North Carolina · Public charity
Smart Start of Davidson County Inc
Smart start of davidson county, inc. Was established in 1994 to develop and implement services for children, primarily ages birth through five. The focus of all programs is to ensure that children are healthy and ready to succeed in school and in life. Core services include child care subsidies, child care quality and family support.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $61,140
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $493,768
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $250k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Smart Start of Davidson County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $2.8M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $2.6M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $2.7M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $2.5M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $2.5M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $2.4M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson County Schools | $6,246,146 | 8 | n/a |
| Lexington City Schools | $2,657,331 | 8 | n/a |
| Thomasville City Schools | $1,891,182 | 8 | n/a |
| Vons Kids | $1,330,641 | 8 | n/a |
| A Childs World | $1,225,041 | 8 | n/a |
| Community General Health Partners Inc | $1,117,662 | 8 | 1% |
| Mary Myers Childcare | $926,819 | 8 | n/a |
| Davidson County Comm College | $774,579 | 8 | n/a |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $745,738 | 7 | 1% |
| Little Bo Peep | $610,461 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson County Schools | $6,246,146 | 8 | n/a |
| Lexington City Schools | $2,657,331 | 8 | n/a |
| Thomasville City Schools | $1,891,182 | 8 | n/a |
| Vons Kids | $1,330,641 | 8 | n/a |
| A Childs World | $1,225,041 | 8 | n/a |
| Community General Health Partners Inc | $1,117,662 | 8 | 1% |
| Mary Myers Childcare | $926,819 | 8 | n/a |
| Davidson County Comm College | $774,579 | 8 | n/a |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $745,738 | 7 | 1% |
| Little Bo Peep | $610,461 | 6 | n/a |
| First Baptist-Denton | $366,338 | 3 | n/a |
| Everyage | $359,096 | 8 | 0% |
| Cradles 2 Crayons Development Cent | $315,249 | 8 | n/a |
| Wallburg Academy | $311,028 | 8 | n/a |
| Brighter Horizons Child Development | $285,976 | 2 | n/a |
| Tyro Learning Center | $270,441 | 8 | n/a |
| Martha Best Child Care | $161,757 | 8 | n/a |
| Son Shine Day Care | $148,727 | 8 | n/a |
| Denton Wesleyan Church | $147,656 | 8 | n/a |
| Honey Bunch Kids | $136,789 | 6 | n/a |
| Lexington Day Care | $120,944 | 7 | n/a |
| Laurel Oak | $113,741 | 6 | n/a |
| Coggins Memorial Baptist Church | $105,951 | 7 | n/a |
| Evans Child Development Center | $83,098 | 8 | n/a |
| First Baptist Development Center | $71,323 | 8 | n/a |
| Kid City Day Care | $57,465 | 7 | n/a |
| Building Blocks Christian Academy | $36,323 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Disciples of Joy | $31,608 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Child Enrichment | $23,239 | 3 | n/a |
| Child Care Center One | $16,166 | 3 | n/a |
| Elizabeth's Playhouse | $9,823 | 1 | n/a |
| Kid City Childrens Center | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing in Grace | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Smart Start of Davidson County Inc
- How much does Smart Start of Davidson County Inc give?
- Smart Start of Davidson County Inc reported 24 itemized grants totaling $2,760,953, out of $3,889,271 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Smart Start of Davidson County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (61%), Human Services (13%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Smart Start of Davidson County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Davidson County Schools ($6.2M), Lexington City Schools ($2.7M), Thomasville City Schools ($1.9M).
- Does Smart Start of Davidson County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Smart Start of Davidson County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Golden Leaf Inc.
- Where is Smart Start of Davidson County Inc based?
- Smart Start of Davidson County Inc is based in NC.
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