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Child Care Professionals Network

Child care professional network (ccpn) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, composed of certified child care professionals who are committed to providing quality, affordable, early care and education that is accessible to all families.

$764k
Granted FY2023
18
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$182k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Education$2.4MHuman Services$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.1MYouth Development$244kReligion$229kCommunity Improvement$214kPublic Benefit$170kScience & Tech$159kOther$0
02FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $740,120, the rows itemized in this filing. The $763,840 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,720 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k7 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $109k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $585k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$404k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GROWING TOGETHER LEARNING CENTER$182,440
APPLE PIE LONG LONE$106,840
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE CHILDCARE$99,920
JUMPSTART LEARNING CENTER$75,160
INSPIRE ME PRESCHOOL ACADEMY$70,120
TODAY'S CHILD LEARNING CENTER$50,080
STEP BY STEP LEARNING CENTER$32,640
TREASURE ISLAND ACADEMY LLC$26,560
SONSHINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$20,000
FAITH WORSHIP CENTER$17,160
KIDS KAMPUS$12,440
TIA JOURNEY CORP$9,520
BELOVED CHILD FAMILY CENTER$7,640
GROW & LEARN CENTERS LLC$6,720
DELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTER$6,360
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $262k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITY YMCA OF EASTERN DELCO: $115k → 9%FEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES INC-K: $14k → 22%COMMUNITY YMCA OF EASTERN DELCO: $44k → 10%AARDVARK DAY CARE: $10k → 10%DELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $32k → 10%DELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $23k → 10%DELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $6k → 10%THE CHILDREN'S ARK: $17k → 10%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 36 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
40

Total granted

$5.1M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+11%

Still filing today

11%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GT
    GROWING TOGETHER LEARNING CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $603k
  • AP
    APPLE PIE LONG LONE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $600k
  • TC
    TODAY'S CHILD LEARNING CENTER
    3× · 2021–2023 · $361k

Funded once

  • CO
    COUNTY OF DELAWARE DEPOSITORY
    one grant, 2022 · $170k
  • TD
    THE DISCOVERY TREE
    one grant, 2022 · $81k
  • SC
    SAPAC CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $79k
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
Joyful Learning Edc

In 2001, Joyful Learning Educational Development Center (Joyful Learning EDC) was founded with a clear vision to provide accessible, high-quality childcare that meets the diverse needs of every child.

Education
2
Kid Central

Our mission is to provide quality and safe childcare for the families in our community and provide our youngest learners with a positive start to their education journey.

Education
3
Beggining Child Care Center

Child care services and child preschool instruction

Education
4
Aurelia Daycare Inc

Provide high quality child care and creative opportunities for growth, development, and lifelong learning in a nurturing, reliable, and affordable environment.

Human Services
5
Riceville Community Daycare Inc
Human Services
6
Wilmore Day Care Center

At Wilmore Day Care Center, it is our mission to provide holistic care for your child within a loving, Christian environment. We strive to ensure a well-rounded educational experience that will encourage lifelong learning.

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7
East Side Early Learning Center

The center provides quality care and education to children of working parents and is licensed to care for 44 children from ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Human Services
8
Child Development Center
Human Services
9
Children's Discovery Center

Education and social developement center to provide preschool and after school care to children while promoting a child's emotional, educational and physical growth.

Education
10
Little Archie's Clubhouse Daycare Center Inc

To provide quality childcare and prepare our children to be successful forprimary school.

Education
11
Dublin Community Preschool

Preschool education and childcare

Education
12
Little Lambs Childcare Center
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delco Early Learning Centers; the most unlike its peers is William Bailey Rec Center 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

10 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. 10 of the 76 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GROWING TOGETHER LEARNING CENTER: $603,320 · OtherGROWING TOGETHER LEARNING CENTERAPPLE PIE LONG LONE: $600,080 · OtherAPPLE PIE LONG LONETODAY'S CHILD LEARNING CENTER: $361,400 · OtherTODAY'S CHILD LEARNING CENTERSTEP BY STEP LEARNING CENTER: $251,040 · OtherINSPIRE ME PRESCHOOL ACADEMY: $232,120 · OtherTREASURE ISLAND ACADEMY LLC: $228,120 · Other+62 more: $3,420,060 · Other+62 moreTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE COUNTY: $159,880 · Human ServicesDELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $61,560 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ARK AT ST GEORGES LTD: $16,560 · Human ServicesFEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES D/B/A FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $13,920 · Human ServicesAARDVARK CHILD CARE & LEARNING CTR: $10,240 · Human ServicesYOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS: $117,160 · Youth DevelopmentJAMES SQUADRITO MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $57,040 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $47,640 · Education
Other$5,696,140Human Services$262,160Youth Development$117,160Education$104,680

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 budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE COUNTY: $159,880 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS: $117,160 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetDELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $61,560 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetJAMES SQUADRITO MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $57,040 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $47,640 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ARK AT ST GEORGES LTD: $16,560 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGARRETT WILLIAMSON: $15,520 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEDERATION DAY CARE SERVICES D/B/A FEDERATION EARLY LEARNING SERVICES: $13,920 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAARDVARK CHILD CARE & LEARNING CTR: $10,240 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWILLIAM BAILEY REC CENTER INC: $8,040 over 1y, 4.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds DELCO EARLY LEARNING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds JAMES SQUADRITO MONTESSORI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WIDENER UNIVERSITY ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Child Care Professionals Network?

    Find your warmest path to Child Care Professionals Network through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 76 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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