How much does Agenda for Children give?

Agenda for Children reported 134 grants totaling $41,062,663 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 123 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.

What does Agenda for Children fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Human Services (10%), Community Improvement (1%).

Who are Agenda for Children's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Preschool Learning Center Inc ($7.5M), Sentino Early Childhood Academy Too LLC ($4.5M), Cuddly Bear CDC ($4.2M).

Does Agenda for Children fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Agenda for Children?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Pro Bono Publico Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries.

Where is Agenda for Children based?

Agenda for Children is based in LA.

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Louisiana · Public charity

Agenda for Children

We support children and families by expanding access to essential resources, promoting healthy development and a strong start in life through high-quality early education and care, and strengthening the people, organizations, and systems that support children.

$41M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 134
Grants FY2025: 123
Organizations funded FY2024: 37%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $94,643
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,734,947
Organizations funded a year: 46 to 123; FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $23M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Agenda for Children funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.9M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	127	$41M	17%
FY2024	123	$34M	37%
FY2023	68	$11M	43%
FY2022	46	$8.5M	46%
FY2021	69	$3.6M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$87MHuman Services$10MCommunity Improvement$742kYouth Development$339kArts & Culture$308kHealth$134kRecreation & Sports$50kPhilanthropy$49kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Preschool Learning Center Inc	$7,524,332	5	76%
Sentino Early Childhood Academy Too LLC	$4,453,643	5	n/a
Cuddly Bear CDC	$4,221,626	5	n/a
McMillian's First Steps CDC	$4,131,591	5	n/a
Children's Palace Learning Academy South	$3,837,679	5	n/a
Wilcox Academy of Early Learning LLC	$3,541,095	5	n/a
Kids of Excellence St Claude	$3,453,398	4	n/a
New Orleans College Preparatory Academie	$3,274,916	5	54%
Children's Palace Learning Academy North	$3,240,894	2	n/a
Shiloh Gardens	$3,035,591	5	n/a

