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National Center for Families Learning Inc

Ncfl works to eradicate poverty through education solutions for families.

$867k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$61k
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$5.0MHuman Services$290kHealth$220kReligion$135kCommunity Improvement$13k
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $736,010, the rows itemized in this filing. The $866,656 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $130,646 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $601k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $116k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$60,648
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$55,000
YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC$45,000
KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$45,000
MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT$44,892
AVONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT$41,947
SOMALI COMMUNITY OF LOUISVILLE INC$40,000
MARNEL C MOORMAN SR FAMILY LIFE CENTER$37,500
TAYLOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$37,500
ADVENTUROUS MINDS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS$30,000
HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$28,491
LITERACY CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN$25,000
THORN HILL EDUCATION CENTER$25,000
BEATRICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$21,655
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER NETWORK$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc: $26k → 14%Village of Promise Inc: $57k → 11%Adelante Mujeres: $55k → 8%Beech Acres Parenting Center: $42k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $45k → 15%Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc: $25k → 14%Village of Promise Inc: $42k → 11%Adelante Mujeres: $45k → 8%Guilford Child Development: $55k → 16%Catholic Charities of Louisville: $75k → 15%Vickery Meadow Learning Center dba Literacy Achieves: $64k → 14%Village of Promise Inc: $10k → 11%Adelante Mujeres: $30k → 8%Guilford Child Development: $45k → 16%Toberman Neighborhood Center Inc: $25k → 14%Family Services Center Inc: $75k → 11%Guilford Child Development: $30k → 16%Brightmoor Alliance Inc: $13k → 21%FAMILY SERVICES CENTER INC: $60k → 11%VICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER DBA LITERACY ACHIEVES: $15k → 14%Catholic Charities of Louisville: $60k → 15%The Louisville Urban League Inc: $68k → 15%The Louisville Urban League Inc: $50k → 15%The Louisville Urban League Inc: $38k → 15%The Louisville Urban League: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
MI
NY
OR
NV
SD
IN
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 33 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
35

Total granted

$4.4M
$663k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+12%

Still filing today

88%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $585k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsYouth 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

  • BP
    BRIYA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $333k · revenue +46%
  • AM
    ADVENTUROUS MINDS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $232k · revenue ×14
  • TL
    THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $175k · revenue +165%

Funded once

  • SC
    SCOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $85k
  • VM
    Vickery Meadow Learning Center DBA Literacy Achievers
    one grant, 2019 · $56k
  • TB
    THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue -12%
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
The Family Place Public Charter School

The mission of the family place public charter school is to improve the literacy and workplace skills of low-income limited english proficient adults in the district so that they and their family are self-sustaining, employable and engaged…

Education
2
The Learning Collaborative

The Learning Collaborative's mission is to instill children with curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning while embracing and strengthening their families. This is accomplished through tuition-free, high-quality Preschool and Pre-K…

Education
3
Smart Love Parenting Center

To provide a variety of programs in the chicago area to help children, parents, and adults achieve greater inner well-being, sustain closer relationships, and have more pleasurable family, school, and work lives.

Human Services
4
Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County Inc

Providing families and individuals of sheboygan county with educational programming and resources to support a connected and thriving community.

Education
5
Intercultural Children and Family Services

Render nbsp;culturally nbsp;appropriate nbsp;services nbsp;to nbsp;all nbsp;children nbsp;who nbsp;are nbsp;in nbsp;the nbsp;child nbsp;welfare nbsp;system nbsp;and nbsp;their nbsp;famalies

Public Benefit
6
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
7
Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School

It is the mission of early childhood academy public charter school to foster the academic and social/emotional growth and development of each student in a safe and holistic learning environment that will equip all students with the…

Education
8
Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool (CltBP) prepares Spanish-speaking children for success in school and life by providing superior dual language, multi-cultural early childhood education.

Education
9
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
10
Little Thinkers Inc

Our mission is to prepare the children of our community for the road ahead. We take a whole-child approach that blends personalized care plans with physical play, social development, and academic readiness.

Human Services
11
Literacy Kansas City

To advance literacy within the kansas city metropolitan area through direct services, advocacy, and collaboration.

