Ohio · Nonprofit
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,838,401 to it, the largest being SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON ($2,069,593). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Early Childhood Resource Center does
Mission
The ECRC promotes the healthy development of young children by strengthening families, improving the quality of early learning experiences, increasing school and community readiness, and informing public policy. This is done through a variety of parent education programs, family and children's programming, and professional development for people working with children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As a ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, the Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC) is dedicated to improving the quality of child care in six Ohio counties. This is accomplished by providing training, coaching and technical assistance to child care staff and administrators. As the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, the ECRC supports families in finding child care, while also working to improve the quality options for care. In 2023, the ECRC trained 9,120 educators and provided 7,464 coaching sessions. In addition, the ECRC supported over 101 educators to obtain the coursework needed to get their Child Development Associate Credential.
$2,062,320 spent38% of program spendingThe SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) program is a home visitation model recognized nationally as a best practice model in supporting young children in getting ready for Kindergarten. ECRC works with children, families, community agencies and school districts as partners to ensure their success. Home visits include prescribed lessons aligned with Ohio's Early Learning Standards, administers assessments and screenings, and initiates referrals to needed community resources. SPARK and schools work collaboratively to ensure that children experience smooth transitions into school. In 2024 3,036 children participated in the SPARK program.
$1,732,720 spentof which $712,992 as grants$226,237 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe ECRC serves families through outreach and parent education services in our six counties. In our Canton facility, families can check out books from our library, play in our indoor or outdoor play spaces, use our production lab to make learning tools or take a parenting education class. Our parent education staff also provide comprehensive case management, coaching and resources to high need fathers and mothers. This could include concrete supports, help in navigating life's challenges, support in gaining custody of their children or paying child support and learning how to co-parent.
$1,566,248 spent29% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,361,288.
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 $3.9M to $4.5M (+17%).
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 25% · 2019 37% · 2020 57% · 2021 49% · 2022 65% · 2023 43% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER’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. 3 of the last 7 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
Angela Moses
Executive Director
Board chair
Joseph Luckring
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $15k → $314k.
5 of 22 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 EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER’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
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 61% · 2019 36% · 2020 59% · 2021 87% · 2022 70% · 2023 81% — 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
27% of EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
74% of EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $396k 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.
Against its field
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER has grown faster than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER
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 Ohio
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 16 related entities
- The Sisters of Charity of St Augustine · exempt
- Sisters of Charity of St Augustine Health System · exempt
- Regina Health Center · exempt
- St Vincent Charity Medical Center (SVCMC) · exempt
- St John Hospital · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER?
- EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,838,401 to it, the largest being SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON ($2,069,593). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $3,838,401 in grants to EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER?
- SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION OF CANTON is the largest funder on record, with $2,069,593 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 22 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing