Connecticut · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500,065 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($1,307,950). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc does
Mission
Provides early educational programs which include head start, school readiness, and child day care in lower fairfield county. Clc serves over 800 students age six weeks to five years old.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School readiness program serves 360 full time students, 28 part day students and 60 extended day students in the head start program. The school readiness program is funded by both federal and state funds, and a parent fee that is set by the state as most of the families are under the poverty level. The students in school readiness are residents of stamford ct. The students are evaluated in various skill levels so the agency works with the stamford public school system for placement in the school system.
$6,118,533 spent$1,772,887 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe stamford head start and early head start programs serve 154 students three to five and 48 students from six weeks to three years of age. Our delegate family centers inc. In greenwich serves another 34 students three to five. The head start program is funded by federal and state monies. An additional 20% of the federal contract needs to be raised by the organization that are non-federal funds. The head start families do not pay for the federal services. Also, 90% of head start families are minority and for over 80% of the head start families, english is not the main household language.
$4,162,954 spentof which $384,383 as grants$108,183 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe stamford day care program serves 227 students' ages three to five years of age. This program is funded through both federal and state funds and a family fee that is set by the state on a sliding scale as again most of the families are below the 75% poverty line for the state. The program is open to students in the lower fairfield county area. The agency prepares these students to enter kindergarten.private pay program for infants and toddlers ages six weeks to three years of age. There are also four slots for children three to five years of age. This program does not receive any government support, therefore these families pay the fair market value for the services provided.
$3,383,551 spent$852,002 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,665,038.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $11M (−31%).
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: 2018 6% · 2019 6% · 2020 4% · 2021 76% · 2022 71% · 2023 76% · 2024 74% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Monica Maccera Filppu
CEO
Board chair
Noah Lapine
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $378k → $662k.
15 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
56% 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 CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 33% · 2019 39% · 2020 19% · 2021 31% · 2022 20% · 2023 23% — 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
55% of CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
55% of CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD 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 $2.5M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
Government funding CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $61.3M on record — $38.4M federal, $22.9M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$37.9M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$500k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$9.1M
- Educational Services$8.6M
- Other Program Expenses$2.6M
- State Aid Grants$2.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
- CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,500,065 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($1,307,950). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $5,500,065 in grants to CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,307,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTERS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 53 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