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Nc Child

NC CHILD builds a stronger north carolina by advancing public policies that ensure all children - regardless of race, ethnicity, or birthplace - have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

$239k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$52k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$162kEducation$146kHealth$52kHousing & Shelter$50kEmployment$40kPhilanthropy$36kCrime & Legal$20kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $184,330, the rows itemized in this filing. The $239,330 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $55,000 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

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $132k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NC EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION$52,330
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY$20,000
CHILDREN FIRSTCIS OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY$20,000
WAGES$20,000
YMCA OF GREENSBORO$20,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR$20,000
ASCEND NONPROFITS SOLUTIONS INC$20,000
BYE ENTERPRISE LLC$12,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BCDI-CHARLOTTE: $10k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR: $22k → 12%WAGES: $20k → 18%ASCEND NONPROFITS SOLUTIONS INC: $20k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR: $20k → 12%WAGES: $20k → 18%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR: $20k → 12%WAGES: $20k → 18%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S ASSISTANCE: $10k → 10%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR: $20k → 12%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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 6 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$342k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+14%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CI
    Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $82k · revenue +156%
  • CF
    Children FirstCommunities In Schools of Buncombe County Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $68k · revenue +11%
  • WA
    WAYNE ACTION GROUP FOR ECONOMIC SOLVENCY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • ME
    MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $36k · revenue +59%
  • NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -64%
  • RC
    RICHMOND COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +0%
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
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
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
Early Years Inc

Early years leads efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing support for families, communities and the workforce. early years 's primary purpose is to provide services, research and…

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4
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
5
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
6
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
7
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
8
North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children

Ncaeyc promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. we advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on…

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9
Jones County Partnership for Children

To provide services to children and their parents to support their readiness for school.

Education
10
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees

Per south carolina code section 59-152-30: "the goals for south carolina first steps to school readiness are to: (1) provide parents with access to the support they might seek and want to strengthen their families and to promote the…

Education
11
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
12
Wilson County Partnership for Children Inc

To support the development of young children and families in Wilson County through collaborative, community-based programs focusing on health, family support services and quality education.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Empowered Parents in Community. 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 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $82,000 · Human ServicesCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear IncWAYNE ACTION GROUP FOR ECONOMIC SOLVENCY INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesWAYNE ACTION GROUP FOR ECONOMIC SOLVENCY …Ascend Nonprofit Solutions: $20,000 · Human ServicesAscend Nonprofit SolutionsNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Human ServicesExceptional Childrens Assistance Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesWESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesChildren FirstCommunities In Schools of Buncombe County Inc: $68,000 · OtherChildren FirstCommunities In Sc…NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING COALITION INC: $50,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA HOUSING COALITIO…BYE ENTERPRISE LLC: $22,000 · OtherBYE ENTERPRISE LLCEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY: $8,000 · OtherEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITYUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATE…MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $36,000 · PhilanthropyMOMSRISING EDUCATION…NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC: $52,330 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA EARL…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ROBESON COUNTY INC: $20,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHO…RICHMOND COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · EducationRICHMOND COUNTY PAR…Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $6,000 · EducationCharlotte Bilingual…
Human Services$192,000Other$148,000Philanthropy$96,000Education$88,330

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 budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $82,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetChildren FirstCommunities In Schools of Buncombe County Inc: $68,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetWAYNE ACTION GROUP FOR ECONOMIC SOLVENCY INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC: $52,330 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA HOUSING COALITION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $36,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ROBESON COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAscend Nonprofit Solutions: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRICHMOND COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetExceptional Childrens Assistance Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY: $8,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $6,000 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.

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.

Z Smith Reynolds Foun…Foundation for the Ca…The Leon Levine Found…North Carolina Early …Blue Cross and Blue S…United Way of Greater…North Carolina Commun…The Winston-Salem Fou…Duke Energy FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation IncNC19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Leon Levine Foundation · North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc · Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Nc Child funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nc Child. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get 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 16 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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