How much does Think Small give?

Think Small reported 135 itemized grants totaling $8,729,155, out of $10,133,472 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 244 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Think Small fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Human Services (21%), Housing & Shelter (0%).

Who are Think Small's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Horizon Child Care Inc ($44M), Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC ($11M), Parents in Community Action Inc ($5.9M).

Does Think Small fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

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Minnesota · Public charity

Think Small

To advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years.

$10M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 135
Itemized grants FY2025: 241
Organizations funded FY2024: 20%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $8.7M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $14,139
Largest grant, FY2025: $2,505,427
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 244; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 5
Total assets, FY2025: $8.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Think Small funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $590k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationHealthOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	134	$8.7M	22%
FY2024	241	$26M	20%
FY2023	224	$24M	21%
FY2022	194	$18M	13%
FY2021	214	$15M	21%
FY2020	163	$12M	15%
FY2019	244	$23M	38%
FY2018	21	$621k	0%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$117MHuman Services$32MHousing & Shelter$649kReligion$349kYouth Development$171kHealth$102kArts & Culture$87kCommunity Improvement$69kOther$0

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
New Horizon Child Care Inc	$44,222,646	9	n/a
Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC	$11,490,707	6	n/a
Parents in Community Action Inc	$5,908,809	8	4%
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC	$4,793,641	4	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties	$4,129,148	8	3%
Lacreche Early Childhood Centers Inc	$3,543,295	9	44%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North	$3,246,824	9	0%
YWCA of Minneapolis	$2,821,050	9	3%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis	$2,605,410	8	1%
Baby's Space a Place to Grow	$2,564,019	9	21%

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All grantees of Think Small by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
New Horizon Child Care Inc	$44,222,646	9	n/a
Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC	$11,490,707	6	n/a
Parents in Community Action Inc	$5,908,809	8	4%
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC	$4,793,641	4	n/a
Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties	$4,129,148	8	3%
Lacreche Early Childhood Centers Inc	$3,543,295	9	44%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North	$3,246,824	9	0%
YWCA of Minneapolis	$2,821,050	9	3%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis	$2,605,410	8	1%
Baby's Space a Place to Grow	$2,564,019	9	21%
Lakeshore Learning Materials	$2,206,671	5	n/a
The Family Partnership	$2,187,367	9	6%
Kindercare Education LLC	$1,802,981	2	n/a
Tutor Time Childcare Learning	$1,679,237	8	n/a
3 Rs Early Childhood Learning Center	$1,488,703	7	n/a
Khcd II Inc	$1,410,525	7	n/a
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc	$1,271,032	9	13%
Especially for Children Inc	$1,260,051	8	n/a
Cedar Riverside Child Care Center	$1,122,989	7	n/a
Es Sbs Brooklyn Park	$1,091,171	7	n/a
Torah Academy of Minneapolis	$1,041,993	7	n/a
