  • 200 people joined our travel training program.
  • 160 people assisted with ADA paratransit applications.
  • 150 people engaged in presentations and on-site event outreach.

Adult Services

  • 87 people, ages 26-85, served through our 14 Community Living Arrangements and 3 Intermediate Care Facilities, with 53% over age 60.
  • 22 people, ages 37-78, assisted with living arrangements through our Individualized Home Support Services​​​​​​ and Acquired Brain Injury Services.

Autism & Behavioral Health

  • 114 individuals supported in-home and in-school through our Autism Behavioral Services.
  • 52 individuals served through our Autism Learning Network.
  • 22 individuals strengthened in our Clinical Day Programs.
  • 9 individuals assisted in our Clinical Residential Programs 

Employment Services & Social Enterprises

  • 366 individuals supported in achieving employment goals, gaining work experience, and building pre-vocational skills.
  • 131 individuals actively employed or newly employed since January 2024, including 61 who work in our TKC Social Enterprises.

Your Dollar Has a Direct Impact

$100

Provides supplies for the artists who grace our studios.

$250

Offers training on the safe and effective use of public transportation.

$500

Supports social drop-in activities for 20 individuals in our Autism Learning Network.

$1,000

Enhances autonomy and independence through assistive technology.

$2,500

Provides benefits counseling to help individuals plan for employment growth.

$5,000

Funds paid internships and training to prepare individuals for employment.

mULTIPLY your Investment

If your organization offers a matching gift program to employees, your generous donation to The Kennedy Collective could be doubled or even tripled! Use the Double the Donation directory below to check if you’re eligible for a matching gift through your employer.

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The Promise Continues

Help us carry forward the promise Evelyn Kennedy began 75 years ago. 

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Donate by Mail 

The Kennedy Collective 
Department 6120
P.O. Box 4110
Woburn, MA 01888–4110