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Child Development Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$406k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$674kHealth$586kHuman Services$572kArts & Culture$339kCrime & Legal$282kRecreation & Sports$272kAnimals$249kYouth Development$211kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $144k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $263k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$28,500
CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$25,000
GWYNEDD MERCY COLLEGE$25,000
MISSION KIDS$20,000
VARIETY CLUB CAMP$20,000
SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES INC$20,000
THEATRE HORIZON$17,000
MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT$15,000
GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA$15,000
GEMMA SERVICES$12,000
CENTER SCHOOL$12,000
GREATER NORTH PENN TRANSPORTATION M$12,000
MUSICOPIA$11,000
PATHWAY SCHOOL$10,000
INDIAN CREEK FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $292k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VALLEY YMCA: $12k → 22%PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 22%GEMMA SERVICES: $12k → 7%GEMMA SERVICES: $10k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHO: $10k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $8k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHO: $8k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $8k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHO: $8k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $7k → 7%SILVER SPRINGS - MARTIN LUTHER SCHOOL: $6k → 7%KENCREST SERVICES: $5k → 7%KEN CREST CENTERS: $5k → 7%KENCREST SERVICES: $4k → 7%KENCREST SERVICES: $4k → 7%KENCREST SERVICES: $4k → 7%THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR FAMILY AND Y: $3k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $15k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $15k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $15k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $15k → 7%FAMILIES CREATING COMMUNITIES FOR A: $2k → 7%FAMILIES CREATING COMMUNITIES FOR A: $2k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $10k → 7%FAMILIES CREATING COMMUNITIES FOR A: $2k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $10k → 7%FAMILIES CREATING COMMUNITIES FOR A: $2k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $10k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $15k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $12k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $10k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $10k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $8k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $8k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $8k → 7%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 53 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+7%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NZ
    NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $202k · revenue +201%
  • SR
    SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $172k · revenue +11%
  • MK
    MISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $153k · revenue +490%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • GE
    GREAT EXPECTATIONS TOGETHER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CT
    CENTRE THEATER OF NORRISTOWN
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
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
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
2
Potential Inc

Potential engages children and adults with autism in personalized programs that help them realize their full potential.

Human Services
3
Melmark Inc

Melmark is a human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. melmark is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals within diverse communities with…

Human Services
4
Linwood Center Inc

Linwood creates the possibility of extraordinary lives for children and adults living with autism and related developmental disabilities by providing education, vocational training, residential support, and employment opportunities.

Education
5
The Children's Institute Parent Company

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
6
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
7
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
8
The Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children Inc

The primary mission of the golden key center for exceptional children is to provide quality education and intervention services to students with developmental disabilities.

Human Services
9
Westchester School for Special Children

To provide services to children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. the school runs preschool and school age programs.

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10
Pg Chambers School

The organization's mission is to be a leader in the education and development of children with disabilities increasing the children's confidence in their individual abilities, preparing them to engage in the community, and expanding their…

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11
The May Institute Inc

May institute proudly serves individuals across the lifespan with autism, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, neurological disorders, and behavior disorders to promote independence, choice, dignity, and respect. see…

Health
12
The Summit Center Inc

The summit center, inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by new york state to provide educational, therapeutic, and support services to children and young adults with autism, speech delays and disorders, and other…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Access Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Best Buddies 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

39 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. 39 of the 68 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
29/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $212,000 · OtherCENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTHGWYNEDD MERCY COLLEGE: $173,500 · OtherGWYNEDD MERCY COLLEGEVARIETY CLUB CAMP: $171,000 · OtherVARIETY CLUB CAMPVNA - COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $140,500 · OtherVNA - COMMUNITY SERVICES INCCENTER SCHOOL: $90,000 · OtherKELLY ANN DOLAN MEMORIAL FUND: $89,000 · OtherTHE PATHWAY SCHOOL: $86,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES INCORPORATED: $82,000 · OtherRAMSEY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INST: $81,900 · OtherRSVP OF MONTGOMERY CO INC: $74,000 · OtherACCESS SERVICES INC: $72,500 · Other+35 more: $712,761 · Other+35 moreGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $112,000 · Human ServicesGreater P…Gemma Services: $76,000 · Human ServicesGemma Ser…MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $71,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMER…KENCREST SERVICES: $17,000 · Human ServicesKENCREST …+3 more: $15,640 · Human Services+3 moreTHEATRE HORIZON INC: $112,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE H…MUSICOPIA INC: $89,500 · Arts & CultureMUSICOPIA…COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF COLLEGEVILLE LTD: $41,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY…MUSICWORKS: $24,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICWORK…+1 more: $8,500 · Arts & CultureNORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $201,500 · AnimalsBEST BUDDIES INC: $47,000 · AnimalsINDIAN CREEK FOUNDATION: $73,500 · HealthEASTER SEALS OF SOUTHEASTERN PA: $54,500 · HealthINTEGRATE FOR GOOD INC: $42,500 · HealthPEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER: $38,000 · HealthPublic Health Management Corporation: $14,500 · HealthSEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES: $171,700 · Recreation & SportsANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $36,500 · Recreation & SportsMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $153,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,985,161Human Services$291,640Arts & Culture$275,000Animals$248,500Health$223,000Recreation & Sports$208,200Crime & Legal$153,000

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 budgetCENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $212,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $201,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES: $171,700 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $153,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetVNA - COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $140,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHEATRE HORIZON INC: $112,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $112,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER SCHOOL: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMUSICOPIA INC: $89,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetTHE PATHWAY SCHOOL: $86,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INCORPORATED: $82,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGemma Services: $76,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN CREEK FOUNDATION: $73,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS SERVICES INC: $72,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $71,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $64,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS OF SOUTHEASTERN PA: $54,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBEST BUDDIES INC: $47,000 over 9y, 7.8% of budgetINTEGRATE FOR GOOD INC: $42,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF COLLEGEVILLE LTD: $41,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetPEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER: $38,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: $37,500 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $36,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE LEARNING CENTER INC: $29,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICWORKS: $24,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKENCREST SERVICES: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Health Management Corporation: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Briar Bush: $14,417 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL ENTERPRISES CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEL RIVER PLAYHOUSE INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFamilies Creating Communities for Adults With Special Needs Inc: $7,640 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPHMC Integrated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA STEP UP ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENCREST CENTERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Lincoln Center for Family and Youth: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS FIRST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 CENTRAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds NORRISTOWN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds MISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VNA - COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE HORIZON INC ↗
  • Who funds Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds CENTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MUSICOPIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PATHWAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Gemma Services ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN CREEK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS OF SOUTHEASTERN PA ↗
  • Who funds BEST BUDDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATE FOR GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF COLLEGEVILLE LTD ↗
  • Who funds PEACE VALLEY HOLISTIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IN SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT EAST ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSICWORKS ↗

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.

The Arcadia FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Genuardi Family Found…Connelly FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Little Tower Foundati…Vna Foundation of Gre…Montgomery County Fou…Td Charitable Foundat…The Pew Charitable Tr…
The Arcadia FoundationPA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Arcadia Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Genuardi Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Little Tower Foundation · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · Montgomery County Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Pew Charitable Trusts

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Development Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Child Development Foundation 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 68 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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