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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 FY2025still arriving
134
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k49 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k46 grants · $5.6M
  • $250k+39 grants · $34M
$94,643
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SENTINO EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY TOO LLC$1,734,947
MCMILLIAN'S FIRST STEPS CDC$1,681,714
THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER INC$1,665,688
CHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY NORTH$1,611,574
CUDDLY BEAR CDC$1,462,551
THE PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER INC 2$1,432,582
CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY$1,344,095
WILCOX ACADEMY SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS CORP$1,223,344
SHILOH GARDENS$1,187,150
CHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY SOUTH$1,117,658
HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING CENTER$1,059,535
TCA$913,238
WILCOX ACADEMY OF EARLY LEARNING LLC$903,359
KIDS OF EXCELLENCE ST CLAUDE$821,168
WORLD CLASS LEARNING ACADEMY LLC$799,430
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $11.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING: $63k → 15%THE CENTER FOR LITERACY & LEARNING: $63k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $158k → 23%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $73k → 23%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 23%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER NURSERY SCHOOL: $7k → 23%TCA: $913k → 23%ROYAL CASTLE CDC: $771k → 23%ROYAL CASTLE CDC: $762k → 23%TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $390k → 23%ROYAL CASTLE CDC: $359k → 23%ROYAL CASTLE CDC: $346k → 23%ROYAL CASTLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $235k → 23%TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $85k → 23%TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $22k → 23%COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW ORLEANS: $22k → 23%CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $1.3M → 23%CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $1.1M → 23%CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $351k → 23%CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $216k → 23%CLARA'S LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $7k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE CLARENCE L BARNEY HEAD START: $62k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE CLARENCE L BARNEY HEAD START: $31k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $20k → 23%URBAN LEAGUE CLARENCE L BARNEY HEAD START: $6k → 23%GILDA'S PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $94k → 23%DRYADES YMCA DAYCARE: $783k → 23%DRYADES YMCA DAYCARE: $695k → 23%GILDA'S PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $17k → 23%CAROLYN GREEN FORD CENTER: $119k → 23%DRYADES YMCA DAYCARE: $84k → 23%DRYADES YMCA DAYCARE: $55k → 23%PRISCILLA R EDWARDS HEAD START: $47k → 23%PRISCILLA R EDWARDS HEAD START: $12k → 23%DRYADES YMCA DAYCARE: $7k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $775k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $603k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $568k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $115k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $104k → 23%KID'S WORLD OF NEW ORLEANS LLC: $249k → 23%KID'S WORLD OF NEW ORLEANS LLC: $159k → 23%KID'S WORLD OF NEW ORLEANS: $10k → 23%KIDS OF EXCELLENCE LEARNING CENTER: $6k → 23%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97M · 112 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

112 repeat relationships: 105 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
52

Total granted

$97M
$574k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
0%

Still filing today

21%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $614k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PL
    Preschool Learning Center Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7.5M · revenue +420% · 76% of their budget
  • RC
    ROYAL CASTLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +35% · 40% of their budget
  • KO
    Kids of Excellence Learning Center
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +35% · 66% of their budget

Funded once

  • SU
    SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY-BATON ROUGE
    one grant, 2024 · $63k
  • BC
    Beloved Community Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue -38%
  • AF
    AGENDA FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +176%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
For Providers by Providers Louisiana

Provides quality training for early education providers

Education
2
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle Orleans

Provide free, public french immersion education and prepare students to matriculate in the finest colleges of the world.

Education
3
Kipp of New Orleans Inc

Kipp new orleans helps our students, their families, and our city build a brighter future by building academic powerhouses filled with caring and talented educators who unleash unlimited opportunities for students so that they are prepared…

Education
4
Ecole Bilingue De La Nouvelle Orleans

The mission of ecole bilingue is to develop globally literate students through a rigorous bilingual french-american curriculum, set in a nurturing and multicultural community. we guide our students to excel academically, foster their…

Education
5
Libertas College Preparatory

The mission of libertas college preparatory charter school is to equip middle school students in grades 4-8 with the academic skills and the strength of character needed to thrive in and graduate from high-performing high schools and…

Education
6
Community Academies of New Orleans Inc

Community academies' mission is to cultivate schools that nurture students' character and critical thinking ability in responsive learning environments, thereby equipping them to be impactful community leaders.

Education
7
L'ecole

Lecole aims to help children become bilingual using a combination of proven academic methods, such as social and cultural activities. lecole provides a unique learning environment where children are able to explore their world through the…

Education
8
New Orleans Early Education Network

The new orleans early education network (noeen) is working to have a collective impact on the early childhood sector in new orleans by increasing at-risk children's access to quality early care and education and by designing and…

Education
9
Louisiana Resource Center for Educators

Louisiana Resource Center for Educators is dedicated to supporting innovation in education for students, teachers, administrators, higher education, and families.

—
10
Torah Day School of New Orleans

To provide a religious and secular education for students in kindergarten through 8th grades.

Education
11
Inspirenola Charter Schools

To inspire an educational movement where students can develop academic and personal skills in order to be prepared for college, their community and the world.

