Indiana · Public charity
Child Care Answers of Central Indiana
To improve the well-being, care and education for the whole child.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $292k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,285
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations Child Care Answers of Central Indiana funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $292k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $297k | 91% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinsuh Childcare | $77,624 | 2 | n/a |
| Ays Inc | $57,154 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Wesleyan Church | $55,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Chiki's Child Care | $53,412 | 2 | n/a |
| Nanny's Loving Care | $48,332 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Tabernacle Church | $42,634 | 1 | n/a |
| Fervent Prayer Outreach Ministries Church Inc | $35,854 | 2 | n/a |
| Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Indianapolis | $33,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Skool Kidz Early Education Academy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Promisetown Childcare Minstry | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinsuh Childcare | $77,624 | 2 | n/a |
| Ays Inc | $57,154 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity Wesleyan Church | $55,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Chiki's Child Care | $53,412 | 2 | n/a |
| Nanny's Loving Care | $48,332 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Tabernacle Church | $42,634 | 1 | n/a |
| Fervent Prayer Outreach Ministries Church Inc | $35,854 | 2 | n/a |
| Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Indianapolis | $33,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Skool Kidz Early Education Academy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Promisetown Childcare Minstry | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diversity Church Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephania Petit Homme | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center Association of Indianapolis Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| P-S Playhouse | $24,084 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary's Child Center Inc | $22,940 | 1 | 0% |
| Future Scholars Daycare LLC | $21,095 | 1 | n/a |
| A Learning Bee STEM Pre K Academy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Retreat LLC | $17,754 | 1 | n/a |
| The Academy for Young Achievers LLC | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jesus Fellowship | $12,916 | 1 | n/a |
| Abacus Childcare Center Inc | $10,988 | 1 | n/a |
| Rays of Sonshine Licensed Childcare & Learning Center | $10,107 | 1 | n/a |
| Lilypad Childcare Home LLC | $9,341 | 1 | n/a |
| Salima's Daycare LLC | $8,170 | 1 | n/a |
| Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC | $6,348 | 1 | n/a |
| Kid City USA | $5,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Gifted and Talented Academy Inc | $5,557 | 1 | n/a |
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: Early Learning Indiana Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
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About Child Care Answers of Central Indiana
- How much does Child Care Answers of Central Indiana give?
- Child Care Answers of Central Indiana reported 11 itemized grants totaling $292,454, out of $300,454 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Child Care Answers of Central Indiana fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (94%), Education (5%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Child Care Answers of Central Indiana's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Chinsuh Childcare ($78k), Ays Inc ($57k), Trinity Wesleyan Church ($55k).
- Does Child Care Answers of Central Indiana fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Child Care Answers of Central Indiana?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Early Learning Indiana Inc, United Way of Central Indiana Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Child Care Answers of Central Indiana based?
- Child Care Answers of Central Indiana is based in IN.
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