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All grantees of Agenda for Children by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Preschool Learning Center Inc	$7,524,332	5	76%
Sentino Early Childhood Academy Too LLC	$4,453,643	5	n/a
Cuddly Bear CDC	$4,221,626	5	n/a
McMillian's First Steps CDC	$4,131,591	5	n/a
Children's Palace Learning Academy South	$3,837,679	5	n/a
Wilcox Academy of Early Learning LLC	$3,541,095	5	n/a
Kids of Excellence St Claude	$3,453,398	4	n/a
New Orleans College Preparatory Academie	$3,274,916	5	54%
Children's Palace Learning Academy North	$3,240,894	2	n/a
Shiloh Gardens	$3,035,591	5	n/a
Claras Little Lambs Preschool	$3,013,073	5	47%
Royal Castle Child Development	$2,472,060	5	40%
Little Scholars	$2,423,163	5	n/a
Sea 3 Academy LLC	$2,381,764	5	n/a
Open Minds Open Hearts Day Care	$2,234,480	5	n/a
Kids of Excellence Learning Center	$2,170,711	5	66%
Wilcox Academy Southern University at New Orleans Corp	$2,064,655	2	n/a
Creative Kidz East	$1,950,376	5	n/a
It Takes a Village Academy	$1,835,645	5	n/a
Wilcox's Academy Central City Inc	$1,793,936	4	n/a
Young & Beautiful Preschool 2	$1,727,537	3	n/a
Toddler's University	$1,717,995	5	n/a
Kid's Kingdom Academy and Daycare	$1,661,739	5	n/a
Young Mens Christian Assoc Dryades St Colored Young Mens Association	$1,624,207	5	37%
Renew - Reinventing Education	$1,576,489	5	1%
Little Steps Learning Center	$1,521,566	3	n/a
Trinity Learning Academy	$1,429,672	5	n/a
Total Community Action Inc	$1,410,392	3	1%
Clara's Little Lambs Federal City	$1,360,372	4	n/a
Royal Castle CDC at Mlk	$1,347,831	2	n/a
World Class Learning Academy LLC	$1,097,620	3	n/a
Early Partners	$1,069,153	4	32%
D&J Learning Center	$858,665	4	n/a
Children's College of Academics	$782,769	4	n/a
Toddler's University 2	$728,830	3	n/a
Shelia's Kiddie Cottage	$654,582	3	n/a
Covered Kids Learning Academy	$497,189	3	n/a
Magical Moments Learning Center	$477,756	3	n/a
Sarah Allen Child Development Center	$470,493	3	n/a
Changing Stages	$455,637	4	n/a
Angels Care Learning Center	$427,385	3	41%
Educators for Quality Alternatives Inc	$423,761	2	3%
Little Peoples Workshop	$420,920	4	n/a
Scholars of Tomorrow Enrichment Center	$420,107	2	n/a
Kids World of New Orleans	$417,970	3	89%
Bright Minds Academy LLC	$412,408	4	n/a
Future Scholars Academy	$404,374	5	n/a
Foundation Academy LLC	$402,908	3	n/a
Angel's Haven Daycare and Preschool	$399,293	3	n/a
Second Language Educational Academy	$375,495	2	n/a
Small World Academy Limited	$368,115	3	n/a
Tracy's Tiny Treasures	$345,683	4	n/a
Carbo's Learning Express East LLC	$344,199	2	n/a
Temple's Preschool Education Foundation	$342,778	4	n/a
Brooks-Williams LLC Dba Jubilant Preschoolers	$328,707	3	n/a
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans	$325,822	2	1%
Clover Nola Inc	$310,893	2	1%
Giggles Child Development Ctr	$278,051	3	n/a
Dj's Learning Castle	$268,837	3	n/a
New Orleans Jewish Community Center	$258,659	4	1%
Abeona House Child Discovery Center	$231,422	4	8%
Fun for Life Learning Center LLC	$224,521	3	n/a
Central City Eoc	$219,478	2	n/a
Rainbow Family Academy & Preschool	$190,798	4	n/a
Bright Horizons Childrens Centers LLC Dba Discovery Preschoo	$183,717	3	n/a
Central City Economic Opportunity Corporation	$177,795	2	1%
Educare New Orleans	$170,893	2	14%
Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church	$160,558	3	n/a
Tigerland Daycare and Preschool Academy	$148,681	3	n/a
Delgado Community College Foundation	$125,000	2	6%
Nunez Community College	$125,000	2	n/a
Career Training Group LLC	$125,000	2	n/a
Avz Healthy Place	$125,000	2	n/a
Elite Teachers Institute	$125,000	2	n/a
C3 Lab School	$125,000	2	n/a
Louisiana Children's Research Center Development & Learning Inc	$125,000	2	1%
Urban League of Louisiana	$118,718	4	1%
Gilda's Preschool Academy	$111,056	2	3%
The Little Schoolhouse Child Development Center	$104,323	3	n/a
Krescent City Kids	$96,958	3	n/a
St Stephen School	$95,908	3	n/a
Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans	$81,602	2	n/a
The Love Center Daycare 3 LLC	$80,893	2	n/a
St John Berchmans Early Childhood Development Center	$76,164	2	n/a
Kid Smart	$75,695	1	2%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	$66,929	2	0%
Smart Start Child Care Center LLC	$66,199	3	n/a
Blackburns Tots & Toddlers Learning Academy Inc	$65,373	3	6%
Southern University-Baton Rouge	$62,500	1	n/a
River Parishes Community College Foundat	$60,000	1	20%
18th Ward	$50,000	1	1%
Early Discovery Child Care Center	$49,873	2	n/a
The Love Center Daycare 2	$49,750	2	n/a
Mid-City Learning Center of Canal Street Church LLC	$49,123	1	n/a
Grandma's Touch Child Care Center	$48,643	3	n/a
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities	$47,675	1	n/a
Cream of the Crop	$47,623	2	n/a
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans	$47,360	1	0%
Because Wee Care Learning Academy	$46,997	4	n/a
Foundation Academy at Hayne LLC	$42,873	2	n/a
Aspiring Leaders Academy	$42,819	3	n/a
Motherly Love Daycare LLC	$42,194	3	n/a
Carbo's Learning Express Preschool	$42,178	4	n/a
Cmj Smart Start Learning	$41,924	3	n/a
Beloved Community Inc	$39,700	1	1%