Summit Early Learning Center	$870,001	8	n/a
Rainbow Child Development Inc	$861,984	9	n/a
Childrens Discovery Child Care and Learning Inc	$790,844	7	n/a
Olus Center LLC	$723,663	7	n/a
New Creations Child Care & Learning Center LLC - Coon Rapids	$707,330	6	n/a
Creative Kids Academy	$701,495	9	n/a
School Readiness Learning Academy	$698,395	8	n/a
Anew Dimension Child Enrichment Center	$685,908	8	11%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation	$666,540	8	1%
Close To My Heart	$594,576	8	11%
Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School	$574,581	7	10%
Excell Academy for Higher Learning Inc	$518,657	8	2%
Creekside Montessori School	$511,730	8	8%
People Serving People Inc	$502,769	7	1%
La Petite Academy	$499,077	7	n/a
Machupichu 7 LLC	$498,913	8	n/a
Minneapolis Public School	$482,095	8	n/a
Todays Life Brooklyn Park LLC	$481,515	5	n/a
Edina Public Schools	$480,428	7	n/a
Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc	$464,058	8	4%
St Jerome School	$450,918	8	n/a
Hooyo Child Care	$433,103	7	n/a
Angels Learning Center LLC	$431,959	7	n/a
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc	$422,377	9	5%
Tendercare Learning Center LLC	$406,118	7	n/a
Richfield Evangelical Lutheran Church	$404,697	8	n/a
Joyce Preschool	$402,442	7	19%
Jeanette Thao	$398,307	5	n/a
Kaplan Early Learning Company	$392,781	3	n/a
Mis Amigos Spanish Immersion LLC	$380,035	8	n/a
Agape Child Development Center	$377,943	6	2%
Zakia Inc	$372,039	9	n/a
Open Arms Education & Child Care Center	$364,340	8	n/a
Lake Area Discovery Center	$349,167	8	1%
Bloom Early Learning	$347,118	8	3%
St Alphonsus Parish School	$342,677	7	n/a
Chabad Academy Inc	$329,427	5	n/a
Jeremiah Program	$319,685	7	1%
Nakia Howard	$315,331	5	n/a
Church of New Life Christian Ministries	$311,471	8	n/a
Moin Incorporated	$307,160	8	n/a
Eastern Heights Lutheran Church	$306,852	8	n/a
Smiling Faces Academy	$300,718	4	n/a
Church of St Francis de Sales	$298,806	7	n/a
JRP Childrens Services Inc - Maple Grove	$296,158	6	n/a
Eden Prairie School District 272	$292,406	7	n/a
World Around US Child Care	$282,968	7	n/a
Mi Familia Child Care Center	$260,739	8	n/a
The Crayon Box Child Care Center	$253,734	7	n/a
Noahs Ark Child Development Centers Inc	$253,606	6	n/a
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center	$250,568	7	2%
Nccc LLC	$249,766	5	n/a
Casa de Corazon Inc	$249,301	7	n/a
Way to Grow	$248,784	5	4%
Independent School District 283	$246,785	7	n/a
US Toy Co Inc	$245,807	4	n/a
Montessori American Indian Childcare Center	$244,805	7	n/a
Es Sbs Plymouth LLC	$243,359	7	n/a
Little Steps Childcare LLC	$240,718	7	n/a
Hmong American Partnership	$240,165	3	1%
Fraser	$240,076	7	0%
A Chance to Grow	$232,634	7	1%
Spiritual Life Bible College	$232,375	7	n/a
Salvation Army	$228,156	6	n/a
Centro Tyrone Guzman	$223,323	7	9%
Es Sbs Maple LLC	$214,494	7	n/a
Think Small	$214,483	3	1%
Es Sbs St Anthony LLC	$210,069	6	n/a
Brookdale Christian Center Daycare	$207,272	8	n/a
Room For Growing	$194,243	7	n/a
Mounds View Public	$192,127	5	n/a
Minnesota Child Care Center	$187,995	6	n/a
Miniapple International Montessori School Inc	$186,603	4	n/a
Pillsbury United Communities	$178,280	7	0%
Baraka Child Care Center	$176,431	1	n/a
My Childcare Plus Inc	$175,772	4	n/a
Jain Enterprises	$175,433	6	n/a
Tiffany Colette Roberts	$174,636	4	n/a
Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc	$171,689	6	0%
Bright Water Montessori School	$170,302	2	14%
Minnetonka Public Schools	$169,265	7	n/a
All Ages and Faces Academy	$168,984	4	n/a
Isd 282 - St Anthony-New Brighton	$168,298	5	n/a
Community Child Care Center Inc	$167,207	7	7%
St David's Center	$166,679	4	0%
Stillwater Area Public Schools	$165,530	1	n/a
