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CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC
CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,443 to it, the largest being FLORIDA NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS INC ($637,800). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $746k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Champion for Children Foundation of Highlands County Inc does
Mission
Assist children in need
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Statement of program service accomplishments description domestic violence prevention: servicing and assisting those who have domestic violence concerns and need guidance, assistance and support. In addition, we support the local shelter for victims of domestic violence which has been operational since the foundation helped to build it in 1995. Program service expense 19,837 health quest: providing direct assistance for medical and mental health needs to improve overall physical and behavioral health of clients served. Contributions are received from united way. Program service expense 16,243 prevention services & assistance: providing prevention programs and early intervention services to at-risk children and families through financial assistance to families in need, beneficial resources and support to low- income families, and positive enrichment activities for at-risk youth. This program also enhances the knowledge and skills of local parents, caregivers, and professionals in the areas of understanding the impact of trauma on children, adverse childhood experiences (aces), child advocacy, community engagement, child growth and development, protective factors, understanding…
$603,520 spentof which $236,588 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $603,520.
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.
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 $945k to $1.5M (+62%).
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: 2017 27% · 2018 31% · 2019 33% · 2020 32% · 2021 27% · 2022 20% · 2023 17% · 2024 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $82k → $208k.
2 of 10 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 CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY 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
CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 48% · 2019 38% · 2020 57% · 2021 55% · 2022 63% · 2023 51% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
95% of CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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.
Organizations like CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC?
- CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,443 to it, the largest being FLORIDA NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS INC ($637,800). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,285,443 in grants to CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC?
- FLORIDA NETWORK OF CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $637,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAMPION FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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