Virginia · Public charity
Children First - America's Charities
To support the activities and purposes of other 501(c)(3) organizations that assist children, families, adults & communities by providing funds distribution services that further their exempt purposes.
- $602k
- Granted FY2021
- 12
- Grants FY2021
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $38,060
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $189,071
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 6
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 17% of the organizations Children First - America's Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 12 | $596k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $954k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $1.1M | 18% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $1,654,728 | 4 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $1,188,552 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital | $372,805 | 4 | 0% |
| Curesearch for Children's Cancer | $333,727 | 5 | 2% |
| Give Kids the World Inc | $317,193 | 4 | 0% |
| National Black Child Development Institute | $231,474 | 5 | 3% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $226,761 | 5 | 0% |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | $214,803 | 5 | 1% |
| The Children's House at Johns Hopkins Hospital Inc | $214,628 | 4 | 16% |
| Share Our Strength | $186,916 | 5 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Children First - America's Charities supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: America's Charities · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Children First - America's Charities
- How much does Children First - America's Charities give?
- Children First - America's Charities reported 12 grants totaling $601,760 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Children First - America's Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (75%), Human Services (9%), Education (6%).
- Who are Children First - America's Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Make-A-Wish Foundation of America ($1.7M), Ronald McDonald House Global ($1.2M), Children's Hospital ($373k).
- Does Children First - America's Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Children First - America's Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include America's Charities, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
- Where is Children First - America's Charities based?
- Children First - America's Charities is based in VA.
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