Unlocking Potential.
Strengthening Families.
Transforming Learning.
Keystone Potential Foundation expands access to personalized academic support, social-emotional learning, creativity, and meaningful educational experiences for children and families throughout Cincinnati.
Through our signature program, Keystone Potential Studio, we bring personalized academic, social-emotional, and creative learning directly into trusted community spaces.
One Mission.
Two Connected Identities.
Keystone Potential Foundation
The nonprofit behind the mission
Keystone Potential Foundation mobilizes resources, partnerships, funding, and community support to expand educational opportunities for children and families.
Keystone Potential Studio
The learning model in action
Keystone Potential Studio delivers personalized academic support, social-emotional learning, creativity, and real-world learning experiences through mobile and community-based programming.
Why This Work Matters
Too many children are expected to move forward before their foundation is strong.
Children can lose confidence when their learning needs, interests, and strengths are overlooked. Families often know their child needs something different but struggle to find support that is personalized, accessible, and connected to the whole child.
Academic Foundations
Strengthening essential math, reading, and writing skills before learning gaps become long-term barriers.
Confidence and Well-Being
Helping children build self-awareness, resilience, communication, and confidence in their abilities.
Creativity and Possibility
Using projects, technology, exploration, and real-world experiences to reconnect children with learning.
How Keystone Works
Keystone works through community partnerships to understand what children need, build personalized support, and bring meaningful learning experiences into trusted spaces.
We collaborate with schools, nonprofits, community organizations, homeschool groups, churches, and youth-serving programs.
1. We Partner
2. We Understand Each Learner
We gather available academic data, educator insight, family input, and student interests to understand strengths, needs, and goals.
3. We Build a Student Success Profile
We organize what we learn into a personalized profile that identifies each child’s strengths, needs, interests, goals, and recommended areas of support.
4. We Deliver the Learning Experience
Students participate in personalized academic support, social-emotional learning, creative projects, and real-world experiences delivered through trusted partner and community spaces.
We track participation, progress, skill development, and meaningful outcomes so families, partners, and funders can understand the impact of the experience.
5. We Measure Growth
Learning That Supports the Whole Child
Keystone Potential Studio combines academic support, social-emotional learning, creativity, and real-world experiences to help children build skills, confidence, and possibility.
Targeted math, reading, and writing support designed to strengthen foundational skills and build confidence.
Academic Support and Mastery
Experiences that develop self-awareness, resilience, communication, relationships, and leadership.
Social-Emotional Learning
Hands-on projects using art, technology, design, storytelling, and problem-solving to make learning meaningful.
Creative Learning
Learning experiences that connect skills to communities, careers, culture, and everyday life.
Real-World Connections
Bring Keystone to Your Community
We partner with schools, nonprofits, churches, homeschool groups, community organizations, and youth-serving programs to bring personalized learning experiences directly into trusted spaces.
Support That Starts With the Whole Child
Families may connect with Keystone through community cohorts, partner-sponsored programs, special events, referrals, or private services when available.
Help Potential Reach More Children
Your support helps Keystone Potential Foundation bring personalized academic, social-emotional, and creative learning experiences to children and families across Cincinnati.
Built for Trust.
Designed for Impact.
Recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Candid Silver Seal of Transparency
Cincinnati-based
Led by experienced educators and instructional leaders
Personalized, data-informed, community-centered programming
Leadership Behind the Mission
Keystone is led by educators and community leaders committed to building strong systems, meaningful partnerships, and lasting opportunities for children and families.
Dena Combs
President, Executive Director, and Founder
Brieyhana Winn
Board Vice President and Director of Social-Emotional Learning & Community Engagement
Lesley Simpson
Board Secretary & Treasurer and Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Potential Should Not Depend on a Child’s ZIP Code, School Placement, or Family Income.
Help Keystone Potential Foundation build a more personalized, creative, and community-connected future for Cincinnati’s children.