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· Public charity

Childcaring Inc

Provide referral services for parents seeking child care and provide assistance and training to providers

$620k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$1.4MEducation$170k
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $530,355, the rows itemized in this filing. The $620,421 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,066 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $266k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $199k
$13,320
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's House of Montessori-Marshfield$100,000
Woodson YMCA$98,809
ABC Child Care LLC$42,829
Key to Life CC&CC$40,810
Little Scholars Preschool Inc$37,387
NCECC St Therese$36,337
Wausau Childcare Inc$25,000
NCECC St Michaels$18,913
Community Child Care Center$14,458
Kids Unlimited$13,450
Wausau Child Care Inc$13,320
Stevens Point YMCA$11,963
Bright Beginnings Preschool LLC$11,342
Pacelli Catholic Early Childcare Center$9,326
Story Book Kids$8,752
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 (FY21–25, $344k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PARKSIDE PRESCHOOL CENTER: $23k → 11%PARKSIDE PRESCHOOL CENTER: $12k → 11%CHILD CARE CENTERS OF MARSHFIELD INC: $9k → 11%CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER: $8k → 10%CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER: $7k → 10%Key to Life CC&CC: $41k → 11%KEY TO LIFE INC: $5k → 11%BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL & CHILD CARE: $7k → 11%BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $5k → 11%WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC: $31k → 11%WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC: $30k → 11%Community Child Care Center: $14k → 10%Wausau Child Care Inc: $14k → 11%Children's Discovery Center: $12k → 10%CHILDRENS DISCOVERY CENTER: $10k → 10%Children's Discovery Center Inc: $8k → 10%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER LLC: $7k → 10%WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC: $58k → 11%Community Child Care Center LLC: $5k → 10%Wausau Childcare Inc: $25k → 11%Wausau Child Care Inc: $13k → 11%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 27 repeat orgs$174k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
7

Total granted

$2.0M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
-2%

Still filing today

41%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • WY
    WOODSON YMCA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $329k · revenue +20%
  • KT
    KEY TO LIFE INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $46k · revenue +8%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of Stevens Point Wisconsin Area Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $39k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LOFT
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • BB
    BUILDING BLOCKS LEARNING CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • CL
    CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
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
Christian Community Child Center Inc

We believe that all children are special & unique. Our goal is to create a safe, loving environment where children can learn & be nurtured. We offer children 6 wks to 10 yrs a program emphasizing a child's total development: physical,…

Human Services
2
Child Care Center of the Common Ground Foundation

Provide child care services to the community for children ages 16 weeks to 12 years.

Human Services
3
Christ Church Day Care Inc

Building a stronger tomorrow through nurturing today.

Education
4
University Avenue Daycare Inc dba University Avenue Discovery Center

Our pursuit is to emphasize equality, solidarity, emotional literacy, and exploration of the arts within our classrooms and surrounding community. It is our goal to build on a child's academic foundation with play based learning, hands-on…

Human Services
5
Coulee Children's Center Inc

Coulee childrens center, a provider of childcare services proudly empowers and strengthen families by focusing on healthy development and school readiness

—
6
Winters Child Development Center Inc

The winters child development center is dedicated to providing the best quality childcare in the winters area and educating the children with a christian based curriculum.

Human Services
7
Rock Rapids Kids Club Inc

To provide nurturing and educational childcare services.

Human Services
8
Rainbow Childcare of Monroe Inc

Rainbow Childcare Inc. is a not for profit child care agency committed to providing quality, affordable, learning-oriented child care to the greater Green County community. We serve the children enrolled at Rainbow Childcare, Inc. and…

Human Services
9
Darlington Community Child Care Center Inc

Provide child care services to middle to low income families located in a financially distressed rural and lower populated southwestern wisconsin region

—
10
Young Child Associates

Young Child Assiciates mission is to keep children safe and to support families in the daily care and guidance of their children. Our programs are designed to promote social, academic and personal growth using large and small group…

Human Services
11
Bucksport Area Child Care Center

It is our mission to provide a child-centered environment, treating each child and family with respect.

Human Services
12
Holy Nativity Christian Child Care Center

Holy nativity christian child care center is a ministry of holy nativity lutheran church. our purpose is to serve families by providing a high quality christian childcare program. our goal is to promote the development and well-being of…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wausau Child Care Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bethlehem Community Preschool 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

14 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. 14 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $336,260 · OtherNEWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLSWOODSON YMCA INC: $329,304 · OtherWOODSON YMCA INCABC Child Care LLC: $205,783 · OtherABC Child Care LLCKUEHG CORP DBA KINDERCARE EDUCATION LLC: $148,210 · OtherKUEHG CORP DBA KINDERCARE EDUCATION LLCChildren's House of Montessori-Marshfield: $100,000 · OtherChildren's House of Montessori-MarshfieldLITTLE SCHOLARS PRESCHOOL: $99,573 · OtherLITTLE SCHOLARS PRESCHOOLLittle Scholars Preschool & Kindergarten Inc: $90,558 · Other+21 more: $464,456 · Other+21 moreWAUSAU CHILD CARE INC: $171,071 · Human ServicesWAUSAU CHILD CARE …KEY TO LIFE INC: $46,085 · Human ServicesKEY TO LIFE INCCAP SERVICES INC: $44,765 · Human ServicesCAP SERVICES INCPARKSIDE PRESCHOOL CENTER LTD: $34,115 · Human ServicesPARKSIDE PRESCHOOL…COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $26,814 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CHILD CA…BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $12,270 · Human Services+1 more: $8,500 · Human ServicesLANGLADE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 · Community ImprovementROBERT W MONK GARDENS INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$1,774,144Human Services$343,620Community Improvement$7,500Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOODSON YMCA INC: $329,304 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWAUSAU CHILD CARE INC: $171,071 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetKEY TO LIFE INC: $46,085 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCAP SERVICES INC: $44,765 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Stevens Point Wisconsin Area Inc: $39,409 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPARKSIDE PRESCHOOL CENTER LTD: $34,115 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetOPPORTUNITY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $30,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDGAR CHILD CARE INC: $27,584 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $26,814 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMARSHFIELD AREA YMCA INC: $19,539 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBETHLEHEM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $12,270 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD CARE CENTERS OF MARSHFIELD INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLANGLADE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds WOODSON YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEY TO LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAP SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of Stevens Point Wisconsin Area Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARKSIDE PRESCHOOL CENTER LTD ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds EDGAR CHILD CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARSHFIELD AREA YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE CENTERS OF MARSHFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds LANGLADE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT W MONK GARDENS INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Community Foundation …Sentry Insurance Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin IncWI19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc · Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Childcaring Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Childcaring Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Childcaring Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Childcaring Inc 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 37 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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