The Rise Early Learning Center is 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by Westwood Lutheran Church, developed in partnership with CommonBond Communities as part of the Rise on 7 affordable housing development and supported by Way to Grow Family Educators.

CommonBond Communities

One of the largest nonprofit affordable housing developers in the Twin Cities, CommonBond Communities creates affordable housing communities, as well as referrals and access to educational opportunities - such as Rise Early - and employment opportunities, in order to ensure families have a safe and stable foundation for achieving their goals.

Way to Grow

Way to Grow is an organization dedicated to working closely with parents and communities, ensuring children within the most isolated families are born healthy, stay healthy, and are prepared for school. For over three decades, Way to Grow has worked to address the serious and prevalent gap in early childhood education in the Twin Cities. With a culturally diverse team of Family Educators, they provide year-round family support and educational programming for families with children ages prenatal through grade 3, ensuring all children are ready to succeed in school and beyond.

• Westwood Lutheran Church - St Louis Park

• St. Phillip the Deacon Lutheran - Plymouth

• Adath Jeshurun Synagogue - Minnetonka

• Vista Lutheran - St Louis Park

• Gethsemane Lutheran - Hopkins

• Mt. Olivet Lutheran - Minneapolis

• Mt. Olivet Lutheran - Plymouth

• Bethlehem Lutheran Foundation - Minneapolis

• St. Andrew’s Lutheran Foundation - Eden Prairie

• Minneapolis Area Synod Imagination Fund