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12
Concordia Place

Concordia place's continuum of programs support families throughout their children's development, from the neonatal period through college entry: home visiting for expecting parents and infants, early childhood education and care for…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Development Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Somali Community of Louisville 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

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 93 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/57
Grantees still filing
34/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF NE MS: $175,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF NE MSFAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $140,000 · OtherFAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $130,000 · OtherTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INCGENESEE ISD: $130,000 · OtherGENESEE ISDTHE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY: $119,000 · OtherTHE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTYCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $99,000 · OtherSCOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: $85,000 · OtherMomentous Institute: $135,400 · OtherMomentous InstitutePARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER: $135,000 · OtherPARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHERVoice of Hope Ministries Inc: $135,000 · OtherVoice of Hope Ministries Inc+40 more: $777,796 · Other+40 moreTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $175,000 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE I…2NOT1 FATHERHOOD & FAMILIES: $175,000 · Human Services2NOT1 FATHERHOOD & FAMILIESDALLAS COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE: $154,640 · Human ServicesDALLAS COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSEFAMILY SERVICES CENTER INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES CENTER INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVI…ADELANTE MUJERES: $130,000 · Human ServicesADELANTE MUJERESGENERATIONED: $130,000 · Human ServicesGENERATIONEDVILLAGE OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $109,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE OF PROMISE INCORPORAT…VICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER: $78,970 · Human ServicesVICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTE…TOBERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $75,751 · Human ServicesJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $75,000 · Human Services+3 more: $99,500 · Human Services+3 moreBRIYA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $332,509 · EducationBRIYA PUBLIC CHARTER…LIFT LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR TEXAS DBA ASPIRE: $170,660 · EducationLIFT LITERACY INSTRU…PLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $99,000 · EducationPLANO ISD EDUCATION …LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $99,000 · EducationLOUISVILLE FREE PUBL…THORNHILL EDUCATION CENTER INC: $70,000 · EducationTHORNHILL EDUCATION …METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC: $58,461 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE U…URBAN LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC: $42,000 · EducationSomali Community Of Louisville Inc: $40,000 · EducationLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $35,000 · Education+8 more: $95,503 · Education+8 moreSOUTHWEST COUNSELING SOLUTIONS: $189,709 · HealthDEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $134,375 · HealthSMOKETOWN FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER CORP: $37,500 · HealthFamily Health Centers Inc: $30,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthJEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $275,250 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $17,500 · PhilanthropyADVENTUROUS MINDS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS INC: $231,500 · Arts & CultureEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $130,000 · Recreation & SportsMARNEL C MOORMAN SR FAM LIFE CENTER INC: $37,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,061,196Human Services$1,472,861Education$1,042,133Health$396,584Philanthropy$312,750Arts & Culture$231,500Recreation & Sports$167,500

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 budgetBRIYA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $332,509 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $275,250 over 3y, 22% of budgetADVENTUROUS MINDS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY DREAMS INC: $231,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetSOUTHWEST COUNSELING SOLUTIONS: $189,709 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $175,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budget2NOT1 FATHERHOOD & FAMILIES: $175,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF NE MS: $175,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLIFT LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR TEXAS DBA ASPIRE: $170,660 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetDALLAS COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE: $154,640 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetMomentous Institute: $135,400 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES CENTER INC: $135,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOUISVILLE INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER: $135,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetVoice of Hope Ministries Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetDEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $134,375 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetADELANTE MUJERES: $130,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGENERATIONED: $130,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVILLAGE OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $109,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetPLANO ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $99,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetLOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIO: $99,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $99,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVICKERY MEADOW LEARNING CENTER: $78,970 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTOBERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $75,751 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $75,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHORNHILL EDUCATION CENTER INC: $70,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER FOUNDATION INC: $58,461 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetthe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER INC: $45,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $42,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN LEARNING COLLABORATIVE INC: $42,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSMOKETOWN FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER CORP: $37,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Health Centers Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMERCEDMARIPOSA TEACHERS UNISERV COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONEWORLD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $19,598 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTMOOR ALLIANCE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHESTERFIELD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Fulton Family Connection Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetMAMA TO MAMA INC: $9,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetVICKERY MEADOW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Dollar General Litera…The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Round It Up America I…C E and S Foundation …Kosair Charities Comm…Share Our StrengthGenYOUTH IncorporatedThe Community Foundat…Humana Foundation IncMetro United Way IncJames Graham Brown Fo…
Dollar General Literacy FoundationTN31.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dollar General Literacy Foundation · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Round It Up America Inc · C E and S Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · Share Our Strength · GenYOUTH Incorporated · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Humana Foundation Inc · Metro United Way Inc · James Graham Brown 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 National Center for Families Learning Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Center for Families Learning Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report 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 93 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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