New York · Nonprofit
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,225,081 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,475,700). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Beginning With Children Foundation Inc does
Mission
To improve public education opportunities of urban children in ny.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Beginning with children foundation. Inc. (bwcf) supports its two partner charter schools in developing and sustaining the programs and professionals necessary to deliver the bwcf model with efficient back-office support that allows educators to maximize their time focused on providing quality education to urban children in new york.the program revenue reported above includes $865,903 for future year rent revenues that were required to be reported under asc 842.
$5,199,000 spent$6,269,699 earned by the program80% of program spendingThe legacy network and family outreach program provided ongoing educational and career guidance and outreach for graduates of its partner schools.
$811,282 spentof which $15,000 as grants13% of program spendingThe outreach, public communications and new school development program ensures the start-up of new charter schools and the accurate presentation of our charter school models to the communities they serve as well as the general public.
$468,807 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,479,089.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $17M to $54M (+224%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Nancy Lewson Kurz
Chair and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $158k → $743k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 70% · 2019 54% · 2020 29% · 2021 33% · 2022 35% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Beginning With Children Properties LLC · disregarded
- 11 Bartlett Owner LLC · disregarded
- 250 Jay Street Bwc LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC?
- BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,225,081 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,475,700). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $6,225,081 in grants to BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,475,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 26 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing