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Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance

The organization is a catalyst for putting vulnerable young children on a path to success. Our goal is to advance state policies that lead to improved health, learning, and family support outcomes for young children ages birth through eight. We create and enhance partnerships by bringing leaders together in new and innovative ways, with…

$12M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
119
Itemized grants FY2025
99
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$11M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$75,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
63 to 101
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
49
Total assets, FY2025
$26M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $707k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsHealthCommunity 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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving114$11M24%
FY202499$10M14%
FY202395$10M14%
FY2022101$9.9M36%
FY202197$7.1M25%
FY202088$7.8M31%
FY201966$6.6M24%
FY201863$6.2M24%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$19MEducation$17MCivil Rights$15MCrime & Legal$7.5MPublic Benefit$7.0MYouth Development$3.5MHealth$2.9MCommunity Improvement$2.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 199 grantees
All grantees of Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc$2,831,000933%
Center for Law and Social Policy$2,403,91794%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$2,274,00091%
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc$2,185,000725%
Council for a Strong America$1,953,750842%
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation$1,783,00071%
The Ole Education Fund$1,700,000417%
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc$1,692,018934%
Colorado Children's Campaign$1,653,088923%
Family Forward Oregon$1,607,374441%
National Women's Law Center$1,482,38691%
Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures$1,470,000510%
National Association for the Education of Young Children$1,458,33392%
Child Trends Inc$1,350,03191%
Children's Alliance$1,153,750814%
Kansas Action for Children Inc$1,035,000911%
Maine Children's Alliance$1,020,000928%
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$1,003,74942%
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research$960,000724%
Third Sector New England Inc$950,00040%
Child Care Aware of America$917,25091%
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children$891,50099%
Strategies for Children Inc$844,000924%
Rutgers University Foundation$830,33380%
Texans Care For Children Inc$805,00089%
Advocates for Children of New Jersey$740,00085%
Maryland Family Network Inc$733,00080%
Bank Street College of Education$714,58340%
Children Now$706,00092%
The Campbell Institute$705,000511%
Committee for Economic Development$702,0005n/a
George W Clayton Trust$698,61291%
Migration Policy Institute$670,50091%
National Black Child Development Institute$645,02175%
The Trustees of Columbia University$624,1753n/a
Mississippi First Inc$605,927816%
Early Childhood Initiative Inc$600,00066%
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families$595,000810%
Early Years Inc$570,00060%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$568,0596n/a
Children's Defense Fund$559,00061%
Catalyst California$550,00091%
Children's Institute Inc$535,00030%
Naleo Educational Fund$528,00071%
James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Fdn$512,11143%
DC Action for Children Today DC Act$500,000919%
Nc Child$500,00064%
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc$498,00078%
Childrens Action Alliance Inc$487,00093%
Team for West Virginia Children$485,00063%
Kids Win Missouri$470,000615%
Georgetown University$440,00050%
Voices for Vermonts Children$430,000532%
Center for Community Change$427,50022%
The Center for Michigan$427,000315%
Groundwork Ohio$425,000457%
Southwest Women's Law Center$423,700515%
Kids Forward Inc$410,00076%
The Conference Board Inc$401,25030%
VOICES for Alabama's Children$384,000634%
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc$365,00071%
Hawaii Children's Action Network$360,00065%
Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health$360,000418%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$354,16770%
Children At Risk$354,00092%
Council of Chief State School Officers$350,00050%
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees$335,00060%
Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation Inc$330,50073%
Geears the Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students Inc$327,50043%
EducationCounsel LLC$325,0004n/a
New America Foundation$325,00040%
Kids Forward Foundation Inc$320,0002n/a
Business Education Fund$306,250411%
Danielle Ewen$305,0003n/a
Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition$300,0001n/a
Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services$295,00051%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$267,17570%
Memphis Tomorrow$263,500210%
