California · Nonprofit
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,564,077 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($736,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc does
Mission
The Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, Inc. (4Cs) connects and empowers families, educators, and child care providers with resources today for a stronger San Mateo County tomorrow.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family and Parent Services - 4Cs provides access to and administration of several government sponsored, subsidized child care programs. These programs help lowincome families who are work1ng, parents seeking work, those who are in training, homeless, incapacitated, or as referred by child protective service agencies. 4Cswas able to assist approximately 1,075 families during the year, helping approximately 2,200 children with child care services. 4Cs spends well over 80% of program money to pay the actual child care services. Without 4Cs programs, the parents would have to quit jobs, quit school, or have one parent work multiple shifts to make sure their children have the appropriate care during the day.
$30,727,262 spent$2,934 earned by the program94% of program spendingReferral and Provider Services - 4Cs provides referrals to child care providers to any resident of San Mateo County, regardless of income. This service allows parents to find the appropriate care for their child(ren) at a qualified child care facility close to either home or work. In addition, 4Cs offers training and professional updates to child care providers in the county. Training includes health and safety classes, business classes, and assistance with certifications and licensing. Lastly, 4Cs provides free referrals to all families in the county looking for help in areas beyond child care- housing, food assistance, employment, or legal aid, for example. During the year, 4Cs provided these services to 2,216 families.
$1,936,181 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,663,443.
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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $14M (+36%).
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 95% · 2018 94% · 2019 96% · 2020 92% · 2021 84% · 2022 89% · 2023 96% · 2024 94% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Sarah Poulain
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $100k → $194k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 Coordinating Council of San Mateo 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
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 55% · 2021 36% · 2022 66% · 2023 72% — 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
57% of Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
59% of Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $638k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $926k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc?
- Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,564,077 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($736,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,564,077 in grants to Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $736,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 12 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