· Public charity
Collaborative for Children
The mission of Collaborative for Children is to meaningfully improve the quality of early childhood education and care for Greater Houston's children through those most influential in their lives.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k11 grants · $78k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Peter E Hyland Child Care Center | $23,107 |
| Blossom Heights | $12,595 |
| The Bridge Over Troubled Waters | $9,251 |
| Tiny Toes LLC | $8,993 |
| Chinese Community Center | $8,182 |
| AAMA Inc - George I Sanchez | $8,006 |
| Galena Park ISD PEP Center | $7,962 |
| Star of Hope | $6,628 |
| Tiger Trail | $6,366 |
| Galena Park ISD Child Care Center | $5,994 |
| The Bridge Shelter | $5,758 |
| Lion Lane | $5,564 |
| Bear Blvd | $5,460 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $374k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 15 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INC6× · 2017–2022 · $82k · revenue +17%
- AFASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEXICAN AMERICANS6× · 2017–2022 · $72k · revenue +92%
- TBTHE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC5× · 2017–2022 · $62k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- CSChildhood Seasons Academy #23× · 2020–2024 · $192k
- CLCrayola Learning Cntr3× · 2020–2024 · $163k
- UCUnique Childcare IIIone grant, 2020 · $145k
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.
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.
Provide christian based daycare and pre-school
Giggles & grace early learning center, inc., with community, parents and teachers, is committed to providing a safe, nurturing christian environment emphasizing the total development of each child; spiritual, intellectual, emotional,…
In 2001, Joyful Learning Educational Development Center (Joyful Learning EDC) was founded with a clear vision to provide accessible, high-quality childcare that meets the diverse needs of every child.
Christian pre-school from age 3-months to school-age, and school from
Wee Disciples provides a Christian atmosphere for young children to grow academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. We provide a safe, secure, loving environment while celebrating life through music, dance, and art.
Denton City County Day School provides quality, affordable childcareto families in Denton County. Our mission is to provide qualitypre-kindergarten education and loving care to children ages 2 through 5 years. Our vision is that all DCCDS…
Child care
Horizons christian academy is a childcare center in chester, south carolina offering exceptional care for children 8 weeks old up to 12 years of age. our childcare programs build a solid foundation for children to grow, expand their…
Sunny Glen Childrens Home, Inc. cares for children in need. Our care will be competent, compassionate and professional. We will help every child achieve their greatest potential-physically, emotionally, spiritually and academically.
To train, prepare and equip our children in spiritual, academic and physical excellence for the purpose of fulfilling the lord's great commission to win the lost. matthew 28:19-20. providing faith based education and childcare.
Child care services and child preschool instruction
Life christian academy provides christian-based care and education for children ages 6 weeks to 5th grade. it is a private, christian preschool and school.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 208 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Save The Children Federation Inc · United Way of Greater Houston · The Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity · Discovering Healthy Foods · The Houston Food Bank · Houston Texans Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Share Our Strength · Shell USA Company Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Collaborative for Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Collaborative for Children. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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