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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.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$300k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$6.4MHealth$1.7MEducation$598kEmployment$85kReligion$78kHousing & Shelter$68kFood & Nutrition$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$300,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC$300,000
GET READY GUILFORD$125,000
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 (FY20–23, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ZERO TO THREE: $181k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT: $37k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT: $128k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT: $29k → 16%YWCA HIGH POINT: $43k → 16%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HIGH POINT NC INC: $30k → 16%YMCA HIGH POINT: $25k → 16%YWCA HIGH POINT: $9k → 16%YWCA HIGH POINT: $3k → 16%YMCA OF GREENSBORO: $25k → 16%KELLIN FOUNDATION: $95k → 16%KELLIN FOUNDATION: $36k → 16%KELLIN FOUNDATION: $28k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $28k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $28k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $25k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 16%ROOM AT THE INN: $15k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $28k → 16%ROOM AT THE INN: $13k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $25k → 16%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST: $1.5M → 16%GUILFORD CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $41k → 16%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST: $28k → 16%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 19 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
9

Total granted

$7.1M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+15%

Still filing today

89%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +11%
  • G
    GENERATIONED
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +12%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $193k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • GC
    GUILFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M
  • ZT
    ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS TODDLERS AND FAMILIES
    one grant, 2023 · $181k · revenue -20%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $160k · revenue +27%
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
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
2
Families First-Nc Inc

To strengthen all families by providing parenting information and education and by preventing adolescent pregnancy.

Human Services
3
Richmond County Partnership for Children Inc

Richmond County Partnership for Children advances a high-quality, accountable system of care and early education for each child beginning with a healthy birth, and supports families to improve early childhood health and development to…

Education
4
Greene Lamp

To provide services to low income families and individuals in the greene, lenoir, pitt, craven, duplin, edgecombe, martin, sampson, wayne, wilson and beaufort county areas that shall enhance their ability to become more self sufficient.

Community Improvement
5
Greenlight Family Services

Greenlight's mission is to achieve the best outcomes for families, young adults, and children by providing the highest quality services. its primary focus is to provide adoption and guardianship for children in the welfare system.

Human Services
6
Green Byrne Child Care Center

The green byrne child care center services approximately 85 children ranging from 6 weeks to 6 years of age. teaching strategies for infants, toddlers and preschoolers align with the pennsylvania early learning standards and focus on…

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7
Durham's Partnership for Children

To ensure every child in durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children birth to 5, and their families that promote healthy development and learning and echance access to high quality care.

Education
8
Guilford Center for Children Inc

Guilford Center for Children, Inc. provides two major programs: an NAEYC accredited early education program for children ages 3 to 5 and a before and after school for children ages 5 through 12 years old for working families in Guilford.

Human Services
9
The Partnership for Children of Wayne County Inc

To provide or connect families with early care and education, health, and family support services needed for young children.

Education
10
Green Mountain Childrens Center

Our mission is to unlock the learning potential in every child by providing a safe and nurturing learning environment while supporting working parents and the community.

Community Improvement
11
Ywca of Greater Green Bay Inc

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
12
Smart Start of Yadkin County Inc

To prepare all children birth to 5 years of age to be healthy and ready for kindergarten.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Generationed; the most unlike its peers is D-Up 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

25 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. 25 of the 28 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $3,957,420 · Human ServicesChildren's Home Society of North Carolina IncGENERATIONED: $1,519,412 · Human ServicesGENERATIONED+10 more: $851,838 · Human Services+10 moreGUILFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: $1,467,495 · OtherGUILFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT…THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO: $262,763 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CA…YWCA Greensboro: $107,700 · OtherREADING CONNECTIONS INC: $102,248 · OtherCITY OF GREENSBORO: $80,000 · Other+3 more: $81,340 · OtherGET READY GUILFORD: $161,017 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $160,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $75,000 · EducationEVERY BABY GUILFORD INC: $160,300 · Public Safety & DisasterPositive Direction for Youth and Families Inc: $52,500 · ReligionFaithAction International House: $25,000 · ReligionOUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $52,500 · Food & NutritionUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $41,515 · Philanthropy
Human Services$6,328,670Other$2,101,546Education$396,017Public Safety & Disaster$160,300Religion$77,500Food & Nutrition$52,500Philanthropy$41,515

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 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ready for School Ready for Life funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ready for School Ready for Life. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 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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