About
Making Early Learning a Top Priority for Louisville
Thrive By 5 Louisville ensures that every child and their family has a path to prosperity by making early childhood education a shared priority.
We don’t run classrooms or operate centers. Instead, we innovate, lift up, and build connections. TB5 creates the conditions that allow great care and education to thrive: trusted providers, supported educators, informed families, and systems that work together.
Our job is to align what’s working, fund what’s missing, and push for the change that children and families deserve. That means raising resources and respect for early childhood educators so families have quality choices. And it means shifting the view of early care and learning, from a personal problem to a public priority.
So we show up with optimism and urgency. We listen first, we build trust, and we bridge boundaries—because when early childhood thrives, everything works better: families, schools, neighborhoods, and the future we all share.
Thrive By 5 isn’t just our name. It’s our commitment.
Our Story
Thrive By 5 Louisville was born from a simple yet urgent promise: to change Louisville’s trajectory by investing in strong starts for our city’s children.
Led by Mayor Craig Greenberg, backed by the Louisville Metro Council, and shaped by early childhood experts, Thrive By 5 began with three foundational commitments: build capacity by growing and supporting the early childhood workforce, raise quality by investing in early learning providers, and expand access by helping families afford care.
These priorities are grounded in data, Louisville realities, and the conviction that every child deserves more than care; they deserve opportunity.
Our Commitment
We’re an independent nonprofit working in close collaboration with providers, families, educators, and city leadership. With more than 40 early childhood experts guiding our work, we’re grounded in what children need and what the system requires to deliver it.
We’re here to listen, learn, and act with families, educators, and providers at the center of everything we do. Thrive By 5 is not a quick fix. It’s a long-term investment in the well-being of Louisville’s children and our shared future.