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Early Childhood Resource Center

The ECRC promotes the healthy development of young children by strengthening families, improving the quality of early learning experiences, increasing school and community readiness, and informing public policy.

$713k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.1MHousing & Shelter$414kEducation$361kHealth$237kCommunity Improvement$17kPhilanthropy$17k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $355,567, the rows itemized in this filing. The $712,992 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $357,425 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $204k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $146k
$24,807
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Family Connection of Northeast Ohio$81,736
YMCA of Central Ohio$64,562
Home for Families$34,666
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority$34,348
Best Point Education and Behavioral Health$25,125
Early Childhood Education Alliance Inc$24,807
Action for Children$23,853
Nationwide Childrens Hospital$22,899
Wellspring$13,358
Fairless Local Schools$13,040
New Miami School District$12,085
AHEAD Inc$5,088
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 (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Appleseed Community Mental Health Center: $18k → 11%Home for Families: $63k → 15%Costarts by Children Home: $27k → 16%Family Connection of Northeast Ohio: $161k → 17%Appleseed Community Mental Health Center: $17k → 11%Home for Families: $60k → 15%Best Point Education and Behavioral Health: $25k → 16%Family Connection of Northeast Ohio: $146k → 17%Appleseed Community Mental Health Center: $16k → 11%Action for Children: $48k → 15%Best Point Education and Behavioral Health: $25k → 16%Family Connection of Northeast Ohio: $67k → 17%Appleseed Community Mental Health Center: $9k → 11%Action for Children: $43k → 15%Costarts by Childrens Home: $20k → 16%Family Connection of Northeast Ohio: $82k → 17%Home for Families: $35k → 15%Costars by Children Home: $14k → 16%Cuyahoga County Invest in Children: $20k → 17%Homeless Families Foundation: $31k → 15%Best Point Education and Behavioral Health: $7k → 16%Action for Children: $29k → 15%Action for Children: $24k → 15%YMCA of Central Ohio: $103k → 15%YMCA of Central Ohio: $65k → 15%YMCA of Central Ohio: $48k → 15%Future Ready Columbus: $38k → 15%YMCA of Central Ohio: $27k → 15%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 13 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$2.1M
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+42%

Still filing today

77%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • FC
    FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
    4× · 2021–2024 · $456k · revenue +14%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO
    4× · 2021–2024 · $242k · revenue +49%
  • TH
    THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $189k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • FR
    FUTURE READY FIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $38k · revenue +159%
  • GF
    GREENLEAF FAMILY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $22k · revenue +42%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +19%
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
Every Child Succeeds

Every Child Succeeds is based on a strong scientific foundation demonstrating that a nurturing and stimulating environment in the first 1,000 days of life promotes optimal brain growth, cognitive development, psycho-social adjustment,…

Human Services
2
Child Focus

Child focus strengthens the quality of life for 20,000 individuals in central and southern Ohio by developing thriving kids, strong families and successful adults

Human Services
3
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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4
Richmond County Partnership for Children Inc

Richmond County Partnership for Children advances a high-quality, accountable system of care and early education for each child beginning with a healthy birth, and supports families to improve early childhood health and development to…

Education
5
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc

To ensure that every child has access to high quality early care and education through integrated support and equitable practices.

Human Services
6
Child Care Connections of Cleveland County Inc

Creating a link between parents, providers, and the community to improve the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality child care.

Education
7
Portage County Children's Services Center

To promote the healthy development of children and families through quality behavioral and mental health services, community partnerships and advocacy.

Health
8
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
9
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

—
10
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association

Occrra enhances the statewide system of child and youth learning and development experiences to achieve high quality outcomes for ohio children and families. we accomplish our mission by, supporting ohio's network of child care resource &…

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11
West Ohio Community Action Partnership

Organized for the purpose of creating, developing and effecting programs and projects designed to enhance the economic development of Allen, Auglaize, and Mercer Counties and its citizens, particularly to those areas of the community and…

Community Improvement
12
Community Health and Wellness Partners of Logan County

Community health and wellness partners of logan county's mission is to provide quality, whole-person, patient-centered healthcare to anyone and everyone in our community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Connections of Northeast Ohio; the most unlike its peers is The Homeless Families Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $456,014 · Human ServicesFAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIOYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $242,435 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIOTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $188,914 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATIONACTION FOR CHILDREN: $143,678 · Human ServicesACTION FOR CHILDRENThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $125,334 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati OhioAPPLESEED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $59,735 · Human Services+3 more: $88,825 · Human Services+3 moreAKRON METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $224,962 · OtherAKRON METROPOLITAN HOUSING…WELLSPRING: $93,294 · OtherWELLSPRINGFairless Local Schools: $77,036 · OtherFairless Local SchoolsNew Miami School District: $60,968 · OtherNew Miami School DistrictGREENLEAF FAMILY CENTER: $22,301 · Other+2 more: $33,334 · Other+2 moreEarly Childhood Education Alliance: $184,990 · Youth DevelopmentEarly Chi…Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc: $177,654 · HealthNationwid…
Human Services$1,304,935Other$511,895Youth Development$184,990Health$177,654

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 budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $456,014 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $242,435 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $188,914 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEarly Childhood Education Alliance: $184,990 over 4y, 18% of budgetNationwide Children's Hospital Inc: $177,654 over 4y, 36% of budgetACTION FOR CHILDREN: $143,678 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $125,334 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSPRING: $93,294 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetAPPLESEED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $59,735 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFUTURE READY FIVE: $37,912 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAhead Inc: $31,288 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetGREENLEAF FAMILY CENTER: $22,301 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $19,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY: $16,667 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $16,667 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

American Electric Pow…Coalition on Homeless…Columbus FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Electric Power FoundationDE15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Electric Power Foundation · Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio · Columbus Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · 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 Early Childhood Resource Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Early Childhood Resource Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 18 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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