North Carolina · Public charity
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 community action, ncpc strengthens that work through guidance, coordination, and support. Ncpc connects…
- $126M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 77
- Grants FY2025
- 83
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,018,253
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,322,926
- Organizations funded a year
- 77 to 88
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $482k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 77 | $127M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 83 | $116M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 77 | $114M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 77 | $107M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 78 | $104M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 78 | $99M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 88 | $99M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 78 | $98M | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County Smart Start Inc | $72,058,661 | 9 | 39% |
| Mecklenburg Partnership for Children | $63,096,860 | 9 | 95% |
| Durham's Partnership for Children | $48,101,379 | 9 | 48% |
| The Dollywood Foundation | $46,015,923 | 8 | 14% |
| Onslow County Partnership for Children | $42,350,878 | 9 | 43% |
| Smart Start of Forsyth County | $39,736,431 | 9 | 50% |
| Partnership for Children of Cumberland County Inc | $36,926,257 | 9 | 34% |
| Guilford County Partnership for Children Inc | $30,380,051 | 9 | 23% |
| Smart Start of Davidson County Inc | $24,302,611 | 9 | 60% |
| Down East Partnership for Children | $21,368,630 | 9 | 39% |
Show all 96 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 70 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 85 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Reach Out and Read Inc · Early Years Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Blue Ridge Partnership for Children · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc
- How much does North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc give?
- North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc reported 77 grants totaling $126,408,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 88 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Human Services (4%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wake County Smart Start Inc ($72M), Mecklenburg Partnership for Children ($63M), Durham's Partnership for Children ($48M).
- Does North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reach Out and Read Inc, Early Years Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc based?
- North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc is based in NC.
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