New York · Public charity
The Children's Aid Society
Children's aid helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive supports to children and their families in targeted, high-needs new york city neighborhoods. (continued on schedule o)continuation of organization's mission:we believe all children have limitless potential. But for those growing up…
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $900k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $562M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Children's Aid Society 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; $0 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 | 1 | $900k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $544k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $733k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.1M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $505k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $230k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $216k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Aid College Prep Charter School | $3,219,937 | 7 | 5% |
| Phipps Neighborhoods Inc | $378,886 | 4 | 1% |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | $376,258 | 5 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $343,222 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice | $325,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service | $115,853 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $113,162 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York | $83,562 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington | $71,018 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | $71,018 | 1 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Children's Aid Society supplied at peak.
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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: Robin Hood Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · American Express Foundation · United Way of New York City · Expanded Schools Inc · Altman Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Td Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Children's Aid Society
- How much does The Children's Aid Society give?
- The Children's Aid Society reported 1 itemized grants totaling $900,000, out of $4,133,060 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Children's Aid Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Arts & Culture (7%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The Children's Aid Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Aid College Prep Charter School ($3.2M), Phipps Neighborhoods Inc ($379k), Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc ($376k).
- Does The Children's Aid Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Children's Aid Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Robin Hood Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Children's Aid Society based?
- The Children's Aid Society is based in NY.
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