New York · Nonprofit
CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC
CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,014,906 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($492,875). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Child Care Coalition of the Niagara Frontier Inc does
Mission
To promote quality affordable, accessible care and learning for all children by supporting and empowering families, care givers, education professionals and employers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child and adult care food program (cacfp): the child an adult care food program is a federally funded entitlement program established by congress in 1968 to help ensure that children receive nutritious, well balanced meals while in childcare. The cacfp program of child care resource network (ccrn) provides reimbursements for quality meals and snacks served to more than 2200 children annually in approx 280 family and group family and legally exempt day care homes. Ccrn's cacfp program impacts the positive development of at risk children by ensuring proper dietary requirements and promoting healthy nutrition habits.
$2,028,182 spent38% of program spendingChildcare resource and referral programs: through its parent and employer referred program childcare resource network (ccrn) helps erie county families find quality, affordable, accessible childcare that meets their unique needs. Standard online and telephoner referral assistance (free of charge) includes a list of providers who meet family specified criteria. Ccrn also trains credentials and offers quality improvement service for childcare providers of all types and sizes (nearly 2000 individuals trained annually). Our eight county wny infant toddler network concentrates on parent unprovided services for children aged 0 to 3. Ccrn resource and referral program consult on developmentally appropriate practices that promote best outcome for children.
$759,915 spent14% of program spendingChildcare registration program: working to ensure the health, safety, and positive development of children, the childcare resource network registration department contracts with the nys office of children and family services (ocfs) to monitor and regulate family childcare and school age childcare programs in eric county erie county. Research includes processing new and renewable applications inspecting programs for compliance with nycocfs healthcare regulations overseeing corrective action plans and providing technical assistance to over 200 potential and existing family and school age childcare providers each year. Also, conduct complaint investigations on registered providers and all complaints and illegal providers, conduct safety assessment based on arrests and convictions of staff, process fingerprint waivers and state central register checks, process justice center register checks and conduct enforcement actions and approach for serious and repeat violations.
$434,423 spent$375,386 earned by the program8% of program spendingEducation and training: training is fundamental to providing quality care for children. The education department of the child care resource network offers a wide range of classes, seminars, and conferences on topics relevant to childcare and early education attendance and participation in these education programs count towards the hours required to maintain providers certifications\licensure. Throughout training, personnel who work with children and families can continue to increase their skills, knowledge, and understanding of children and families.
$298,471 spent$235,043 earned by the program6% of program spendingLegally exempt
$765,581 spent14% of program spendingInfant todler
$999,481 spent19% of program spendingPass-through grants
$31,038 spent1% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,317,091.
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 $4.6M to $6.3M (+38%).
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: 2024 85% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kimberly Suminski
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $40k → $55k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 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
CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 84% · 2019 69% · 2020 82% · 2021 92% · 2022 85% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
99% of CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $440k 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.
Against its field
CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC?
- CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,014,906 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ($492,875). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,014,906 in grants to CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $492,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILD CARE COALITION OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER 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.
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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 7 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