Winn's Discovery Center	$37,893	3	n/a
Agenda for Children	$35,250	1	0%
Danielle Varnado	$34,625	3	n/a
Elevated Tots Academy LLC	$31,352	1	n/a
3 Sisters Academy	$31,123	2	n/a
New Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Jumpstart Child Development Center LLC	$29,735	2	n/a
Auntie B Learning Academy	$28,694	2	n/a
Tj's Childcare Service's	$28,055	1	n/a
Blessed Child Care Center LLC	$27,694	2	n/a
Tracey Thompson	$26,775	2	n/a
Fun While Learning	$26,694	3	n/a
Monarch Learning Academy	$26,136	3	n/a
Gifted Kids Edu	$24,430	2	n/a
St Charles Parish Public Schools	$24,200	2	n/a
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary	$24,040	3	n/a
3 Sisters Academy LLC	$22,816	2	n/a
Jolly Kids Academy	$22,215	2	n/a
Covenant House New Orleans	$21,958	1	0%
Crescent City Schools	$21,000	1	0%
The Little Ones Learning Center	$18,500	1	n/a
Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes LLC	$18,423	2	n/a
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School	$17,913	1	n/a
Kate & Allie's Child Care Center Inc	$17,913	1	n/a
Froggies Child Care Inc	$17,913	1	n/a
Awesome Angels Learning Center	$17,913	1	n/a
Brighter Horizons Child Care Center	$17,913	1	n/a
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church	$17,643	1	n/a
Community Works of Louisiana Inc	$17,456	1	1%
Michelle Anthony	$15,625	1	n/a
Johnson Childcare	$15,625	1	n/a
The Crescent School	$15,423	1	n/a
Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter	$15,000	1	n/a
Holy Anointed House of Prayer	$14,485	1	n/a
McGees Home Train Daycare	$13,430	1	n/a
The Jones Academy for Girls	$12,485	1	n/a
Paris Avenue Little Learners	$11,423	1	n/a
Grace Academy LLC	$11,423	1	n/a
Wilson Academy Childcare Center	$11,423	1	n/a
Webb's Guardian Angel Child Care Center	$10,000	1	n/a
Latasha Marie Day Care	$10,000	1	n/a
Tigerland Daycare & Preschool	$10,000	1	n/a
TrainingGrounds Inc	$10,000	1	1%
The Little Schoolhouse Cdf	$10,000	1	n/a
Jolly Kids Academy	$10,000	1	n/a
Loop Nola	$10,000	1	4%
Full of Love Daycare and Learning Center	$8,600	1	n/a
Angels Among US Daycare	$8,600	1	n/a
We'Re Allen Learning Center LLC	$8,600	1	n/a
Kidz at Work of Destrehan LLC	$7,850	1	n/a
Linda's Early Childhood Development and Preschool Inc	$7,850	1	n/a
I & E Marbley Enterprises	$7,850	1	n/a
The Einstein Group Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Young and Beautifull Preschool	$7,000	1	n/a
Resurrection of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church	$7,000	1	n/a
Algiers Charter School Association	$7,000	1	0%
Coloring House Christian Academy	$7,000	1	n/a
Young Audiences Charter Association	$7,000	1	0%
Discovery Kids	$7,000	1	n/a
Thunder Mountain Child Development	$7,000	1	n/a
Morris Jeff Family Partnership	$7,000	1	n/a
Success Preparatory Academy	$7,000	1	0%
Little Steps Learning Center	$7,000	1	n/a
St Alphonsus Parish School	$7,000	1	n/a
Jones Kingdom Kids Daycare Learning	$7,000	1	n/a
Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Abita Springs Children's Academie	$7,000	1	n/a
Little Professor Child Development Center	$7,000	1	n/a
Shelia's Kiddie Cottage LLC	$7,000	1	n/a
Mimi's Lil Schoolhouse	$6,600	1	n/a
Kidz Academy	$6,600	1	n/a
Riverbend Preschool	$6,600	1	n/a
House of Prayer of Thibodaux	$6,000	1	n/a
Riverside Academy Inc	$6,000	1	0%
The Gathering	$6,000	1	n/a
Little Feet First LLC	$6,000	1	n/a
Excel Early Learning Center	$6,000	1	n/a
Carousel Preschools	$5,250	1	n/a
The Tot Spot Early Learning Center	$5,250	1	n/a
Greene Learning Center	$5,250	1	n/a
Les Enfants de Lafourche	$5,200	1	n/a

Agenda for Children supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 41.

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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.

The Greater New Orleans FoundationLA46.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Pro Bono Publico Foundation · Baptist Community Ministries · United Way of Southeast Louisiana · Junior League of New Orleans Inc · Entergy Charitable Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana · New Schools for New Orleans Inc · The Gpoa Foundation · New Orleans Community Support Foundation · Keller Family Foundation · Ochsner Clinic 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 Agenda for Children

How much does Agenda for Children give?: Agenda for Children reported 134 grants totaling $41,062,663 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 123 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Agenda for Children fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Human Services (10%), Community Improvement (1%).
Who are Agenda for Children's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Preschool Learning Center Inc ($7.5M), Sentino Early Childhood Academy Too LLC ($4.5M), Cuddly Bear CDC ($4.2M).
Does Agenda for Children fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Agenda for Children?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater New Orleans Foundation, Pro Bono Publico Foundation, Baptist Community Ministries.
Where is Agenda for Children based?: Agenda for Children is based in LA.