Maryland · Public charity
American Federation for Children Inc
To empower families, especially lower-income families, with the freedom to choose the best k-12 education for their children.
- $895k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $859k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations American Federation for Children Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $316k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $859k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.5M | 46% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.7M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.1M | 46% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $2.0M | 63% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $885k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$6.2MCivil Rights$1.8MHuman Services$707kPublic Benefit$649kPublic Safety & Disaster$85kEnvironment$35kPhilanthropy$28kCommunity Improvement$13k
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
IL
WI
MI
IA
IN
OH
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fed for Children Action Fund Dba Virginia Fed for Children PAC | $1,871,795 | 7 | n/a |
| Partners for Educational Freedom in North Carolina | $1,025,000 | 5 | n/a |
| School Choice Ohio Alliance Inc | $725,000 | 6 | 58% |
| Missouri Federation for Children PAC | $690,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoosiers for Quality Education Inc | $605,000 | 8 | 100% |
| Partners for Educational Freedom In NC | $575,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Empower Kentucky Parents Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Leaders for a Better Community Inc | $467,000 | 6 | 98% |
| Ohioans for School Choice | $330,000 | 2 | 63% |
| Alabama Opportunity Action Fund | $310,000 | 3 | 100% |
Show all 51 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Fed for Children Action Fund Dba Virginia Fed for Children PAC | $1,871,795 | 7 | n/a |
| Partners for Educational Freedom in North Carolina | $1,025,000 | 5 | n/a |
| School Choice Ohio Alliance Inc | $725,000 | 6 | 58% |
| Missouri Federation for Children PAC | $690,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoosiers for Quality Education Inc | $605,000 | 8 | 100% |
| Partners for Educational Freedom In NC | $575,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Empower Kentucky Parents Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Leaders for a Better Community Inc | $467,000 | 6 | 98% |
| Ohioans for School Choice | $330,000 | 2 | 63% |
| Alabama Opportunity Action Fund | $310,000 | 3 | 100% |
| Let MI Kids Learn | $250,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Choice Matters for Kids Inc | $200,700 | 5 | 100% |
| One Chance Illinois - Action | $175,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Education Leadership Council Inc | $175,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Empower Mississippi | $169,000 | 3 | 57% |
| South Carolina Opportunity Now | $155,000 | 3 | 99% |
| Priorities for Iowa Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Parents for Educational Freedom in NC | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| A New Missouri Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education | $94,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brush Fires PAC | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Students First Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Missouri Senate Campaign Committee | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American Majority Action | $57,389 | 1 | 7% |
| Wisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Government Accountability Alliance | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Empower Illinois | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Padres Unidos Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Association of Christian Schools | $30,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Policybest Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Liberty for the Kids | $27,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Cl PAC | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| State Freedom Caucus Network Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nc Citizens for Educational Freedom Ie PAC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Education Council of Missouri | $25,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Education for All Alliance Inc | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Scissortail Community Develop Corp | $23,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Keep the Promise Missouri PAC | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beacon Impact | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Arizona Free Enterprise Club | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Parents Unidos | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Csn PAC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoosiers for Quality Education PAC | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Revitalization Project | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Federation for Children | $10,316 | 2 | 100% |
| Mighty Missouri PAC | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Uniting Missouri PAC | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Coalition for a Stronger West Virginia | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| 50can Action Fund Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Latinos for Tennessee Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
American Federation for Children Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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 30.
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.
American Federation for Children Growth Fund IncMD28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc · Yes Every Kid Inc · Campaign for Great Public Schools
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 American Federation for Children Inc
- How much does American Federation for Children Inc give?
- American Federation for Children Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $858,800, out of $895,450 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Federation for Children Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (65%), Civil Rights (19%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are American Federation for Children Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Fed for Children Action Fund Dba Virginia Fed for Children PAC ($1.9M), Partners for Educational Freedom in North Carolina ($1.0M), School Choice Ohio Alliance Inc ($725k).
- Does American Federation for Children Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Federation for Children Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Federation for Children Growth Fund Inc, Yes Every Kid Inc, Campaign for Great Public Schools.
- Where is American Federation for Children Inc based?
- American Federation for Children Inc is based in MD.
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