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Action for Children

To transform the lives of children by supporting, empowering, and advocating for the adults who make the biggest impact on children's lives-their parents, caregivers and teachers.

$6.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Itemized grants FY2025
178
Organizations funded FY2024
83%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$300k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
33 to 178
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Action for Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Human ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$300k45%
FY2024178$3.4M83%
FY2023105$1.1M92%
FY202233$282kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Human Services$2.0MEducation$2.0MYouth Development$373kCommunity Improvement$210kArts & Culture$123kReligion$110kFood & Nutrition$82kCrime & Legal$61kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association$274,00012%
Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio$237,00030%
Mommy and Me Childcare and Enrichment Center LLC$85,0002n/a
Jamie Wade$63,0001n/a
Nicole Brown$56,0002n/a
My Little World Academy LLC$55,9172n/a
Creative Child Care Inc$51,1673n/a
Amor Bebe Learning Academy LLC$43,0002n/a
La Petite Academy$42,0001n/a
Kings Kids Learning Center LLC$42,0001n/a
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All grantees of Action for Children by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association$274,00012%
Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio$237,00030%
Mommy and Me Childcare and Enrichment Center LLC$85,0002n/a
Jamie Wade$63,0001n/a
Nicole Brown$56,0002n/a
My Little World Academy LLC$55,9172n/a
Creative Child Care Inc$51,1673n/a
Amor Bebe Learning Academy LLC$43,0002n/a
La Petite Academy$42,0001n/a
Kings Kids Learning Center LLC$42,0001n/a
Future Scholar Learning Academy II$41,6662n/a
Kids With Vision Learning Center$41,0001n/a
Child Development Council of Franklin County Inc$40,0001n/a
Kiddycloud Childcare$39,0001n/a
The Nest Schools Inc$38,5001n/a
My Place Child Care & School Age Center LLC$37,5001n/a
Teach & Learn Childcare Inc$36,75028%
Rainbow2 Childcare Inc$36,5003n/a
Bright Beginnings Daycare Center Inc$36,0001n/a
Maya Learning Center$36,0001n/a
Beyond Learning Center LLC$36,0001n/a
Laiths Learning Center$36,0001n/a
Education Unlimited Inc$33,5002n/a
Pathways II Destiny Childcare$33,0002n/a
Muddy Puddle Preschool$32,5002n/a
Angel Academy and Learning Center$32,0001n/a
Lots of Love Learning Center$31,8333n/a
Gan Ephraim Inc$31,00024%
Start Fresh Learning Academy$31,0001n/a
Buckeye Childcare and Learning Solutions$31,0001n/a
Babies and Beyond Childcare Learning Center LLC$31,0001n/a
Columbus Early Learning Centers$30,50020%
Little Miracles Early Development Center$29,1673n/a
Little Ones Learning Center$28,2502n/a
Cookies Child Care Inc$28,2503n/a
Star Kids Childcare LLC$27,7502n/a
Fountain of Knowledge Academy LLC$27,1332n/a
Thrive Early Learning Academy LLC$27,0001n/a
Play to Learn Day Care Center Inc$26,8332n/a
Little Gems Learning Place LLC$26,8332n/a
Teeny Tots Child Care LLC$26,7502n/a
Garden of Wonders Learning Academy$26,0001n/a
Bright Futures Learning Center LLC$23,7501n/a
Ohio Kids Academy LLC Dba Giggles and Grins$22,5001n/a
Morning Stars Learning Center 3$22,0001n/a
Little Explorers Academy LLC$22,0001n/a
Young Scholars of Reynoldsburg Inc$22,0001n/a
Community Montessori School$22,00017%
Dahir Aden Dba Rise Up Daycare & Learning Center$22,0001n/a
In His Care$22,0001n/a
Michaels Lil Angel Daycare Academy LLC$22,0001n/a
Ncbc Human Services Corporation$21,66720%
Yvonne Ivey$21,2502n/a
Charlotte Young$21,0001n/a
Keys to Early Success East Daycare Center LLC$21,0001n/a
Little Incredibles$21,0001n/a
