Virginia · Public charity
Center for Early Success
The mission of the CENTER FOR EARLY SUCCESS is to strengthen the system of individuals and organizations caring for and educating children age birth to five.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $256,735
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $837,772
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Center for Early Success funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $3.0M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $3.2M | 82% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $995k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just Kids Child Development Center Inc | $1,836,959 | 3 | 75% |
| Altavista Area YMCA Inc | $1,375,460 | 3 | 12% |
| Bedford Area Family YMCA | $500,095 | 2 | 10% |
| Steps Inc | $433,019 | 2 | 3% |
| Teachable Moments | $337,140 | 2 | n/a |
| Ted & Ted's Tiny Tots | $318,889 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Virginia Inc | $281,803 | 1 | 17% |
| Caring Hearts Academy | $272,298 | 1 | n/a |
| Amelon Early Learning Center | $267,506 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary Bethune Academy | $265,645 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just Kids Child Development Center Inc | $1,836,959 | 3 | 75% |
| Altavista Area YMCA Inc | $1,375,460 | 3 | 12% |
| Bedford Area Family YMCA | $500,095 | 2 | 10% |
| Steps Inc | $433,019 | 2 | 3% |
| Teachable Moments | $337,140 | 2 | n/a |
| Ted & Ted's Tiny Tots | $318,889 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Virginia Inc | $281,803 | 1 | 17% |
| Caring Hearts Academy | $272,298 | 1 | n/a |
| Amelon Early Learning Center | $267,506 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary Bethune Academy | $265,645 | 2 | n/a |
| Caterpillar Clubhouse #4 | $265,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Elizabeth's Early Learning Center Inc | $188,153 | 1 | 7% |
| Tlt Enterprises | $135,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsylvania County School District | $120,599 | 2 | n/a |
| New Beginning Virtual and Remote Day Care | $76,530 | 1 | n/a |
| Learn N Play Childcare | $72,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Abundant Life Church | $72,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Becky's Kiddie Kollege | $72,525 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Public Schools | $63,945 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Danville Area Inc | $55,950 | 1 | 6% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Danville Virginia | $48,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Harvest Corner Child Kare Center | $39,750 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Danville | $37,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Children First Learning Center LLC | $35,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Truth and Worship Outreach Ministries | $31,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Pathfinders Resources Inc | $30,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Wanda's Wonderland | $30,495 | 1 | n/a |
| Small World Childcare | $23,130 | 1 | n/a |
| Play-N-Pretend Preschool & Childcare | $19,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville-Pittsylvania Community Services | $19,919 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Blessings | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Tots & Company Learning Childcare | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| 2b Successful Youth LLC | $10,725 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Child Development Center | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Southside Virginia Family YMCA | $6,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Miles of Smiles Daycare | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Center for Early Success supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region · Centra Health Inc · Womack Foundation · Easley Char Irr Tua 5019004715 · The Al Stroobants Foundation · Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation · National Council of YMCAs of the USA · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Center for Early Success
- How much does Center for Early Success give?
- Center for Early Success reported 10 grants totaling $2,971,290 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Center for Early Success fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (69%), Education (26%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Center for Early Success's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Just Kids Child Development Center Inc ($1.8M), Altavista Area YMCA Inc ($1.4M), Bedford Area Family YMCA ($500k).
- Does Center for Early Success fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Early Success?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region, Centra Health Inc, Womack Foundation.
- Where is Center for Early Success based?
- Center for Early Success is based in VA.
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