Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Children's Funding Accelerator Inc
Children's funding accelerator, inc. (cfa) helps communities translate voter support for early childhood development into dedicated and sustained public investments.
- $456k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $446k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Children's Funding Accelerator Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $529k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $446k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $544k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $585k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $360k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Childcare Today PAC | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help Larimer Kids Thrive | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strong Start Bright Future | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spark Saint Paul | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ready Kids New Orleans | $115,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yes for Saint Paul Families | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes for Whatcom Kids | $75,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Preschool for All | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Kids Our Future PAC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Organizers in the Land of Enchantment | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Childcare Today PAC | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Help Larimer Kids Thrive | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strong Start Bright Future | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spark Saint Paul | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ready Kids New Orleans | $115,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yes for Saint Paul Families | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes for Whatcom Kids | $75,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Preschool for All | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Kids Our Future PAC | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Organizers in the Land of Enchantment | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| A Brighter Healthier Future for Colorados Kids | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pomona Kids First | $65,000 | 2 | 34% |
| Escambia Children's Trust PAC | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care for Monterey County Kids | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Every Child Ready | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Pre-K4 Sa | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Best Starts for Kids | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Fm3 Research | $47,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Early Care and Education for All South San Francisco | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes for Children's Success | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes on Measure L Sac Kids | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Kids First | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson County for Kids | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yes Ready by Five | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ready by Five Stl City | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for a Healthier Santa Cruz | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jasper County for Kids | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United for San Joaquin Kids & Community - Yes on Measure X | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio Organizing Campaign | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Washington County Kids | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Platte County 4 Kids | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alaska Children's Trust | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
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: American Heart Association Inc · The Heising-Simons Action Fund · Save the Children Action Network
How this is measured
Compare Children's Funding Accelerator Inc with peer funders
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About Children's Funding Accelerator Inc
- How much does Children's Funding Accelerator Inc give?
- Children's Funding Accelerator Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $446,375, out of $456,374 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Children's Funding Accelerator Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Human Services (24%), Education (19%).
- Who are Children's Funding Accelerator Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Affordable Childcare Today PAC ($300k), Help Larimer Kids Thrive ($175k), Strong Start Bright Future ($150k).
- Does Children's Funding Accelerator Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Children's Funding Accelerator Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Heart Association Inc, The Heising-Simons Action Fund, Save the Children Action Network.
- Where is Children's Funding Accelerator Inc based?
- Children's Funding Accelerator Inc is based in DC.
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