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· 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 FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$500k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$6.2MCivil Rights$1.8MHuman Services$707kPublic Benefit$649kPublic Safety & Disaster$85kEnvironment$35kPhilanthropy$28kCommunity Improvement$13k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $858,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $895,450 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $36,650 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMPOWER KENTUCKY PARENTS INC$500,000
PARTNERS FOR EDUCATION FREEDOM NC$100,000
HOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION$75,000
KENTUCKY STUDENTS FIRST INC$75,000
SCHOOL CHOICE OHIO ALLIANCE INC$50,000
STATE FREEDOM CAUCUS NETWORK$25,000
CHARTER SCHOOLS NOW$15,000
THE REVITALIZATION PROJECT$12,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN ACTION FUND DBA VIRGINIA FEDERATION FOR C$6,300
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 (FY19–19, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%5CAN ACTION FUND INC: $7k → 14%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.

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
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.9M · 16 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$6.9M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

44%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $728k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • HF
    HOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $605k · revenue +183% · 100% of their budget
  • OC
    One Chance Illinois - Action
    2× · 2018–2019 · $175k · revenue +1% · 31% of their budget
  • EM
    EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI
    3× · 2017–2019 · $169k · revenue +692% · 57% of their budget

Funded once

  • MF
    MISSOURI FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN PAC
    one grant, 2022 · $690k
  • LM
    Let MI Kids Learngraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +109%
  • PF
    PRIORITIES FOR IOWA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -85%
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
Edchoice Kentucky Inc

Educating the commonwealth on the benefits of education choice programs

Education
2
Arkansans for Education Reform Foundation
Education
3
Parent Advocates for Choice in Education Foundation

To conduct public policy research on matters affecting educational choice and to propose approaches to public policy issues related to educational choice. To conduct nonpartisan public policy research and to distribute policy studies on…

Education
4
Pa Families for Education Choice

Pafec seeks to join, support, and mobilize families and students in the pursuit of education freedom. we believe that parents are their childs best advocate and are uniquely positioned to choose the educational path that suits their childs…

Education
5
Building Our Children's Future

Ballot issue political action committee to pass a levy for the Columbus City School District.

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6
School Choice Ohio Inc

The mission of school choice ohio is to protect and expand children's educational options through ensuring choice in quality schools and other places of learning, thereby supporting systemic reform of k-12 education across the state.

Education
7
Protect Our Schools Ky

To promote public schools that serve all kentuckians, and advocating for the use of public funds to support public schools.

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8
Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education

Promotion of the expansion of school choice for the benefit of iowa's children.

Education
9
First State Educate Action Fund Inc

A delaware where informed voters and empowered communities actively shape the future of public education, ensuring equitable opportunities for all students through strong, values-driven school board governance.

Education
10
Illinois Congress of Parents Teachers

child advocacy

Education
11
National Coalition On Education Equity

In accordance

Education
12
Opportunity for All Kids Foundation

Educate public on school choice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 50CAN Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tennessee Federation for Children. 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

35 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. 35 of the 51 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.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/35
Grantees still filing
11/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FED FOR CHILDREN ACTION FUND DBA VIRGINIA FED FOR CHILDREN PAC: $1,871,795 · OtherAMERICAN FED FOR CHILDREN ACTION FUND DBA VIRGINIA FED FOR CHILDR…PARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM IN NORTH CAROLINA: $1,025,000 · OtherPARTNERS FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM IN NORTH CAROLINAMISSOURI FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN PAC: $690,000 · OtherMISSOURI FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN PACEMPOWER KENTUCKY PARENTS INC: $500,000 · OtherEMPOWER KENTUCKY PARENTS INCALABAMA OPPORTUNITY ACTION FUND: $310,000 · OtherALABAMA OPPORTUNITY ACTION FUNDLet MI Kids Learn: $250,000 · OtherCHOICE MATTERS FOR KIDS INC: $200,700 · Other+18 more: $650,316 · Other+18 moreSCHOOL CHOICE OHIO ALLIANCE INC: $725,000 · EducationSCHOOL CHOICE OHIO ALLIANCE…Partners for Educational Freedom In NC: $575,000 · EducationPartners for Educational Fr…OHIOANS FOR SCHOOL CHOICE: $330,000 · EducationOHIOANS FOR SCHOOL CHOICEOne Chance Illinois - Action: $175,000 · EducationOne Chance Illinois - Actio…EDUCATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $175,000 · EducationEDUCATION LEADERSHIP COUNCI…Parents for Educational Freedom in NC: $100,000 · Education+5 more: $197,500 · Education+5 moreHOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $605,000 · Community ImprovementHOOSIERS FOR …LEADERS FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC: $467,000 · Community ImprovementLEADERS FOR A…+3 more: $43,500 · Community ImprovementSouth Carolina Opportunity Now: $155,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION: $57,389 · Public BenefitState Freedom Caucus Network Inc: $25,000 · Public BenefitARIZONA FREE ENTERPRISE CLUB: $20,000 · Public BenefitEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI: $169,000 · HealthPRIORITIES FOR IOWA INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Civil RightsBEACON IMPACT: $20,000 · Civil RightsLatinos for Tennessee Inc: $6,000 · Civil Rights50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $6,500 · Human Services
Other$5,497,811Education$2,277,500Community Improvement$1,115,500Public Benefit$257,389Health$169,000Philanthropy$150,000Civil Rights$76,000Human Services$6,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSCHOOL CHOICE OHIO ALLIANCE INC: $725,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetHOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $605,000 over 8y, 100% of budgetPartners for Educational Freedom In NC: $575,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetEMPOWER KENTUCKY PARENTS INC: $500,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetLEADERS FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY INC: $467,000 over 6y, 98% of budgetOHIOANS FOR SCHOOL CHOICE: $330,000 over 2y, 63% of budgetALABAMA OPPORTUNITY ACTION FUND: $310,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetLet MI Kids Learn: $250,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetCHOICE MATTERS FOR KIDS INC: $200,700 over 5y, 100% of budgetOne Chance Illinois - Action: $175,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetEDUCATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $175,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI: $169,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetSouth Carolina Opportunity Now: $155,000 over 3y, 99% of budgetPRIORITIES FOR IOWA INC: $150,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetParents for Educational Freedom in NC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetKENTUCKY STUDENTS FIRST INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION: $57,389 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetWisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEMPOWER ILLINOIS: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetPOLICYBEST INC: $28,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetLIBERTY FOR THE KIDS: $27,500 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetState Freedom Caucus Network Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S EDUCATION COUNCIL OF MISSOURI: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSCISSORTAIL COMMUNITY DEVELOP CORP: $23,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetBEACON IMPACT: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Revitalization Project: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTENNESSEE FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN: $10,316 over 2y, 100% of budget50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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 f…Yes Every Kid IncCampaign for Great Pu…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2022
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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