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Child Care Aware of America

CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA (ccaoa) is the only national organization that supports every part of the child care system.

$372k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$35k
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.

Public Safety & Disaster$1.5MHuman Services$1.4MEnvironment$265kEducation$61kSocial Science$17kCivil Rights$10kCrime & Legal$8kEmployment$5k
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAISE MONTANA$34,500
CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS$34,500
CHILD CARE AWARE OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS$34,000
CHILD CARE AWARE OF KANSAS$25,875
CHILD CARE CHOICES INC$20,000
FAMILIES FIRST OF MINNESOTA$20,000
CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA$20,000
EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC$20,000
LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND$20,000
THINK SMALL$20,000
CORPORATION FOR OHIO APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT$20,000
CHILD CARE ANSWERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA$20,000
THREAD ALASKA$20,000
CHILD CARE AWARE OF MISSOURI$20,000
CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS$20,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILIES FIRST OF MINNESOTA: $20k → 9%Child Care Aware of Minnesota: $73k → 14%RAISE MONTANA: $72k → 9%CHILDREN'S COUNCIL: $16k → 10%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $16k → 11%CHILD CARE COUNCIL OF NASSAU INC: $25k → 6%WASHINGTON COUNTY CHILD CARE FOUNDATION: $16k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $73k → 15%CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $47k → 8%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $60k → 7%THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $65k → 16%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MISSOURI: $30k → 11%FAMILY & CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF NEW: $16k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION: $16k → 8%CHILD CARE ANSWERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $23k → 16%THREAD ALASKA: $25k → 10%CHILD CARE CONNECTION: $16k → 11%4CS OF PASSAIC COUNTY: $16k → 12%PRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTER INC: $16k → 11%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $25k → 19%FAMILIES FIRST OF MINNESOTA: $20k → 9%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA: $73k → 14%RAISE MONTANA: $47k → 9%Community Service Council: $73k → 15%CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $45k → 8%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $45k → 7%THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $60k → 16%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MISSOURI: $20k → 11%CHILD CARE ANSWERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $20k → 16%THREAD ALASKA: $25k → 10%MINNESOTA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $60k → 15%CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $35k → 8%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $30k → 7%THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $30k → 16%THREAD ALASKA: $20k → 10%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $60k → 15%CHILD CARE AWARE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $16k → 8%THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $30k → 16%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $30k → 15%THE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $23k → 16%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA: $20k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $30k → 15%CHILD CARE AWARE OF MINNESOTA: $20k → 14%THINK SMALL: $20k → 14%THINK SMALL: $20k → 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

AK
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
KS
AR
SC
DC
OK
LA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 21 repeat orgs$608k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
29

Total granted

$2.7M
$501k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEmploymentCommunity ImprovementSocial ScienceEnvironmentOther
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

  • NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER
    2× · 2020–2021 · $399k · revenue +48%
  • KA
    KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES
    5× · 2017–2024 · $265k · revenue +748%
  • MC
    MINNESOTA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $262k · revenue +122%

Funded once

  • UC
    US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $51k · revenue -27%
  • CA
    Children At Risk
    one grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +5%
  • MF
    MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +32%
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
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc

Advocate for early childhood social & economic development and professionals who work with children and their families to advance this mission.

Human Services
2
Child Care Resources

Child care resources' mission is to help kids grow into successful adults by enriching the learning environment of their crucial early years.

Human Services
3
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc

To ensure that every child has access to high quality early care and education through integrated support and equitable practices.

Human Services
4
Early Years Inc

Early years leads efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing support for families, communities and the workforce. early years 's primary purpose is to provide services, research and…

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5
Community Child Care Center

To promote each child's development by providing high quality early childhood education.

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6
Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County

To provide access to quality child care and early education in Sonoma County through advocacy, direct service and empowerment.

Human Services
7
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc

The Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, Inc. (4Cs) connects and empowers families, educators, and child care providers with resources today for a stronger San Mateo County tomorrow.

Human Services
8
Child Care Resources of Monmouth County Inc

To enhance the quality of family life in monmouth county by ensuring the highest caliber of safe, affordable and developmentally sound child care services for all children. child care resources invests in monmouth county's children by…

Human Services
9
North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc

The north carolina partnership for children (ncpc) is the lead organization and backbone of the smart start network, setting statewide vision, policy, and funding priorities. while local partnerships translate the statewide vision into…

Education
10
Comprehensive Community Child Care Organization Inc

4c for children educates and supports the adults who care for young children and advocates for public support for quality early education and care for all children.

