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Child Trends Inc

Child trends, inc.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$545k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $383k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.7M
$85,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INC$545,021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON$544,229
LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER INC$332,626
DUKE UNIVERSITY$292,127
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$225,689
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO$217,729
POWER TO DECIDE$210,313
PACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION$186,814
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$172,605
EQUIMUNDO CENTER FOR MASCULINITIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE$172,598
SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC$131,431
MYHEALTHED INC$126,321
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$116,513
TELEVISA FOUNDATION INC$106,821
CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN$104,842
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $691k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TIDES CENTER DBA ABRIENDO PUERTASOPENING DOORS: $20k → 10%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $105k → 14%HEALTHY TEEN NETWORK INC: $16k → 8%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $131k → 14%POWER TO DECIDE: $210k → 14%HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION: $37k → 14%EQUIMUNDO CENTER FOR MASCULINITIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $173k → 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

VT
MN
IL
MA
OR
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
GA
FL
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 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.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

The health and environmental sciences institute (hesi) is a nonprofit institution whose mission is to engage scientists from academia, government, industry, nonprofit, and other research institutions to identify and resolve global health…

Science & Tech
9
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
Intealth

See schedule oto serve the public by:- assuring the qualifications of health care professionals- providing primary-source verification of credentials of health careprofessionals, as they serve throughout the world- supporting international…

Education
11
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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12
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Search Institute; the most unlike its peers is Power to Decide. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
4/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $544,229 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $225,689 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARETHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO: $217,729 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBOROREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $172,605 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEYUSC School of Medicine Greenville: $116,513 · OtherUSC School of Medicine GreenvilleHEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC: $85,000 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $85,000 · OtherSCHOOL OF SEXUALITY PROJECT INC: $85,000 · OtherKOOL MOM INCORPORATED: $85,000 · OtherIVANHOE BROADCAST NEWS INC: $73,803 · OtherGROUP I&I CONSULTANCY LLC: $68,719 · Other+9 more: $288,826 · Other+9 moreMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $545,021 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF ME…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $292,127 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYBUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL: $45,944 · EducationPOWER TO DECIDE: $210,313 · Human ServicesPOWER TO DECIDEEQUIMUNDO CENTER FOR MASCULINITIES AND SOCIAL JUS: $172,598 · Human ServicesEQUIMUNDO CENTER …SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $131,431 · Human ServicesSASHA BRUCE YOUTH…CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $104,842 · Human ServicesCHAPIN HALL CENTE…Hispanic Access Foundation: $36,514 · Human Services+2 more: $35,668 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $332,626 · Youth DevelopmentPACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $186,814 · InternationalMY HEALTH ED INC: $126,321 · HealthCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $21,500 · HealthTELEVISA FOUNDATION INC: $106,821 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,048,113Education$883,092Human Services$691,366Youth Development$332,626International$186,814Health$147,821Arts & Culture$106,821

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $545,021 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER: $332,626 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $292,127 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $225,689 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER TO DECIDE: $210,313 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $131,431 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $104,842 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEARCH INSTITUTE: $56,657 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL: $45,944 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $21,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUGH LANE WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTHY TEEN NETWORK INC: $15,837 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…Gates FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 44%
  • Healthy Teen Network Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Education Northwest: 44% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Televisa Foundation Inc: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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