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CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (North Carolina) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,199,995 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($14,274,425). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.4M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$888k
11/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 44%
01What it does

What Catawba County Partnership for Children does

Mission

Ensuring every child in catawba county enters kindergarten prepared for lifelong success.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Child care and education quality-child care resource & referral to families and technical assistance to child care staff. 145 child care referrals made for children under age 5; 15 child care programs were provided technical assistance; 290 early childhood teachers attended training workshops; 5 potential providers received start up assistance. 145 parents received information/referrals about community resources other than child care. Early childhood education specialists provided consultation, technical assistance and facility-specific training to child care staff. 46 child care facilities received technical assistance to maintain or improve quality. Dcdee evaluation of authorized in-service training improved teacher knowledge. 496 out of the 516 strongly agreed they could immediately use the knowledge in their job. Clinical specialists addressed the social/emotional/behavioral needs of young children through consultation, evaluation, intervention and therapeutic support to identified children, assistance to their child care providers, parent education and referral to other agencies. 114 parents received individualized services such as assessments, in-office therapy, triple p…

    $816,237 spentof which $524,994 as grants
    20% of program spending
  2. Family support- parents as teachers (pat) curriculum used to address the needs of parents of young children to improve parenting skills, prepare children for school success, and access appropriate community services. 119 children and 131 parents were served. 1363 home visits were made, 110 play group meetings were held involving 88 parents, families received 118 referrals/connections to community resources. Families of 411 qualifying children received assistance in paying for child care. Parent support team/ triple p provided parenting education and support services utilizing the triple p curriculum; 5 new practitioners received accreditation in various triple p modules in levels 2-5. 43 parents/guardians participated in one-time triple p parent education events, and 71 parents/guardians participated in intensive, ongoing (multiple session) parent education events. 101 children impacted. Imagination library provided free monthly delivery of an age-appropriate book to children who are registered in database; encourages families to engage in literacy activities, enhancing kindergarten readiness. 7037 children ages 0-5 were being served during the year.kidsready catawba is a…

    $740,121 spentof which $699,932 as grants
    18% of program spending
  3. Nc pre k - development and implementation of prekindergarten program for four year olds who are at risk for failure in kindergarten in order to enhance kindergarten readiness. 410 children served through 30 classrooms in public schools and private child care centers.

    $2,314,921 spentof which $2,148,844 as grants
    57% of program spending
  4. Health & safety- child care health consultants addressed the health needs of young children in the areas of highway safety, immunizations, child care sanitation, disease prevention, etc. Through trainings, eduation and referrals. Consultants served 44 child care programs; provided training for 892 child care providers; 126 chronically ill children received case management/special health care plans. 221 parents received inspection and instructions on using their car seats appropriately, and 6 car seat safety teaching events were held in the community.

    $175,950 spentof which $175,000 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,047,229.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($3.6M) Expenses 100 ($3.8M) Net assets 100 ($180k)2021 Revenue 117 ($4.2M) Expenses 108 ($4.1M) Net assets 178 ($321k)2022 Revenue 127 ($4.6M) Expenses 112 ($4.3M) Net assets 348 ($627k)2023 Revenue 123 ($4.5M) Expenses 117 ($4.4M) Net assets 357 ($644k)2024 Revenue 127 ($4.6M) Expenses 117 ($4.4M) Net assets 442 ($797k)2025 Revenue 123 ($4.4M) Expenses 114 ($4.3M) Net assets 492 ($888k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (123)Expenses (114)Net assets (492)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $407k to $653k (+60%).

$298k
$407k
$653k
$649k
$804k
$907k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 96% · 2021 59% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 97% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$193k
’20
$141k
’21
$306k
’22
$17k
’23
$152k
’24
$91k
’25
1.9
months of
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

Kimberly Lyke Holden

Executive director

Board chair

Yaidee Fox

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed161615161516
Joined·+1+4+3+3+4
No longer listed·15243
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $1.9M.

2 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 funders by total. 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

CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN.

94%
largest funder
97%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 95% · 2020 96% · 2021 93% · 2022 92% · 2023 90% — 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

67% of CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

MN
NY
PA
VA
NC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve1.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN?
CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (North Carolina) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,199,995 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($14,274,425). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $15,199,995 in grants to CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN?
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $14,274,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 19 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