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North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc

To marshal north carolina's great people, ideas, and achievements to ensure opportunity and success for every child.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$14k
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.

Civil Rights$48kEducation$39kHuman Services$27kHealth$8k
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $82,575, the rows itemized in this filing. The $104,298 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,723 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 $10k18 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CAROLINAS$13,875
EMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY$6,225
BOSTON -THURMOND COMMUNITY NETWORK$5,000
PELETAH MINISTRIES$5,000
HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON SMART START PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC$5,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR$5,000
ROBESON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC$5,000
NORTH RALEIGH PROVIDERS NETWORK$5,000
VERNER CENTER FOR EARLY LEARNING$5,000
CASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOL INC$5,000
MOORE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$4,000
BOONE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$4,000
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC$2,925
MOMSRISING$2,700
MDC INC$2,625
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 (FY23–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - CAROLINAS: $11k → 10%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - CAROLINAS: $10k → 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.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$68k · 4 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$68k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+19%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
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

  • NC
    NC CHILD
    2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +107%
  • NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $21k · revenue +30%
  • EMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $13k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • FS
    FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKHOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +38%
  • DP
    DURHAM'S PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +28%
  • CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -15%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
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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5
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
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
Down East Partnership for Children

Launch every child as a healthy, lifelong learner by the end of the third grade. This is accomplished through working across the four building blocks of early education. 1) Health and development are on track beginning before birth 2)…

Education
8
Martin Pitt Partnership for Children Inc

To make meaningful and measurable investments in the quality of life for young children and families in education, health, and support services.

Education
9
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
10
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
11
Chatham County Partnership for Children

In collaboration with our community partners, we plan, fund, and implement quality early childhood education, health, and family support initiatives.

Education
12
Smart Start of New Hanover County

Smart Start of New Hanover County seeks to build bridges to develop, sustain, and enhance health, family support, and early education services for all children, ages birth to five.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Partnership for Young Children; the most unlike its peers is Chatham Education 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

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 29 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
6/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NC CHILD: $25,000 · OtherNC CHILDEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY: $12,782 · OtherEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITYDurham Co Partnership for Ch: $8,333 · OtherDurham Co Partnership for ChOrange County Partnership for: $8,333 · OtherOrange County Partnership forNORTH RALEIGH PROVIDERS NETWORK: $5,000 · OtherNORTH RALEIGH PROVIDERS NETWORKPELETAH MINISTRIES: $5,000 · OtherPELETAH MINISTRIESMOORE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $4,000 · OtherMDC INC: $2,625 · Other+3 more: $4,875 · Other+3 moreBLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE-CAROLINAS: $13,875 · EducationBLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTIT…DURHAM'S PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $8,333 · EducationDURHAM'S PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILD…ORANGE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: $8,333 · EducationORANGE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR …Charlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $5,825 · EducationCharlotte Bilingual Learning C…CASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC: $5,000 · EducationCASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINCROBESON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · EducationROBESON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR…HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON SMART START PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · EducationHERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON SMART STA…NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,925 · Education+1 more: $1,350 · EducationNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $21,052 · Human ServicesNATIONAL BLACK CHI…FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKHOPE: $8,378 · Human ServicesFAMILY SUPPORT NET…Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesCommunities in Sch…MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $8,943 · PhilanthropyMOMSRISING EDUCA…CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,333 · PhilanthropyCHATHAM EDUCATIO…CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,333 · PhilanthropyCHATHAM EDUCATIO…VERNER INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyVERNER INCBoston-Thurmond Innovation Network: $5,000 · Community ImprovementBOONE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC: $4,000 · Public Benefit
Other$75,948Education$55,641Human Services$34,430Philanthropy$30,609Community Improvement$5,000Public Benefit$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNC CHILD: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $21,052 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEMPOWERED PARENTS IN COMMUNITY: $12,782 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND: $8,943 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKHOPE: $8,378 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,333 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetORANGE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: $8,333 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $5,825 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoston-Thurmond Innovation Network: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASHIERS VALLEY PRESCHOOLINC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetROBESON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON SMART START PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVERNER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOORE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOONE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPRINTS CARES: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren FirstCommunities In Schools of Buncombe County Inc: $225 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Triangle Community Fo…Nc ChildZ Smith Reynolds Foun…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Nc Child · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%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
    2get no government money at all
    3report 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 29 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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