Saint Thomas More Catholic School	$163,912	7	n/a
Southwest Metro Educational Cooperative	$161,901	2	n/a
Little Voyageurs' Montessori School Inc	$159,435	7	17%
It Starts With Luv Childcare LLC	$155,865	6	n/a
Lifetrack Resources Inc	$155,131	5	2%
Seed Daycare	$154,813	3	n/a
Es Sbs Southdale LLC	$154,674	5	n/a
Tiny Tots and Little Tykes Pre-School Inc	$152,427	7	4%
The Children's Center	$150,241	5	4%
Learn & Grow Child Care Ctr South	$148,373	6	n/a
Hopkins Public Isd #270	$145,382	5	n/a
Early Steps Learning Foundation	$143,712	3	12%
Vanhsy Lor	$142,418	1	n/a
Mn Best Childcare Center	$140,845	3	n/a
Choo Choo Montessori LLC	$138,243	5	n/a
Plymouth Academy	$137,329	4	n/a
Playhouse Child Care of Monticello Inc	$133,814	8	n/a
Twin Cities Child Care Center	$132,148	4	n/a
Peace of Mind Daycare Inc	$128,889	5	n/a
Kids Garden Daycare	$128,113	4	n/a
Next Steps Learning Center	$127,090	6	n/a
Waynapichu LLC	$127,058	4	n/a
Step by Step Montessori Brooklyn Park	$124,674	4	n/a
MILLENNIUM LEARNING CENTER INC - Maple Knoll Way	$123,365	6	n/a
Holy Trinity Luthern Church	$122,014	5	n/a
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation	$121,721	4	1%
Isd 623	$121,290	5	n/a
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School	$120,697	7	n/a
Audrey Neal	$120,044	5	n/a
Columbia Heights Public Schools	$119,586	4	n/a
Stim Learning Center	$117,858	3	n/a
Mes Amis French School LLC	$117,633	4	n/a
City Child Care Center LLC	$117,116	4	n/a
FamilyWise Services	$117,041	6	1%
Urban Arts Academy	$115,380	2	12%
Perspectives Inc	$114,650	4	2%
Shyam LLC	$112,867	3	n/a
Maternity of Mary-St Andrew Catholic School	$111,989	5	n/a
Southside Family Nurturing Center	$110,764	2	6%
Como Early Learning Center Katie Johnson Executive Director	$110,026	6	3%
New Day Family Child Care Center LLC	$109,948	4	n/a
Metro Learning Center Inc	$107,050	5	n/a
Northern Voices	$106,637	5	6%
Prodeo Academy Charter School #4213	$102,630	3	1%
Hazel Park Learning Center	$102,434	6	13%
Saint John School of Little Canada	$102,376	6	n/a
Orono Public Schools	$101,406	6	n/a
Es Sbs Wayzata LLC	$100,642	4	n/a
Isd 624	$100,164	5	n/a
Wooddale Church	$99,623	4	n/a
New Creations Childcare	$99,095	3	n/a
Khcd I Inc	$98,983	2	n/a
Arta Child Care Center Inc	$96,411	4	n/a
Millennium Learning Center Inc	$94,462	6	n/a
Apple Academy Learning Center	$94,264	3	n/a
Barnum Little B's Childcare Center	$93,557	1	n/a
Seward Child Care Center Inc	$92,107	7	6%
Appleseed Montessori School Inc	$91,883	5	n/a
Sunny Hollow Montessori	$88,450	4	2%
Kid Zone Child Care Center	$87,801	5	1%
Ikram Child Care Center	$86,884	3	n/a
Love to Grow On	$85,296	5	2%
Future Scholars Child Care Center	$84,533	3	n/a
Mariyan Ali Jama	$83,875	1	n/a
Central Lutheran School	$83,778	1	n/a
Christina's Child Care Center	$82,360	3	n/a
Robbinsdale Schools Isd 281	$79,692	5	n/a
Church of St Peter North St Paul	$79,615	5	n/a
Burnsville School District 191	$79,213	4	n/a
Chee Vang	$78,405	2	n/a
School District 11	$76,115	3	n/a
Sojourner Truth Academy	$75,482	2	1%
Wecare Childcare Center	$74,880	3	n/a
Tlc Childcare & Discovery Lrn Ctr	$74,453	2	n/a
Belle Plaine Memories and Milestones Academy LLC	$74,329	2	n/a
Step by Step Montessori Maple Grove	$73,973	3	n/a
Renew Heights Lcc	$73,797	7	n/a
Lucky Child Care Center	$73,722	4	n/a
Wayzata School District 284	$73,521	5	n/a
Circulo de Amigos Child Care Center LLC	$73,074	5	n/a
Isd 720 - Shakopee	$73,011	1	n/a
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc	$72,958	2	1%
Robin's Nest Daycare	$72,685	2	n/a
Jean Lyle Children's Center	$72,322	3	7%
Sejong Academy Charter School No 4215	$71,925	3	2%
Partnership Academy Inc	$71,661	3	1%
All Gods Children Learning Center	$71,580	4	n/a
