South Dakota · Public charity
Early Childhood Connections
To increase child care providers' (home and center) and parents' knowledge of early childhood development to the extent necessary to enable them to promote the health, safety, and development of young children.
- $515k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $504k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $51,123
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $253,251
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Early Childhood Connections funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $506k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $504k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $506k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $566k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $275k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $286k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $276k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $200k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $145k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City y M C A | $521,364 | 2 | 3% |
| Open Bible Standard Churches Inc | $155,270 | 2 | n/a |
| Rapid City Catholic School System | $127,328 | 2 | n/a |
| Banana Bunch Child Care | $102,408 | 2 | n/a |
| Youth & Family Services Inc | $60,898 | 6 | 0% |
| Every Child Is Special Childcare | $53,735 | 1 | n/a |
| Kyra's Kiddos | $28,137 | 2 | n/a |
| Lil Friends Learning Center | $16,439 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Team LLC | $5,828 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
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About Early Childhood Connections
- How much does Early Childhood Connections give?
- Early Childhood Connections reported 8 itemized grants totaling $504,245, out of $514,946 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Early Childhood Connections fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Human Services (38%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are Early Childhood Connections's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rapid City y M C A ($521k), Open Bible Standard Churches Inc ($155k), Rapid City Catholic School System ($127k).
- Does Early Childhood Connections fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Early Childhood Connections based?
- Early Childhood Connections is based in SD.
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