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CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,572,870 to it, the largest being PARK FOUNDATION INC ($605,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.1M
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$1.9M
9/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Child Development Council of Central New York Inc does

Mission

To promote the heathly development of children & families at home, in childcare and in the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Resource & referral: child care referrals, registration and inspection of family and school age programs; child and adult care food program reimbursement for child care providers; enrollment of legally exempt providers receiving subsidy from dss and quality improvement and support.

    $1,104,285 spent$50,559 earned by the program
    53% of program spending
  2. Custodial: distribution of revenues that pass through for usda, nys start-up grants, community child care supply growth initiative, and scholarships. Scholarships for emergency childcare.

    $432,723 spentof which $323,684 as grants$298,149 earned by the program
    21% of program spending
  3. Family services program: this includes family support services. Parents of infants and children through the age of 5 receive parenting information, advocacy and support through a home visiting program. Child development education is taught using hands on developmentally appropriate activities:family support services = $528,336

    $528,336 spent$23,792 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,065,344.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($815k)2019 Revenue 107 ($1.7M) Expenses 99 ($1.6M) Net assets 118 ($966k)2020 Revenue 154 ($2.4M) Expenses 129 ($2.0M) Net assets 168 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 187 ($2.9M) Expenses 163 ($2.6M) Net assets 213 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 133 ($2.1M) Expenses 127 ($2.0M) Net assets 211 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 157 ($2.4M) Expenses 129 ($2.0M) Net assets 268 ($2.2M)2024 Revenue 163 ($2.5M) Expenses 147 ($2.3M) Net assets 264 ($2.2M)2025 Revenue 132 ($2.1M) Expenses 144 ($2.3M) Net assets 235 ($1.9M)
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Revenue (132)Expenses (144)Net assets (235)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $1.6M (+55%).

$885k
$1.1M
$1.6M
$1.8M
$2.1M
$2.5M
$2.4M
$2.4M
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 55% · 2019 59% · 2020 61% · 2021 62% · 2022 66% · 2023 58% · 2024 56% · 2025 67%. 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.

−$19k
’18
$101k
’19
$362k
’20
$350k
’21
$73k
’22
$409k
’23
$226k
’24
−$200k
’25
6.8
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

Melissa Perry

CEO

Board chair

Stephanie Fritz

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1615151816131313
Joined·+1+0+6+1+1+1+1
No longer listed·2033411
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $102k → $91k.

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 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 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

44% 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 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC.

38%
largest funder
87%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 93% · 2019 100% · 2020 36% · 2021 60% · 2022 54% · 2023 55% — 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

50% of CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.

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

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 CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
DE

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

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 7%Fundraising 2%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,572,870 to it, the largest being PARK FOUNDATION INC ($605,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,572,870 in grants to CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC?
PARK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $605,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 11 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