Anoka County Community Action Program Inc	$70,953	1	0%
Mississippi Valley Montessori School Inc	$70,682	5	4%
Hastings Child Development Center	$70,515	1	n/a
Children's Country Day School Inc	$70,130	3	n/a
Crocus Hill School Inc	$70,015	3	n/a
New Creations Child Care & Learning Center at Maple Grove	$68,934	4	n/a
Kaleidoscope Place	$68,560	1	n/a
Abc123 Child Enrichment Center LLC	$68,198	4	n/a
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church	$67,857	5	n/a
Jain Enterprises Inc III	$67,620	4	n/a
Woodbury Spanish Immersion Early Learning Academy	$67,111	3	n/a
Serephim Montessori LLC	$66,977	3	n/a
Minnehaha Academy	$66,967	3	0%
Camden Kids Learning Center	$66,498	3	n/a
Step by Step Montessori School Corcoran	$64,949	5	n/a
Elim Preschool Inc	$64,227	4	3%
Cedar Riverside Community School	$63,400	1	2%
Carol Matheys Center for Children & Families Inc	$62,743	4	6%
Un Mundo Nuevo Spanish Immersion Childrens Academy Inc	$60,844	3	n/a
Hopkins Early Learning Center	$60,109	4	2%
Hope Day Care LLC	$59,560	3	n/a
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$59,336	3	0%
Kid's Haven Child Care and Preschool	$59,238	5	n/a
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic School	$58,841	1	n/a
Samantha Eubanks	$58,427	1	n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of Duluth	$58,416	1	n/a
Kinderplatz Inc	$58,168	4	n/a
University of Minnesota	$57,861	3	n/a
Muna Ali	$57,704	2	n/a
St Pauls Childhood Center United Church of Christ	$57,641	3	n/a
Westwood Lutheran Church	$57,047	5	n/a
United Child Care Center	$56,932	4	n/a
Coris Kidz Childcare Incorporated	$56,837	3	n/a
Star Child Development Center LLC	$56,778	1	n/a
Roxanne Williams	$56,605	4	n/a
Tlc Childcare & Discovery Lrn Ctr	$56,286	2	n/a
Terry Martin	$56,105	2	n/a
Ponds Edge Isd 719	$55,986	1	n/a
Rainbow Montessori LLC	$55,981	3	n/a
Isd 16 - Spring Lake Park	$54,982	5	n/a
The Living Word Church and World Outreach Ministries	$54,782	1	n/a
My Four & No More LLC	$54,452	2	n/a
Sarah L Holliday	$54,200	2	n/a
Tender Child Care LLC	$54,153	3	n/a
Nativity of Mary Catholic School	$53,747	4	n/a
Living Christ Lutheran Church	$53,456	4	n/a
Nicole Minke	$53,012	5	n/a
Mee Lor	$52,671	1	n/a
Train Em' Up Childcare LLC	$52,519	2	n/a
Bloomington School Dist	$52,394	3	n/a
Golden Valley Lutheran Church	$52,211	2	n/a
Independent School District 196	$51,916	1	n/a
Mao Thao	$49,383	1	n/a
ABC Learning Center	$48,073	2	n/a
Family Child Development Center	$47,999	3	2%
Concordia University St Paul	$47,746	3	0%
Midwest Child Development LLC Dba the Learning Garden	$47,504	5	n/a
May L Yang	$47,129	2	n/a
Sacred Heart	$47,088	3	n/a
Moose Lake Schools - Isd #097	$46,962	1	n/a
Urban Learning Center	$46,736	3	n/a
Little Bees Child Care Center	$46,150	1	n/a
Heartwood Montessori School - Northeast	$45,592	3	3%
Rise N Shine Child Care Center	$45,197	2	n/a
Happy Hearts Early Learning Childcare	$45,121	2	n/a
Creative Wonders Childcare	$44,593	2	n/a
Academia Elze	$42,493	3	n/a
MN Alliance With Youth-Promise Fellows	$42,261	1	n/a
P&C Business Enterprises Inc	$42,125	2	n/a
Perfect Balance Child Care LLC	$41,886	3	n/a
Step by Step Montessori Plymouth	$41,733	2	n/a
Ascension Catholic Grade School	$41,552	2	n/a
Cedar Child Care Center	$40,658	2	n/a
Athlos Leadership Academy	$40,494	3	0%
Isd 700 - Hermantown	$39,300	1	n/a
Chantel K Dacas	$39,000	2	n/a
St John the Baptist Catholic Church	$38,711	2	n/a
Es Sbs Chaska LLC	$38,687	2	n/a
Charlotte Spence	$38,350	1	n/a
Zang Xiong	$38,281	1	n/a
Common Roots Montessori School	$37,598	3	2%
Proctor Public Schools - Isd #704	$37,500	1	n/a
Tierra Encantada - Bryant	$36,993	4	n/a
Fairview Health Services	$36,944	2	0%
Lou Fang	$36,813	1	n/a
