Since 2012, Kids Dance Outreach (KDO) has quietly transformed the lives of more than 26,000 children.

In classrooms across Indianapolis, children discover courage, resilience, and joy through dance. Now, we’re ready for the next step: a permanent home designed to welcome every child who walks through its doors.

But this campaign isn’t just about a building. It’s about giving thousands of children a place where they can grow year after year—a place that tells them: You belong here.

Here, children will learn from professional Teaching Artists and Musicians, perform for their families and community, gather with friends, be inspired by guest artists, and experience the joy of dance in a space designed specifically for them.

A place to dance. A place to belong. A place to grow.

KDO has brought dance into schools, studios, parks, and borrowed spaces across Indianapolis since its founding in 2012.

A home of our own means something different: a place designed specifically for KDO, where children can return week after week, where programs can grow, where families can gather, and where every child can know that the KDO Center is theirs. It is their home. 

We can’t wait to watch the children of KDO today, and generations of children to come, take flight here.

$4.6M raised

$400K to go

$5M campaign goal

What began with a vision has grown into something our community has built together. Years of hard work, incredible generosity, and belief have brought us here.

The final $400,000 will make sure the KDO Center opens at full strength from day one: every program ready to go, every child welcomed, and every family participating at no cost.