Nebraska · Public charity
Early Childhood Services
EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES (ecs) is a nebraska not-for-profit organization created in 2010 that is committed to ensuring that families of young children (prenatal to age eight) receive support to promote healthy lifestyles and to increase educational attainment for parents and their children. Ecs strives to improve quality of early…
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2018
- 7
- Grants FY2018
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $567,421
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $1,349,511
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 14% of the organizations Early Childhood Services funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 7 | $4.0M | 14% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $3.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Early Learning Centers Inc | $1,808,947 | 2 | 47% |
| The Visiting Nurse Association of the Midlands | $1,469,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Child Savings Institute Inc Co | $1,376,751 | 2 | n/a |
| Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative | $1,349,511 | 1 | 25% |
| Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc | $900,470 | 2 | 7% |
| Heartland Family Service | $516,452 | 2 | 1% |
| Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children Inc | $129,608 | 2 | 8% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $10,107 | 1 | 0% |
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: Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Medica Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
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About Early Childhood Services
- How much does Early Childhood Services give?
- Early Childhood Services reported 7 grants totaling $3,969,615 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Early Childhood Services fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Education (43%), Health (19%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are Early Childhood Services's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Omaha Early Learning Centers Inc ($1.8M), The Visiting Nurse Association of the Midlands ($1.5M), Child Savings Institute Inc Co ($1.4M).
- Does Early Childhood Services fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Early Childhood Services?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative, Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation, Immanuel Community Vision Foundation.
- Where is Early Childhood Services based?
- Early Childhood Services is based in NE.
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