Education
12
Louisiana Charter School Alliance

The mission of GNOCCS is to strengthen and support charter schools across Greater New Orleans by fostering collaboration, building capacity, and advocating for policies that enhance student achievement. Its most significant activities…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Agenda for Children; the most unlike its peers is Early Partners. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 186 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
21/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SENTINO EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY TOO LLC: $4,453,643 · OtherSENTINO EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY TOO LLCCUDDLY BEAR CDC: $4,221,626 · OtherCUDDLY BEAR CDCMCMILLIAN'S FIRST STEPS CDC: $4,131,591 · OtherMCMILLIAN'S FIRST STEPS CDCCHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY SOUTH: $3,837,679 · OtherWILCOX ACADEMY OF EARLY LEARNING LLC: $3,541,095 · OtherKIDS OF EXCELLENCE ST CLAUDE: $3,453,398 · OtherNew Orleans College Preparatory Academie: $3,274,916 · OtherCHILDREN'S PALACE LEARNING ACADEMY NORTH: $3,240,894 · OtherSHILOH GARDENS: $3,035,591 · Other+140 more: $40,759,117 · Other+140 moreCLARAS LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL: $3,013,073 · Human ServicesCLARAS LITTLE …ROYAL CASTLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $2,472,060 · Human ServicesROYAL CASTLE C…Kids of Excellence Learning Center: $2,170,711 · Human ServicesKids of Excell…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC DRYADES ST COLORED YOUNG MENS ASSOCIATION: $1,624,207 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHR…TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $1,410,392 · Human ServicesTOTAL COMMUNIT…+9 more: $1,867,871 · Human Services+9 morePreschool Learning Center Inc: $7,524,332 · EducationPreschool Lea…RENEW - REINVENTING EDUCATION: $1,576,489 · EducationRENEW - REINV…EARLY PARTNERS: $1,069,153 · EducationEARLY PARTNER…Angels Care Learning Center: $427,385 · EducationEDUCATORS FOR QUALITY ALTERNATIVES INC: $423,761 · Education+12 more: $590,244 · EducationKID SMART: $75,695 · Arts & CultureLOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: $47,675 · Arts & CultureCommunity Works of Louisiana Inc: $17,456 · Arts & Culture18TH WARD: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $47,360 · HealthBeloved Community Inc: $39,700 · Community Improvement
Other$73,949,550Human Services$12,558,314Education$11,611,364Arts & Culture$140,826Recreation & Sports$50,000Health$47,360Community Improvement$39,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPreschool Learning Center Inc: $7,524,332 over 5y, 76% of budgetNew Orleans College Preparatory Academie: $3,274,916 over 5y, 54% of budgetCLARAS LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL: $3,013,073 over 5y, 47% of budgetROYAL CASTLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $2,472,060 over 5y, 40% of budgetKids of Excellence Learning Center: $2,170,711 over 5y, 66% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC DRYADES ST COLORED YOUNG MENS ASSOCIATION: $1,624,207 over 5y, 37% of budgetRENEW - REINVENTING EDUCATION: $1,576,489 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $1,410,392 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEARLY PARTNERS: $1,069,153 over 4y, 32% of budgetAngels Care Learning Center: $427,385 over 3y, 41% of budgetEDUCATORS FOR QUALITY ALTERNATIVES INC: $423,761 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetKIDS WORLD OF NEW ORLEANS: $417,970 over 3y, 89% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS: $325,822 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCLOVER NOLA INC: $310,893 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $258,659 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetABEONA HOUSE CHILD DISCOVERY CENTER: $231,422 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetCentral City Economic Opportunity Corporation: $177,795 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCARE NEW ORLEANS: $170,893 over 2y, 14% of budgetDELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetLOUISIANA CHILDREN'S RESEARCH CENTER DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING INC: $125,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF LOUISIANA: $118,718 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGilda's Preschool Academy: $111,056 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetKID SMART: $75,695 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $66,929 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKBURNS TOTS & TODDLERS LEARNING ACADEMY INC: $65,373 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetRIVER PARISHES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $60,000 over 1y, 20% of budget18TH WARD: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $47,360 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBeloved Community Inc: $39,700 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAGENDA FOR CHILDREN: $35,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $21,958 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCRESCENT CITY SCHOOLS: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Works of Louisiana Inc: $17,456 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTrainingGrounds Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLOOP NOLA: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE EINSTEIN GROUP INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Audiences Charter Association: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUCCESS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD NATIVITY MISSION SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiverside Academy Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Preschool Learning Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds New Orleans College Preparatory Academie ↗
  • Who funds CLARAS LITTLE LAMBS PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROYAL CASTLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds Kids of Excellence Learning Center ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC DRYADES ST COLORED YOUNG MENS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RENEW - REINVENTING EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY PARTNERS ↗

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 Orlea…Pro Bono Publico Foun…Baptist Community Min…United Way of Southea…Junior League of New …Entergy Charitable Fo…Second Harvest Food B…New Schools for New O…The Gpoa FoundationNew Orleans Community…Keller Family Foundat…Ochsner Clinic Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Agenda for Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Agenda for Children. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 186 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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