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North Carolina · Public charity

Ready for School Ready for Life

The mission of ready for school, ready for life is to create, design, and implement a collaborative system of care for guilford county's youngest children and their families, fostering not only their academic development but also their socio-emotional growth. Our organization is committed to establishing a comprehensive system of care…

$425k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$300,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 26
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Ready for School Ready for Life funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesEducationReligionFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$425k0%
FY202326$7.8M38%
FY202217$659k65%
FY20207$299kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$6.4MHealth$1.7MEducation$598kEmployment$85kReligion$78kHousing & Shelter$68kFood & Nutrition$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$3,957,420212%
Generationed$1,519,41235%
Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services$1,467,4951n/a
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro$262,7633n/a
Family Service of the Piedmont Inc$192,98531%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$181,43710%
Get Ready Guilford$161,01722%
Every Baby Guilford Inc$160,300219%
Duke University$160,00010%
Kellin Foundation$158,29124%
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All grantees of Ready for School Ready for Life by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$3,957,420212%
Generationed$1,519,41235%
Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services$1,467,4951n/a
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro$262,7633n/a
Family Service of the Piedmont Inc$192,98531%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$181,43710%
Get Ready Guilford$161,01722%
Every Baby Guilford Inc$160,300219%
Duke University$160,00010%
Kellin Foundation$158,29124%
YWCA Greensboro$107,70037%
Reading Connections Inc$102,248210%
Young Women's Christian Association of High Point Nc Inc$84,12533%
City of Greensboro$80,0002n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$75,00010%
Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc$52,50025%
The Barnabas Network$52,50023%
Out of the Garden Project$52,50021%
Backpack Beginnings$52,50021%
Positive Direction for Youth and Families Inc$52,50029%
United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc$41,51520%
Parents as Teachers Guilford County$28,840114%
Goodwill Industries of Central North Car$27,50020%
Room at the Inn Inc$27,50021%
FaithAction International House$25,00017%
D-Up Inc$25,00012%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc$25,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association of High Point Inc$25,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ready for School Ready for Life supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $3,957,420 over 2y, 12% of budgetGenerationed: $1,519,412 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFamily Service of the Piedmont Inc: $192,985 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $181,437 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGet Ready Guilford: $161,017 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetEvery Baby Guilford Inc: $160,300 over 2y, 19% of budgetDuke University: $160,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKellin Foundation: $158,291 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetYWCA Greensboro: $107,700 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetReading Connections Inc: $102,248 over 2y, 10% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of High Point Nc Inc: $84,125 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc: $52,500 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetThe Barnabas Network: $52,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOut of the Garden Project: $52,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBackpack Beginnings: $52,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPositive Direction for Youth and Families Inc: $52,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Greensboro Inc: $41,515 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetParents as Teachers Guilford County: $28,840 over 1y, 14% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Central North Car: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoom at the Inn Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFaithAction International House: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetD-Up Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of High Point Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 25.

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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.

Community Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…David and Claudia Bab…United Way of Greater…Moses Cone - Wesley L…Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Get Ready GuilfordThe Mary Lynn Richard…High Point Community …Weaver Foundation IncThe Cemala Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro IncNC32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · David and Claudia Babb Reich Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Get Ready Guilford · The Mary Lynn Richardson Fund · High Point Community Foundation · Weaver Foundation Inc · The Cemala Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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.

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About Ready for School Ready for Life

How much does Ready for School Ready for Life give?
Ready for School Ready for Life reported 2 grants totaling $425,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Ready for School Ready for Life fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (70%), Health (19%), Education (7%).
Who are Ready for School Ready for Life's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ($4.0M), Generationed ($1.5M), Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services ($1.5M).
Does Ready for School Ready for Life fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ready for School Ready for Life?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, David and Claudia Babb Reich Family Foundation.
Where is Ready for School Ready for Life based?
Ready for School Ready for Life is based in NC.

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 28 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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