Fridley United Methodist Child Care Center	$36,433	3	n/a
Church of the Immaculate Conception	$36,401	2	n/a
First Day Care Center LLC	$35,948	2	n/a
St Catherine University	$35,816	3	0%
High Hopes Childcare Inc	$35,582	2	n/a
Dana Lensert	$34,871	2	n/a
Yeur Vang Xiong	$34,846	1	n/a
St Anthony Park United Methodist Church	$34,725	3	n/a
Hawo Gurey	$33,946	1	n/a
Mavis Adjei	$33,785	3	n/a
Sunrise Child Care Center	$33,229	2	n/a
Isd 12	$32,817	3	n/a
Woodbury Lutheran Church	$32,629	5	n/a
Saint Pascal Baylon Catholic School	$32,608	1	n/a
Isd 197	$32,367	2	n/a
Church of St John the Baptist	$32,141	3	n/a
Edina Daycare LLC	$31,995	3	n/a
Suzette Huston	$31,883	4	n/a
Step by Step Montessori School of Chaska	$31,550	2	n/a
Apple Lane Community Child Care Center	$30,970	3	1%
Early Advantage Developmental Child Care Center LLC	$30,816	2	n/a
Cedar Mountains Schools	$30,617	4	n/a
Mahtomedi Public Schools	$30,387	1	n/a
Lee Yang	$30,160	2	n/a
Isd 833 - S Washington County	$30,100	1	n/a
White Bear Montessori School	$30,086	1	3%
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church	$29,939	2	n/a
Inver Grove Heights Schools	$29,831	1	n/a
Nokomis Daycare Center Inc	$29,722	3	n/a
St Andrew Lutheran Church	$29,472	2	n/a
Primrose School of South Minneapolis and Richfield	$29,442	3	n/a
Fridley Public Schools	$29,384	2	n/a
Pathways to Play Early Learning Center	$29,202	3	n/a
Little Uta Home Day Care LLC	$29,067	4	n/a
Sandra M Ling	$27,931	2	n/a
Shirell's Child Care LLC	$27,839	3	n/a
Minnesota Best Childcare Center	$27,616	1	n/a
Bright Future Academy Corp	$27,606	1	n/a
Day by Day Child Development Center Inc	$27,443	2	n/a
Videhi Larson	$27,430	4	n/a
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa	$27,198	1	n/a
Nuur Family Child Care	$27,065	3	n/a
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Incorporated	$26,985	1	0%
Seraphim Child Development Center	$26,871	1	n/a
Angela Rein	$26,638	2	n/a
Future Leaders Early Learning Center	$26,610	2	n/a
Memories and Milestones Academy	$26,400	2	n/a
Expanding Minds Childcare LLC	$25,904	1	n/a
Muna Ali	$25,868	1	n/a
The Crayon Box	$25,672	1	n/a
New Creations Child Care and Learning Center	$25,631	2	n/a
Lit'L Sprouts Child Care Center Inc	$25,067	1	n/a
Bilingual Child Care & Ed Ctr LLC	$24,846	1	n/a
Tayo Daycare Inc	$24,648	1	n/a
Twin Lakes STEM Academy	$24,530	1	1%
Kinder Village LLC	$24,188	2	n/a
Ind School District 279	$24,157	1	n/a
Little B's	$23,550	2	n/a
Anil K Jain	$23,494	2	n/a
Rayito de Sol - Minnetonka LLC	$23,203	1	n/a
Church of St Raphael	$23,106	3	n/a
Alpha Family Child Care Inc	$23,043	2	n/a
SMC Ventures Inc	$22,706	2	n/a
Diamond Daycare Inc	$22,543	2	n/a
St Matthews Ev Lutheran Church	$22,514	2	n/a
Tlc Early Learning Center	$22,350	2	n/a
Gan Preschool LLC	$22,238	2	n/a
Gradepower Learning Center	$22,146	1	n/a
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church	$22,125	2	n/a
St Pascal Regional Catholic School	$22,095	3	n/a
Children of Tomorrow Learning Center Waconia Inc	$21,974	2	n/a
A Better Childcare	$21,971	2	n/a
Rosa Wood	$21,794	1	n/a
Lynne Devallier	$21,773	2	n/a
Our Saviors Lutheran Church Preschool	$21,637	1	n/a
Bright Start Child Care Center Inc	$21,595	2	n/a
Independent School District 277	$21,461	1	n/a
A & M Chaska Childcare Inc	$21,306	2	n/a
Kiddiegarten School of Maple Grove	$21,213	2	n/a
Holy Emmanuel Lutheran Church	$20,922	2	n/a
Julie Smith	$20,790	2	n/a
Latisha Marie Schauer	$20,768	1	n/a
Small World Learning Center	$20,404	2	n/a
Isd 194	$20,258	1	n/a
Faribault Child Care Center LLC	$20,206	2	n/a
For Kids Only Inc	$20,166	2	n/a
Fun Factory Child Care Center	$20,035	2	n/a
Highland Village Montessori School	$19,999	2	n/a
Aurora Academy	$19,969	2	n/a