Save the Children Action Network$262,50014%
Connecticut Association for Human Services Inc$260,00048%
Forward Arkansas$259,28747%
Community Initiatives$258,00030%
Alaska Children's Trust$255,00052%
New Futures$250,00053%
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$240,00050%
Michigan's Children$240,000615%
The Rodel Foundation$235,00053%
Children's Funding Project$232,63252%
Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc$230,00031%
John Grady Powell$225,0654n/a
Frontera Strategy Government Public Affairs LLC$209,6325n/a
Children's Advocacy Alliance Inc$205,000311%
Education Commission of the States$205,00031%
Regents of the University of California$203,0002n/a
Utah's Promise$200,00040%
I Be Black Girl$200,0001n/a
Educare DC$192,50060%
Utah Children$185,00025%
New Mexico Voices for Children$185,00034%
Alabama Partnership for Children$178,72162%
Let's Grow Kids Inc$170,00061%
Resourcefull Consulting LLC$169,2723n/a
Stoney Associates$165,3136n/a
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children$164,50060%
Liberated Development$160,2002n/a
University of New Mexico$155,5002n/a
Jannus Inc$155,00030%
Elephant Circle$150,00021%
Lydia Anne McKay$140,0002n/a
Start Early$132,00080%
Center for Health Policy Development$116,86021%
Center for Children's Initiatives Inc$110,0001n/a
South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children$110,000237%
Illinois Action for Children$109,50050%
Community Organizing and Family Issues$105,80531%
All Nations Rise Inc$100,0001n/a
Common Good Iowa$100,00027%
Faith in Minnesota$100,0001n/a
For Providers by Providers Louisiana$100,0001n/a
Nollie Jenkins Family Center Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Organizers in the Land of Enchantment$100,0001n/a
Parent Voices Oakland$100,00015%
Springboard to Opportunities$100,0001n/a
Mothering Justice$100,0001n/a
Tri-County Play Collaborative$100,0001n/a
PARENTS LEADING for EDUCATIONAL EQUITY$100,0001n/a
Foundation for a Healthy North Dakota$100,00026%
The Ohio Organizing Campaign$100,0001n/a
Family Forward Action$100,0001n/a
Sacred Pipe Resource Center$100,0001n/a
Michigan Organizing Project$100,0001n/a
Center on the Developing Child$100,0001n/a
Apano$96,626127%
New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children$90,00023%
Topos Research Partnership LLC$90,0002n/a
Lacroix-Dalluhn Consulting LLC$86,0002n/a
Texas Cares for Children Inc$85,0001n/a
Pegasus Legal Services for Children$80,50024%
Momsrising Education Fund$75,00011%
United Way of the Black Hills$75,00022%
Texprotects-The Texas Association for the Protection of Children$75,00024%
Candor and Co Consulting$68,8682n/a
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$65,00020%
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions$65,00011%
Black Mamas Matter Alliance Inc$65,00021%
Center for American Progress$62,50010%
PJ&H Ventures LLC - Prentiss Haney$62,5001n/a
New Futures Inc$60,00012%
Provoc Inc$59,8131n/a
Voices for Virginia's Children$55,00024%
9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc$53,57221%
Family Values Work a Multi-State Consortium$51,00020%
Wyoming Early Childhood Partnership$50,00024%
Children's Advocacy Alliance$50,00024%
Advancing Connecticut Together Inc$50,00010%
Partnership for Americas Children$50,00021%
Opensource Leadership Strategies$50,0001n/a
Linchpin Strategies LLC$45,0004n/a
True North Group LLC$45,0002n/a
Counterpart Consulting LLC$30,0001n/a
Dot2dot Consulting LLC$30,0001n/a
Kentucky Voices for Health Inc$25,0001n/a
All Our Kin Inc$25,00010%
The Century Foundation Inc$25,00010%
National Indian Health Board$25,0001n/a
The Niskanen Center Inc$25,0001n/a
Fil Inc$25,0001n/a
Michigan League for Public Policy$25,0001n/a
National Association For Family Child Care$25,00012%
Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota$25,00012%
The Praxis Project Inc$25,00010%
Women's Foundation of Alabama$25,0001n/a
Esterline Consulting$25,0002n/a
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$25,00010%
People's Action$25,00011%
William R Potapchuk$22,0001n/a
Mbst Solutions$20,5742n/a
Thelma Wong$20,0001n/a
Foresight Law Policy Pllc$20,0001n/a
Community Building Institute$20,0001n/a
Early Learning Indiana Inc$20,00020%
Child and Family Policy Center$18,00024%
American Heart Association Inc$15,00010%
Odd Duck$15,0001n/a
The Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida Inc$12,50010%
Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators$11,33022%
Center for Community Change Action$10,50020%
Western New York Grantmakers Association Inc Dba Ny Funders Alliance$10,00013%
Jews United for Justice Inc$10,0001n/a
Linchpin Strategies LLC$10,0001n/a
Washington State Association of Head State and ECEA Programs$10,00012%
The Nemours Foundation$10,00010%
Arizona Grantmakers Forum$10,00013%
Growing Up New Mexicoinc$5,00010%
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc$4,50011%
Smart Start Central Oklahoma Inc$4,00011%
North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Momsrising Together$1,00010%
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$1,00010%