Travelers Outreach and Community Development Corp$21,0001n/a
Indianola Presbyterian Church Dba Indianola Childrens Center$21,0001n/a
J19 Industries LLC$21,0001n/a
First Alliance Church$21,0001n/a
Bright Horizons Childrens Centers LLC Dba Discovery Preschoo$21,0001n/a
New Republic Industries LLC$21,0001n/a
1st Choice Child Care$21,0001n/a
Historical Childcare Center Llc20$21,0001n/a
Sister Sister Childcare First Steps LLC$21,0001n/a
Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC$21,0002n/a
Peacox Child Care LLC$21,0001n/a
Lucky Academy Ltd$21,0001n/a
A Plus Kids Learning Center$21,0001n/a
All Star Academy Learning Center$21,0001n/a
Humble Beginnings Childcare and Learning Center$21,0001n/a
Sahara Salah Dba Little Sprouts Ecec$21,0001n/a
Liberty for All Learning Center$21,0001n/a
One Family Childcare Center$21,0001n/a
Gladden Community House$21,00012%
Future Leaders Learning Academy LLC$21,0001n/a
Park School of Gahanna LLC$21,0001n/a
Peacox Child Care II LLC$21,0001n/a
Bethel Lutheran Church$21,0001n/a
Sprout Early Education Center on High$21,0001n/a
First Friends Daycare Center$21,0001n/a
Child Care Consortium LLC$21,0001n/a
Torah Home Care$21,0001n/a
Lucky Academy Ltd - 2230028793$21,0001n/a
Amazing Kids Learning Academy Inc$21,0001n/a
Kids World CDC Inc$21,0001n/a
Joyland LLC$21,0001n/a
Sunnyside Daycare Center LLC$21,0001n/a
Blessed Assurance Childcare LLC$20,5002n/a
Msps Learn & Playhouse$20,0001n/a
Hugs & Love Learning Center LLC$20,0001n/a
Michelle Scott$18,5002n/a
Jonneka Meek$18,5002n/a
Morning Star Learning Academy LLC$18,2032n/a
Grandmas World LLC$18,0282n/a
Ida Bryant-Shabazz Dba Shugga Mamas Childcare & Dev Ctr$18,0001n/a
Alicia Perry Dba Come & Grow Learning Center$18,0001n/a
Imagine Learning Academy$18,0001n/a
Lorrie Harmon$17,5002n/a
April Dinkins$17,2502n/a
Victoria Hall$17,2502n/a
Rainbow Childcare Inc$16,7502n/a
Gingers Little Lamb Daycare Inc$16,7501n/a
Gale Crawford Dba Gales Childcare$16,5001n/a
Diane Palmer$16,2502n/a
Davina Whiteside$16,2502n/a
Carla Dukes$16,2502n/a
Lil Einsteins LLC$16,2502n/a
Ms Dees Sugar Babies LLC$16,2502n/a
Jnjs Kiddie Cove Academy LLC$16,2502n/a
Cierra Hall$16,2502n/a
Thelma Schoenberger$16,2502n/a
Paula Bester$16,0472n/a
21st Century Edu-Care Center$16,0001n/a
Kala Farmer Dba L&K Kids Kare Center$15,5001n/a
Buckeye Babies Preschool LLC$15,5001n/a
The Learning Spot$15,5001n/a
Columbus Montessori Education Center$15,25010%
Fulbright Learning Center$15,0001n/a
Meadows Academy Inc$15,0001n/a
Playtime Preschool LLC$15,0001n/a
Tender Years Learning Center$15,0001n/a
Starting Point Learning Center LLC$15,0001n/a
Little Panthers Child Care$15,0001n/a
Tiavons Inhome Childcare LLC$15,0001n/a
Great Beginnings Academy$15,0001n/a
Cherita Reggins$14,7501n/a
The Haynes School Inc$14,5001n/a
Prima One Daycare and Learning Center LLC$14,5001n/a
Arbaugh School of Reynoldsburg$14,5001n/a
Rodriguez Childcare LLC$14,5001n/a
Little Lions Learning Center$14,5001n/a
Watan Montessori$13,5001n/a
Start 2 Finish Learning Academy$13,5001n/a
Parkers Learning Center$13,3331n/a
Gina Quattlebaum Dba Learning Bees Child Care LLC$13,0001n/a
Future Scholars Academy$13,0001n/a
Kim's Tender Tots$13,0001n/a
No Place Like Home of Columbus$13,0001n/a
Briar Childcare (Piney Seck)$13,0001n/a
First Steps to Success Learning Center$13,0001n/a
Dillard Rochelle$13,0001n/a
Muddy Puddle Preschool$12,7501n/a
Chosen Kids Learning Center LLC$12,7501n/a
It Takes a Village Early Education Center$12,5001n/a
Forest Park Christian Early Learning Center Inc$12,50012%
Little Doves Childcare$11,5001n/a
Camile Gooden Dba Home Close to Home Childcare$11,5001n/a
Kathy Goolsby$11,5001n/a
Ebony Williams (Jamells Angels Learning Center)$11,5001n/a
Brighter Days Learning Academy and Daycare$11,5001n/a