Little Folks Daycare Inc	$19,907	1	n/a
Atrebla Early Learning Center	$19,907	2	n/a
Lakes International Language Academy	$19,861	2	0%
Liban Child Care Center Inc	$19,040	2	n/a
Ayah Child Care Center	$19,037	2	n/a
The Family Place	$18,944	1	n/a
Saint Ambrose of Woodbury	$18,920	1	n/a
Barnum Schools-Isd #091	$18,842	1	n/a
Isd 2154 - Eveleth-Gilbert	$18,750	1	n/a
Olu's Beginnings	$18,743	1	n/a
Ya Vang	$18,357	1	n/a
Sleepy Tigers Chinese Immersion Learning Center	$18,282	2	n/a
Rocking Horse Ranch Inc	$18,233	1	n/a
Stephanie Ponticas	$18,100	1	n/a
MetroKids Daycare Center	$17,208	2	n/a
Rise Early Learning Center	$17,062	1	n/a
Echo K Yerke (Dba Rock Creek Critters Childcare)	$17,053	2	n/a
Jennifer Reckinger	$16,575	1	n/a
Hoa Nguyen	$16,555	1	n/a
Dove Child Care Inc Eagan Montessori	$16,403	1	n/a
Mustang Munchkins Childcare Center	$16,362	2	n/a
Careone Childcare Center Inc	$16,357	1	n/a
Diane Lynn Schuette	$16,217	1	n/a
Hermantown Community Church of the Assemblies of God	$16,187	1	n/a
Alexandra Golovko	$15,960	2	n/a
Faiza Mohamed Bayer	$15,881	1	n/a
Lisa Thompson	$15,830	1	n/a
Choua Cox	$15,760	1	n/a
Happy Time Day Care Center	$15,649	1	n/a
PR's Little Learners Foundation LLC dba Primrose School of Maple Grove	$15,331	1	n/a
Millennium Learning Center - Eagan	$15,282	2	n/a
Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church	$15,120	2	n/a
Southside Child Development Center LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Mesabi East Schools - Isd 2711	$14,975	1	n/a
Nancy Schmidt	$14,934	2	n/a
Lutheran Church of Our Savior	$14,719	1	n/a
Lollipop Kids Daycare	$14,608	2	n/a
Robin E Riley	$14,545	2	n/a
Kim Foss	$14,528	1	n/a
Ind School Dist 4	$14,500	1	n/a
Ladybug Child Care Center	$14,448	1	n/a
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians	$14,424	1	n/a
Bernie's Montessori School	$14,152	1	n/a
Christa E Mostoller	$14,151	1	n/a
Mrs Lalis Little Friends Montessori LLC	$14,046	1	n/a
Eastern Carver County Schools	$13,978	2	n/a
Bahila y Barre	$13,932	1	n/a
Original Child Care Center Inc (The)	$13,884	1	n/a
Beth Hart	$13,832	1	n/a
Success Child Care Inc	$13,696	1	n/a
Fergus Falls Community Child Care Center Inc	$13,638	2	1%
Oak Knoll Lutheran Church	$13,521	2	n/a
Neng L Xiong	$13,467	1	n/a
Learn & Grow Child Care Center Inc	$13,329	1	n/a
Imagine That Learning Center	$13,307	1	n/a
Mona's Day Care	$13,071	1	n/a
A to Z Family Child Care Inc	$12,853	1	n/a
Learning Tree CDC	$12,805	2	n/a
Bright Minds Child Care Center Inc	$12,738	2	n/a
Alphabet Junction Childcare Center 5	$12,683	1	n/a
All We Can Be Associates	$12,620	1	88%
Naseeb Child Care Inc	$12,560	1	n/a
Kimberlea Shelton	$12,528	1	n/a
Endion Square Childcare Center	$12,511	1	n/a
Christ Lutheran Church	$12,495	1	n/a
Shoreline Early Childhood Development Center Inc	$12,483	1	2%
Loving Care Center Inc	$12,431	1	n/a
Molly Bee Enterprises	$12,283	1	n/a
Hastings Public Schools	$12,210	1	n/a
Laquita Jones	$12,034	1	n/a
Brendas Child Care	$12,021	2	n/a
All-Pro Childcare Center LLC	$12,000	1	n/a
Rosebay Montessori	$11,940	1	4%
Luthers Little Explorers	$11,895	1	n/a
St Michael's Catholic Church	$11,868	1	n/a
Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership Inc	$11,825	2	0%
Whittier Wildflowers Preschool Inc	$11,760	1	4%
Los Amiguitos de River Heights	$11,755	1	n/a
Fardowsa Ibrahim Aden	$11,667	1	n/a
Christianah Adeniyi	$11,621	2	n/a
Tamara Frank-Leonzal	$11,396	2	n/a
Church of Lumen Christi	$11,350	1	n/a
Our Redeemer Oromo Evangelical Church	$11,270	2	n/a
South Metro Childcare Academy LLC	$11,221	1	n/a
Maria E Vega	$11,080	1	n/a
Erin Lunde	$10,991	1	n/a
Sharing & Caring Childcare	$10,970	1	n/a
Svitlana Uniyat	$10,890	1	n/a
Tierra Encantada - Eagan	$10,702	2	n/a
