Texas · Nonprofit
FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER
FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER (Texas) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,713,467 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($4,250,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Fort Worth Cradle to Career does
Mission
To bring collaborative, systemic change for students in order to improve overall quality of life and to position tarrant county as a leading producer of high-quality talent.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The postsecondary pathways department supports the t3 mission and the vision for the future of tarrant county students by providing holistic college and career advising/navigation to high school students. Our program pairs advisors with students who will walk alongside them to develop an informed plan for after high school (aligned to their strengths and interests) and execute their plan once they reach their senior year in high school. Our program also assists students with matriculation to our partner colleges/universities through a summer melt program. In addition to our student programming, our team also exists to partner closely with district and campusbased staff to provide thought partnership, coaching, and resources to support overall college and career readiness. To date, our department has supported five cohorts with matriculation at our partner colleges/universities totaling over 8,600 students and completion of over 7,000 postsecondary success plans.
$4,165,943 spent$1,295,667 earned by the program61% of program spendingCollege and career success - the college success t3 continues to make a substantial difference in the lives of our t3 scholars as they progress to graduate with a degree or credential within the first six years after high school graduation. T3 now has five cohorts of t3 scholars and over 5,200 students across our eight higher education institutions. Eligible scholars continue to be supported by a first dollar scholarship, which assists in ensuring scholars are equipped and resourced to start each semester, and the last dollar scholarship covers the remaining balance in tuition costs for eligible students. In collaboration with bridge programs and persistence coaching at partner institutions, t3 has developed the acclimate. Persist. Thrive. Framework which delivers additional academic and social support to students working towards a degree or credential.
$2,011,072 spentof which $82,774 as grants$696,833 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe tarrant to & through (t3) partnership is an organization committed to increasing the number of students in tarrant county who pursue education beyond high school. Our goal is to ensure that each student has the training and skills they need to thrive in today's workforce. We believe that family encouragement and belief in their students' future helps them to choose the best path to success. The t3 family engagement program is here to support families along the way. For parents and families, t3 programs, resources, and support begin in middle school. If a parent/family member takes the t3 family pledge, the participant will gain access to the following resources: learn the steps necessary to choose and access pathways that lead to high wage, high demand jobs and receive personalized support from family engagement to advocate for student success.
$654,821 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,831,836.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $3.5M to $15M (+342%).
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.
88% of FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Natalie Williams
Executive director
Board chair
Sarah Tempel
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income fell $2.6M → $2.1M.
5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER’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
FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 53% · 2021 63% · 2022 28% · 2023 36% — 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
67% of FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.0M 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
FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 135 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 135 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER?
- FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER (Texas) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,713,467 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($4,250,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $13,713,467 in grants to FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FORT WORTH CRADLE TO CAREER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 27 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