Mervat Khalil Dba Mommy Daycare$11,5001n/a
Marys Little Lamb Child Interactive Learning Academy$11,5001n/a
Awetash Sitot Dba Mimi$10,5001n/a
Nelia Howard$10,5001n/a
Lots of Love Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Nimani LLC$10,5001n/a
Morning Stars Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Myia Williams$10,5001n/a
Happy Kiddos Childcare$10,5001n/a
Oureye Ba$10,5001n/a
Birdies Learning Pad$10,5001n/a
Bethel Family Child Care LLC$10,5001n/a
The Whole Child$10,5001n/a
Shana Derefield$10,5001n/a
Evelyn Hernandez Pimentel$10,5001n/a
Golden Angel Daycare$10,5001n/a
Joy Creations Learning Academy$10,5001n/a
Rita Simpson$10,5001n/a
Giselle H Ortega$10,5001n/a
Brit Bratz (Brittany Sanders)$10,5001n/a
Danielle McCrary$10,5001n/a
Jones Marcia D$10,5001n/a
Brenda Person$10,5001n/a
Zainab Nuur$10,5001n/a
Just Wright 4 Kids Learning Academy$10,5001n/a
Child Etiquettes$10,5001n/a
Franciz Almonte$10,5001n/a
Ez Steps Childcare LLC$10,5001n/a
Tyrona Varner$10,5001n/a
Over the Rainbow Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Jennifer S Chandler$10,5001n/a
Guardian Angel Childcare and Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Kiara Dickerson$10,5001n/a
Miltons Messengers$10,5001n/a
Tyina L Jordan$10,5001n/a
Alexandra Salazar$10,5001n/a
The Jr Bistro Family Childcare Learning Program LLC$10,5001n/a
Jesus Little Angel Learning$10,5001n/a
Agape Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Ability Child Care LLC$10,5001n/a
Our Experience Learning Academy$10,5001n/a
Aaa Daycare$10,5001n/a
Boomamas Playhouse$10,5001n/a
Tonyen Ross$10,5001n/a
Tania Smith Dba Sprout to Success$10,5001n/a
Angela Blake$10,5001n/a
Tomorrows Hope LLC Angela Crockett$10,5001n/a
I Ams Childcare 24 Hours Ltd$10,5001n/a
Rosa Hill Dba Rosebudcare$10,5001n/a
Eunika Jordan$10,5001n/a
Pooh Bears Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Ebennezer Playhouse$10,5001n/a
Children's Beginning Learning Center$10,5001n/a
Kishia D Hale$10,5001n/a
Gifts Within Learning Center LLC$10,5001n/a
Binati Childcare Two LLC$10,5001n/a
Marilyn Hernandez$10,5001n/a
Reliable Service Center LLC$10,5001n/a
Alana J Knox-Barnett$10,5001n/a
Infinite Learning Center$10,0001n/a
Creative Kids Child Care Center$10,0001n/a
Fresh Start Academy$10,0001n/a
Helpful Hands Children Centers Center$10,0001n/a
Chubby Cheeks Early Education Center LLC$10,0001n/a
Tiny Tots Day Care Services LLC$10,0001n/a
Christian Village Academy$10,0001n/a
Robaugh Education Services$10,0001n/a
Radiant Kids Childcare Inc$10,0001n/a
Alice D Jefferson$10,0001n/a
Color of Love Childcare Place LLC$9,2501n/a
Sunny Day Academy LLC$9,0081n/a
Great Beginnings Child Care$8,5671n/a
Tee Tees Playhouse Too LLC$8,4571n/a
Kiddie World LLC$8,3331n/a
Tracy Attikple$8,2501n/a
Cheryl Howard$8,2501n/a
Dionne Shaw$8,0001n/a
Nicoleleighlearningcenter$8,0001n/a
Belinda Stevens$7,7501n/a
Kendras Kiddie Kare LLC$7,7501n/a
Columbus Imagine Daycare LLC$7,5001n/a
Drb Gahanna Childrens College Inc$7,4481n/a
Sisters Daycare LLC$7,2501n/a
Nitoriya N Goff$7,2501n/a
Little Genius Early Learning Center$7,2501n/a
Michelles Academy LLC$7,0001n/a
Sunshine Kids Learning Center$7,0001n/a
Puddies Play House 2 Learning Center LLC$7,0001n/a
Esther M Jefferson-Moore$7,0001n/a
Waiss Learning Center LLC$7,0001n/a
Rhonda R Washington$7,0001n/a
Highlands Community Church$7,0001n/a
Tyina Jordan$7,0001n/a
Nanny Maws Playhouse and Learning Place LLC$7,0001n/a
Joi Barrow$7,0001n/a
Della School of Coding Design$6,7601n/a
Guardian Angel Childcare and Learning Center$6,7501n/a
Helpful Hands Learning Center$6,7501n/a
Erica Dukes$6,7501n/a
Burden Barbara$6,7501n/a
Denise Ingabire-Smith$6,7501n/a
Juana Wright$6,7501n/a
Connected Pathways Early Learning Centers Earlyllc$6,7501n/a
Sonda S Moore$6,7501n/a
Nadja Bingmon$6,7501n/a