Allstar Childcare Center	$10,684	1	n/a
Caring & Sharing Daycare LLC	$10,617	1	n/a
Love & Learn Childcare Academy	$10,508	1	n/a
Missy's Daycare	$10,500	1	n/a
Bright Water Elementary	$10,452	1	n/a
Debbie Evans	$10,424	1	n/a
Hour Kids Walk-In Childcare	$10,401	1	n/a
North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale District	$10,377	1	n/a
Nativity Child and Family Center	$10,254	1	1%
BeeLoved Child Care Center	$10,000	1	n/a
Tammy Ugro	$9,990	1	n/a
Duluth Area Family YMCA	$9,969	1	0%
Madina Academy	$9,839	1	n/a
Montessori Learning	$9,788	1	n/a
Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	$9,780	1	n/a
Xie Cha	$9,628	1	n/a
Birch Grove Community School	$9,625	1	2%
Preschool Place	$9,604	1	n/a
South St Paul Public Schools	$9,502	1	n/a
Lovely Child Care Center LLC	$9,391	1	n/a
Project for Pride in Living Inc	$9,192	1	0%
Tera Hoffman	$9,047	1	n/a
St Olaf Lutheran Church	$8,980	1	n/a
Carolyn J Collins	$8,965	1	n/a
For the Love of Childcare	$8,940	1	n/a
Shannon Elizabeth Alexander	$8,932	1	n/a
Next Best Thing to Mom	$8,812	1	n/a
Anab Jama Yusuf	$8,744	1	n/a
Discovery International Co	$8,625	1	n/a
Lake Crystal School	$8,548	1	n/a
Rising Star Academy Inc	$8,535	1	n/a
The Church of the Epiphany	$8,517	1	n/a
Anew LLC	$8,486	1	n/a
Minnesota Montessori Accelerated Learning Center Inc	$8,456	1	n/a
Headstart Preschool LLC Dba the Office	$8,417	1	n/a
Lakes & Pines Community Action Council Inc	$8,405	1	0%
Shameka Muhammad	$8,352	1	n/a
Avenue Kids	$8,263	1	n/a
Itasca County Family YMCA Inc	$8,214	1	0%
Independent School District 94	$8,086	1	n/a
St Mark's Nursery School	$8,059	1	n/a
Isd 110 - Waconia	$8,040	1	n/a
University Nursery Schools Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Compass Child Care	$7,954	1	n/a
Little Newtons Operating LLC	$7,824	1	n/a
Jack & Jill Childcare of Blaine	$7,807	1	n/a
Lake Street Academy LLC	$7,794	1	n/a
Early Years Academy Inc	$7,735	1	n/a
Treasures of the Heart Childcare	$7,711	1	n/a
Lil Tykes Childcare LLC	$7,580	1	n/a
Tracie Rieder	$7,566	1	n/a
Merry Moose Childcare and Preschool LLC	$7,560	1	n/a
Laura Hochsprung Family Childcare	$7,539	1	n/a
Little Rabbits Hole Corp	$7,521	1	n/a
Richfield United Methodist Church	$7,500	1	n/a
Christ Community Church	$7,500	1	n/a
Waters of Life Lutheran Church	$7,500	1	n/a
Hodon Mohamoud	$7,500	1	n/a
Wayzata Community Church	$7,500	1	n/a
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe	$7,500	1	n/a
Lighthouse Explorers Christian Child Center	$7,499	1	n/a
Rachelle Gasho	$7,468	1	n/a
Learn and Grow Ccc	$7,452	1	n/a
Alphabet Junction Childcare Center	$7,374	1	n/a
Mary Albert	$7,336	1	n/a
Yer Moua	$7,302	1	n/a
Holly Taylor	$7,276	1	n/a
Linda Jaiteh Lee	$7,250	1	n/a
Next Best Thing to Grandma	$7,180	1	n/a
Sunny Hill Nursery School Inc	$7,144	1	n/a
Melissa Marie Stevens	$7,072	1	n/a
The Clubhouse Childcare	$7,071	1	n/a
Sunny Smiles Childcare Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Gift From Ellis Child Care LLC	$7,000	1	n/a
Brittany Harris	$7,000	1	n/a
Olivia's Sports Marketing	$6,980	1	n/a
Nuna Child Care Center	$6,920	1	n/a
Ladybug No 2 LLC	$6,845	1	n/a
Tabitha J Zimmer	$6,801	1	n/a
Childs Play of St Cloud Mn Inc	$6,785	1	n/a
Family of Christ Lutheran Church	$6,735	1	n/a
Denise Johnson	$6,716	1	n/a
Isd 15-St Francis	$6,690	1	n/a
Itasca Area Schools Collaborative	$6,641	1	n/a
Messiah Lutheran Church	$6,636	1	n/a
Creative Minds Daycare	$6,616	1	n/a
Un Mundo Nuevo - Burnsville LLC	$6,568	1	n/a
Maureen Margaret Scharffbillig	$6,566	1	n/a
Chee Moua Vang	$6,564	1	n/a
Excelsior Covenant Church Excelsior Mn	$6,550	1	n/a
A & M Carver Child Care Inc	$6,541	1	n/a
Seasons of Care	$6,477	1	n/a
Under the Rainbow Early Education Center	$6,471	1	0%