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 142 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPolicy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc: $2,831,000 over 9y, 33% of budgetCenter for Law and Social Policy: $2,403,917 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $2,274,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSchuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy Inc: $2,185,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetCouncil for a Strong America: $1,953,750 over 8y, 42% of budgetVirginia Early Childhood Foundation: $1,783,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Ole Education Fund: $1,700,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetRhode Island Kids Count Inc: $1,692,018 over 9y, 34% of budgetColorado Children's Campaign: $1,653,088 over 9y, 23% of budgetFamily Forward Oregon: $1,607,374 over 4y, 41% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $1,482,386 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetNcsl Foundation for State Legislatures: $1,470,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetNational Association for the Education of Young Children: $1,458,333 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetChild Trends Inc: $1,350,031 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetChildren's Alliance: $1,153,750 over 8y, 14% of budgetKansas Action for Children Inc: $1,035,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetMaine Children's Alliance: $1,020,000 over 9y, 28% of budgetNational Governors Association Center for Best Practices: $1,003,749 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research: $960,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $950,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChild Care Aware of America: $917,250 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPennsylvania Partnerships for Children: $891,500 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetStrategies for Children Inc: $844,000 over 9y, 24% of budgetRutgers University Foundation: $830,333 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTexans Care For Children Inc: $805,000 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New Jersey: $740,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetMaryland Family Network Inc: $733,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBank Street College of Education: $714,583 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChildren Now: $706,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetThe Campbell Institute: $705,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGeorge W Clayton Trust: $698,612 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetMigration Policy Institute: $670,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetNational Black Child Development Institute: $645,021 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetMississippi First Inc: $605,927 over 8y, 16% of budgetEarly Childhood Initiative Inc: $600,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetArkansas Advocates for Children and Families: $595,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetEarly Years Inc: $570,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $559,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCatalyst California: $550,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetChildren's Institute Inc: $535,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNaleo Educational Fund: $528,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetJames B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Fdn: $512,111 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetDC Action for Children Today DC Act: $500,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetNc Child: $500,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPrichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc: $498,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetChildrens Action Alliance Inc: $487,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetTeam for West Virginia Children: $485,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetKids Win Missouri: $470,000 over 6y, 15% 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 142.

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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.

Pritzker Family FoundationIL90.9× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pritzker Family Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Partnership for Americas Children · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Third Sector New England Inc · The Irving Harris Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · New Venture Fund · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · Hopewell Fund · The Heising-Simons 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 Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance

How much does Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance give?
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance reported 119 itemized grants totaling $11,295,899, out of $11,713,665 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Education (22%), Civil Rights (19%).
Who are Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Policy Institute for the Children of Louisiana Inc ($2.8M), Center for Law and Social Policy ($2.4M), Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families ($2.3M).
Does Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pritzker Family Foundation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, WK Kellogg Foundation.
Where is Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance based?
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance is based in DC.

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 236 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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