Alice Jefferson$6,7501n/a
Cheryl E Solomon$6,6671n/a
Rainbow Child Care Too$6,5001n/a
Tawanda Walker-Ruffin$6,3331n/a
Learners 1st Academy Inc$6,2781n/a
Uniteecdcunitee Childcare$6,2501n/a
Ready-Set-Go Learning Academy$6,0001n/a
We Are the World Learning Academy$5,8331n/a
Kiddie Blossom Learning Center LLC$5,8331n/a
Edwards Creative Learning Center Inc$5,8331n/a
Conswella Alexander$5,7501n/a
Maria Zacarias$5,7501n/a
Marisol Yorro$5,7501n/a
Ronda Brown$5,7501n/a
Derieh Family Home Child Care$5,7501n/a
Brandi Walker$5,7501n/a
Rhonda West$5,7501n/a
Childzone LLC$5,7501n/a
Miss Bzz Childcare$5,7501n/a
Life of Grace Family Child Care Services LLC$5,7501n/a
Honeys Haven Learning Center-Danna Rogers$5,7501n/a
Little Explorers Home Care$5,7501n/a
Joyful Beginnings Childrens Learning Academy$5,7501n/a
Columbus Advanced Learning Academy$5,5001n/a
Jelisa Perry$5,5001n/a
Deidre White$5,5001n/a
Artisseia Williams$5,5001n/a
Little Disciples Learning Center$5,25012%
Karen K Traylor$5,2501n/a
Kathy Rodgers$5,2501n/a
Lori M Wilson$5,1671n/a
Early Horizons Learning Center LLC$5,0191n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Action for Children supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Women's Christian Association: $274,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio: $237,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTeach & Learn Childcare Inc: $36,750 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetGan Ephraim Inc: $31,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetColumbus Early Learning Centers: $30,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Montessori School: $22,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetNcbc Human Services Corporation: $21,667 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGladden Community House: $21,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetColumbus Montessori Education Center: $15,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetForest Park Christian Early Learning Center Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLittle Disciples Learning Center: $5,250 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ohio Child Care Resou…Early Care and Learni…Columbus Jewish Found…Siemer Family Foundat…United Way of Central…Harry C Moores Founda…Ingram-White Castle F…Cardinal Health Found…Hillsborough County S…American Electric Pow…Columbus FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral AssociationOH94.2× affinity247 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · Early Care and Learning Inc · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Hillsborough County School Readiness Coalition Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Action for Children

How much does Action for Children give?
Action for Children reported 25 itemized grants totaling $300,000, out of $6,044,556 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 178 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does Action for Children fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Education (38%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Action for Children's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association ($274k), Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio ($237k), Mommy and Me Childcare and Enrichment Center LLC ($85k).
Does Action for Children fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Action for Children?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association, Early Care and Learning Inc, Columbus Jewish Foundation.
Where is Action for Children based?
Action for Children is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 288 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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