Sunshine Care Center Mn	$6,462	1	n/a
Beatrice L Julian	$6,408	1	n/a
Joy Lott	$6,403	1	n/a
Oak Haven Church	$6,380	1	n/a
Monarch Montessori School	$6,300	1	2%
Intermediate District 287	$6,249	1	n/a
Kiddy Karousel Day Care Center	$6,212	1	1%
Laugh & Learn	$6,149	1	n/a
Denita Sydnor	$6,120	1	n/a
Life Prep	$6,020	1	0%
Malynda Lyn Zuleger	$6,000	1	n/a
Nicole Baudouin	$6,000	1	n/a
Griselda's Little Steps Child	$6,000	1	n/a
Toni Platz	$5,978	1	n/a
Imagination Station Family Childcare	$5,936	1	n/a
Playtime Preschool and Childcare	$5,935	1	n/a
Northfield Public Schools	$5,934	1	n/a
Smart Start Childcare & Learning Center	$5,904	1	n/a
Happy Child Care Center	$5,863	1	n/a
Lifelong Knowledge Dba for Kids Only	$5,854	1	n/a
Precious Years Learning Center	$5,810	1	1%
Cheryl O'Neil	$5,810	1	n/a
Brandee Finwall	$5,802	1	n/a
Clover Montessori School	$5,776	1	n/a
Linda E Poikonen	$5,652	1	n/a
Pine Children's Early Learning Center LLC	$5,635	1	n/a
Shirell Kerney	$5,567	1	n/a
Lfd Corporation Dba Little Folks Daycare	$5,530	1	n/a
Brandie Folkkenbrandie's Little Bear Learning Center	$5,510	1	n/a
Little Stars Learning LLC	$5,509	1	n/a
Love & Care Child Care	$5,500	1	n/a
Michelle Herzog	$5,500	1	n/a
Dreamers Childcare LLC	$5,500	1	n/a
The Little Bee's Child Care Corp	$5,498	1	n/a
Tamara Gardner	$5,480	1	n/a
Kari Leonard	$5,473	1	n/a
Albany Area Schools	$5,453	1	n/a
First Friends Family Child Care	$5,452	1	n/a
Mary Schuneman	$5,450	1	n/a
Kaspers Kids Licensed Child Care	$5,437	1	n/a
Katherine G Chase	$5,427	1	n/a
Stella Maris Academy	$5,426	1	n/a
Katie's Learn and Play Childcare	$5,376	1	n/a
Sunshine Station Childcare and Preschool	$5,363	1	n/a
Beth Beltz	$5,342	1	n/a
Angelia Broeckert	$5,335	1	n/a
Michelle's Daycare- Michelle Weiler	$5,165	1	n/a
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College	$5,123	1	n/a
Holly Anderson	$5,098	1	n/a
Fasa Corporation	$5,087	1	n/a
Progressive Early Child Education Center	$5,059	1	n/a
Finley Joan Marie (Kidsplace Childcare)	$5,031	1	n/a
Rachel Hanson	$5,027	1	n/a
Leland J Reinsch	$5,001	1	n/a
Child Care Core Consulting LLC	$5,000	1	n/a

Think Small supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 96.

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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.

First Children's FinanceMN112.4× affinity159 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Children's Finance · Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network · Minnesota State High School League Foundation · The Sheltering Arms Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Sauer Family Foundation · Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe) · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Medica Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota

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 Think Small

How much does Think Small give?: Think Small reported 135 itemized grants totaling $8,729,155, out of $10,133,472 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 244 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Think Small fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Human Services (21%), Housing & Shelter (0%).
Who are Think Small's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Horizon Child Care Inc ($44M), Kuehg Corp Dba Kindercare Education LLC ($11M), Parents in Community Action Inc ($5.9M).
Does Think Small fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Think Small?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Children's Finance, Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Minnesota State High School League Foundation.
Where is Think Small based?: Think Small is based in MN.