KinderCare Education is an American operator of for-profit child care and early childhood education facilities founded in 1969 and currently owned by KinderCare Education, a division of the Knowledge Universe Education company. The company provides educational programs for children from six weeks to 12 years old. KinderCare Education operates more than 1,500 early learning centers, more than 600 Champions sites, and is supported by a corporate team of nearly 500 headquarters employees in Portland, Oregon. In 2014, KinderCare Education earned $1.3 billion in revenue and had 60,000 employees.