Human Services
11
Child Care Resource Center Inc
Human Services
12
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Child Care Connection Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Right Turn Inc. 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

51 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. 51 of the 55 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/51
Grantees still filing
32/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Service Council Inc dba Oklahoma Veterans United: $326,664 · Human ServicesCommunity Service Council Inc dba Oklahoma Veterans UnitedMINNESOTA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $261,664 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORKRAISE MONTANA: $222,000 · Human ServicesRAISE MONTANATHE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $207,500 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CONSERVANCYMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INCNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CENTER INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CENTER INCMISSOURI CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $80,000 · Human ServicesChild Care Connection Inc DBA Thread: $70,000 · Human Services+20 more: $367,494 · Human Services+20 moreCHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC: $180,000 · OtherCHILD CARE CONNEC…CHILD CARE CHOICES INC: $53,500 · OtherCHILD CARE CHOICE…WHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTR: $40,000 · OtherWHITE RIVER PLANN…EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE CONNECTIONS INC: $34,000 · OtherEARLY EDUCATION A…WASHINGTON STATE CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL NETWORK DBA CHILD CARE AWARE WA: $30,000 · OtherWASHINGTON STATE …Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association Inc: $25,000 · OtherSouth East Education Cooperative (SEEC): $25,000 · OtherWYOMING EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 · OtherAGENDA FOR CHILDREN: $22,500 · OtherDO BIG THINGS LLC: $20,000 · OtherTHE CORPORATION FOR OHIO APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT: $20,000 · OtherLOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $25,750 · OtherNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER: $399,263 · Social ScienceNATIONAL OPIN…KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES: $264,539 · EnvironmentKANSAS AS…US Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $51,000 · EducationArizona Association for the Education of Young Children: $50,000 · EducationIdaho Association for the Education of Young Children: $47,500 · EducationWESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $26,221 · EducationCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $22,500 · EducationEARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC: $20,000 · EducationOKLAHOMA PARTNERSHIP FOR SCHOOL READINESS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHRIVING WISCONSIN INC: $30,000 · EmploymentThe Right Turn Inc: $10,000 · EmploymentChildren At Risk: $32,500 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,835,322Other$520,750Social Science$399,263Environment$264,539Education$227,221Employment$40,000Crime & Legal$32,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER: $399,263 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Service Council Inc dba Oklahoma Veterans United: $326,664 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetKANSAS ASSOCIATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES: $264,539 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMINNESOTA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $261,664 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetRAISE MONTANA: $222,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetTHE FAMILY CONSERVANCY: $207,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC: $180,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CENTER INC: $150,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetMISSOURI CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: $80,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetChild Care Connection Inc DBA Thread: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CARE CHOICES INC: $53,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $51,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Association for the Education of Young Children: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetIdaho Association for the Education of Young Children: $47,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD CARE ANSWERS OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $42,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThink Small: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTR: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChildren At Risk: $32,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL NETWORK DBA CHILD CARE AWARE WA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHRIVING WISCONSIN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $26,221 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Care Council of Nassau Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWYOMING EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY: $22,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAGENDA FOR CHILDREN: $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION FOR OHIO APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetChildren's Council of San Francisco: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCE GEORGE'S CHILD RESOURCE CENTERINC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CHILD CARE CONNECTION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget4CS OF PASSAIC COUNTY INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY CHILD CARE FOUNDATION: $15,560 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORIMPACT: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA PARTNERSHIP FOR SCHOOL READINESS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Right Turn Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetERC RESOURCE & REFERRAL INC D/B/A CHILD CARE AWARE OF EASTERN KANSAS: $9,934 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSEVEN HILLS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Save The Children Fed…Otto Bremer TrustWK Kellogg FoundationAlliance for Early Su…Annie E Casey Foundat…The Robert Wood Johns…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…
Save The Children Federation IncCT17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Save The Children Federation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · WK Kellogg Foundation · Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Child Care Aware of America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Child Care Aware of America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • The Child Care Connection Inc: 92% of income from government
  • 4CS of Passaic County Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Neighborimpact: 68% of income from government
  • Community Action Organization: 67% of income from government
  • Maryland Family Network Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc: 17% of income from government
  • Western Oregon University Development Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely on government for over half their income
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 55 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home