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· Public charity

The Children's Aid Society

Children's aid helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$900k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.7MArts & Culture$422kHousing & Shelter$379kCrime & Legal$325kHuman Services$321kYouth Development$226kInternational$113kCommunity Improvement$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $900,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,133,060 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,233,060 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$900,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$562M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL$900,000
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 (FY17–20, $309k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $35k → 17%Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service: $116k → 20%CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEIGHBORHOOD: $71k → 14%PUBLIC ALLIES: $16k → 17%CHINESE AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $71k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
DC
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 14 repeat orgs$612k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$5.1M
$612k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+12%

Still filing today

93%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CA
    CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +140%
  • PN
    PHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $379k · revenue +80%
  • AA
    ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $376k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • BB
    BROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
    one grant, 2017 · $116k · revenue -29%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $84k · revenue +79%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $71k · revenue +40%
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.

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Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
2
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
3
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education
4
Brooklyn Charter School

Students are prepared to meet the needs of an ever changing technological and global society. we use the latest technology in our classrooms as an integral part of its curriculum approach. this approach is based on the latest research in…

Education
5
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
6
Lycee Francais De New York

"citizens of culture and courage"committed to bilingual french and american education of the highest standard, our mission is to prepare students of many origins to be thinkers, innovators and leaders, at home in the world. we inspire and…

Education
7
Harlem Children's Zone Inc

We enhance the life for children and families in some of nyc's most devastated neighborhoods.

Human Services
8
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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9
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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10
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

—
11
Equality Charter School

To ensure each scholar reaches individual academic and personal success through a nurturing scholar-centered approach.

Education
12
Publicolor Inc

Publicolor is an innovative educational youth development organization that empowers students facing immense life challenges for academic and career success through a multi-year project-based continuum of programs. the organization's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership With Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Helen Keller International. 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

33 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. 33 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL: $3,219,937 · EducationCHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOLTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $343,222 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE+3 more: $88,635 · EducationPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $378,886 · OtherPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOOD…YOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: $325,000 · OtherYOUTH MINISTRIES FO…CATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK: $83,562 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES …THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MOSHOLU MONTEFIORE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $47,000 · Other+13 more: $150,050 · Other+13 moreALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $376,258 · Arts & CultureSTATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $27,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $25,200 · Arts & CultureBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $115,853 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $71,018 · Human ServicesCHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL INC: $71,018 · Human ServicesNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $35,000 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $15,950 · Human ServicesHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $113,162 · InternationalKips Bay Boys & Girls Club: $51,700 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO QUEENS INC: $17,100 · Youth DevelopmentARETE EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentVARIETY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF QUEENS INC: $11,400 · Youth DevelopmentMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $7,600 · Youth DevelopmentRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $53,875 · Recreation & SportsNEW YORK EDGE INC: $30,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$3,651,794Other$984,498Arts & Culture$428,958Human Services$308,839International$113,162Youth Development$102,800Recreation & Sports$83,875

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 AID COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL: $3,219,937 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetPHIPPS NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $378,886 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $376,258 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $343,222 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $115,853 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $113,162 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES COMMUNITY SERVICES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK: $83,562 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $71,018 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL INC: $71,018 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $53,875 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKips Bay Boys & Girls Club: $51,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MOSHOLU MONTEFIORE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $47,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK EDGE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE ENGINE INC: $28,675 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $27,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO QUEENS INC: $17,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $15,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARETE EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM INC: $13,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $13,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVisual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating: $12,650 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLULU & LEO FUND: $12,550 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVARIETY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF QUEENS INC: $11,400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST PAULS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNSELING IN SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC: $9,960 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Square Boys & Girls Club: $7,600 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Robin Hood FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…The Goldman Sachs Cha…American Express Foun…United Way of New Yor…Expanded Schools IncAltman FoundationPinkerton FoundationThe Ford FoundationJewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Td Charitable Foundat…
Robin Hood FoundationNY23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Children's Aid Society funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Children's Aid Society. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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