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Mecklenburg Partnership for Children

Facilitate the delivery of a

$25M
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20M
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 2025.

Education$119MHuman Services$19MHealth$8.6MPhilanthropy$215kArts & Culture$23k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k6 grants · $997k
  • $250k+8 grants · $24M
$322,033
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MECKLENBURG COUNTY$19,916,877
CHILDCARE RESOURCES$1,299,930
CMS$500,000
MECK CO HEALTH DEPT$439,764
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS$436,700
CHILDCARE RESOURCES$339,938
YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE$322,033
CHILDCARE RESOURCES$309,656
CARE RING INC$226,741
CHARLOTTE SPEECH & HEARING$199,820
CHARLOTTE BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL$182,370
FREEDOM COMMUNITIES$162,001
THE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE$121,407
CHILDCARE RESOURCES$104,855
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DIAPER BANK OF NC: $6k → 11%SAFE ALLIANCE: $205k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $83k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $29k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $19k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $17k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $489k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $475k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $465k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $427k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $427k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $420k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $409k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $375k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $322k → 10%SMITH FAMILY WELLNESSPROJ 658: $15k → 10%SMITH FAMILY WELLNESSPROJ 658: $11k → 10%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147M · 21 repeat orgs$328k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
6

Total granted

$147M
$328k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+16%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $4.1M · revenue +514%
  • CB
    Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +221%
  • CR
    Care Ring Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +165%

Funded once

  • CH
    Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $220k · revenue +11%
  • QC
    QUEEN CITY COCOA BEANS INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2022 · $33k · revenue -49%
  • WF
    WTVI FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue +18%
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
Families First in Cabarrus County

To provide parenting and early childhood programs that nurture children, empower parents, and strengthen whole families to flourish by significantly improving school readiness and economic mobility. We start early through home visiting,…

Human Services
2
Guilford County Partnership for Children Inc

The Guilford County Partnership for Children is a local non-profit strategically directing Smart Start and NC Pre-K funding to ensure equitable access to high quality childcare, professional development for early childhood educators and…

Education
3
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County Inc

The partnership's mission is to be the driving force to engage partners to achieve lasting positive outcomes for all children, beginning at birth.

Education
4
Black Child Development Institute-Carolinas

"Advance equity in education and child development for children and families."

Education
5
North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc

The north carolina partnership for children (ncpc) is the lead organization and backbone of the smart start network, setting statewide vision, policy, and funding priorities. while local partnerships translate the statewide vision into…

Education
6
Smart Start of Forsyth County

To promote equitable access to quality, comprehensive early childhood development and education in response to the needs of our community.

Education
7
Durham's Partnership for Children

To ensure every child in durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children birth to 5, and their families that promote healthy development and learning and echance access to high quality care.

Education
8
Partnership for Children of Johnston County Inc

The Partnership effectively utilizes a multitude of resources to ensure that Johnston's youngest residents and their families receive educational, health, and emotional support services, preparing children for lifelong success.

Education
9
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
10
North Carolina Early Education Coalition

Act as an organization to provide education, information distribution, training, newsletters, fact sheets, and other materials to educate communities about the importance of high quality childhood education, especially for infants and…

Education
11
Onslow County Partnership for Children

When they have challenges, we connect all children and their families to programs and resources that provide opportunities and hope.

Education
12
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Care Resources Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wtvi Foundation Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MECKLENBURG COUNTY: $102,274,531 · OtherMECKLENBURG COUNTYCHILD CARE RESOURCES INC: $15,668,210 · OtherCHILD CARE RESOURCES INCCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: $9,434,193 · OtherCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS+7 more: $5,977,494 · OtherCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $3,564,518 · EducationCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $1,425,223 · EducationThe Learning Collaborative: $958,497 · Education+1 more: $74,205 · EducationYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $3,809,408 · Human ServicesSafe Alliance Inc: $352,606 · Human ServicesChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $220,000 · Human Services+2 more: $31,120 · Human ServicesCare Ring Inc: $1,213,289 · HealthCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $886,503 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $355,966 · Health+1 more: $32,627 · HealthFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $503,740 · Community ImprovementBYE FOUNDATION INC: $214,784 · PhilanthropyWTVI FOUNDATION INC: $28,379 · PhilanthropyFamily Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc: $16,960 · Youth Development
Other$133,354,428Education$6,022,443Human Services$4,413,134Health$2,488,385Community Improvement$503,740Philanthropy$243,163Youth Development$16,960

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCES INC: $15,668,210 over 9y, 13% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $4,070,827 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $3,809,408 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $3,564,518 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $1,425,223 over 9y, 18% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $1,213,289 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetThe Learning Collaborative: $958,497 over 9y, 12% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $886,503 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $503,740 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetLAKEWOOD PRESCHOOL CORPORATION: $500,702 over 5y, 27% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $355,966 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $352,606 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $220,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBYE FOUNDATION INC: $214,784 over 2y, 53% of budgetMECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $74,205 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetQUEEN CITY COCOA BEANS INCORPORATED: $32,627 over 1y, 15% of budgetWTVI FOUNDATION INC: $28,379 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetProject 658 Inc: $25,620 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPromising Pages Inc: $18,667 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFamily Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc: $16,960 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetDIAPER BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds CHILD CARE RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center ↗
  • Who funds Care Ring Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Learning Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds LAKEWOOD PRESCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Safe Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL EQUITY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BYE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds QUEEN CITY COCOA BEANS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WTVI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Project 658 Inc ↗
  • Who funds Promising Pages Inc ↗
  • Who funds Family Childcare & Center Enrichment Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DIAPER BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗

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.

Foundation for the Ca…United Way of Greater…Duke Energy FoundationThe Presbyterian Hosp…The Leon Levine Found…Merancas Foundation I…Womens Impact FundCharlotte Woman's Clu…Speedway Children's C…Truist Foundation IncThe Perper Family Fou…The Cannon Foundation…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC37.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · The Leon Levine Foundation · Merancas Foundation Inc · Womens Impact Fund · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Speedway Children's Charities · Truist Foundation Inc · The Perper Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc

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 Mecklenburg Partnership for Children funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mecklenburg Partnership for Children. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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