North Carolina · Nonprofit
FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC
FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,400 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ($31,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to advance and advocate for a high quality, comprehensive, accountable system of care and education for children 0-5, which builds a foundation leading to a productive and successful life. Our goal is to prepare our children to enter school ready and able to learn.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The nc pre-k program funds child care slots for four-year-old children at- risk for school failure. The eligibility criteria and service priority for children to receive serivce is stipulated by the nc state legislature. During the 2022-2023 school year, this program served over 146 children at 11 sites in franklin county.
$1,134,111 spentof which $1,062,900 as grants47% of program spendingChild care and education quality-child care resource & referral provides support and information to parents and childcare providers. It maintains a lending library of educational and training materials, which can be borrowed by the various childcare facilities, and a database of community resources, including local childcare program information. This program provided training workshops to 361 providers and conducted mock assessments to focus on such areas as language, communication, and health & safety. The quality child care program assists childcare providers with on-site technical assistance to increase program education standards, with compliance reviews, and with review of the division of child development (dcd)assessments. Participating facilities are eligible for grants to address needs identified in their reviews and as funds permit, incentive awards for increasing licensure. During fy 23/24 qcc serviced 12 child care centers and one family child care home. The accessing higher education program develops plans geared towards helping childcare professionals attain their early childhood degrees and continuing education. During f/y 23/24, 35 child care professionals…
$622,054 spentof which $56,754 as grants$30,437 earned by the program26% of program spendingFamily support-the adolescent parenting project provides direct case management services to teen parents and their children 0-5. Teen participants receive support in their efforts towards receiving a high school diploma and avoiding a second pregnancy. They also receive parenting education and childcare referral assistance. In fy 23/24 100% of program participants had no report of repeat pregnancy during the year. 100% of expected seniors graduated with 100% of them enrolling in post-secondary education programs. The other graduates are enrolled in vocational training, employed at a livable wage, and living in safe and stable housing. The cradle to class/parents as teachers program provides parenting support and instruction to families with children birth to age five. Project activities include home visits to help parents understand their children's development and to encourage learning; group meetings; hearing, vision and general development screenings; and a referral network to link families with community services. There were 6 families enrolled in the pat program during f/y 23/24. Incredible years, a parenting education/coordination initiative, provides parenting education to…
$477,204 spentof which $261,018 as grants20% of program spendingHealth and safety - the assuring better child health and development (abcd) project provides training and on-site technical assistance to physicians and their staff at various times to support the integration of standardized, validated developmental screening and referral into designated well-child visits. This program has been disconintued. The child care health consultant program hired a licensed medical professional to provide technical assistance and training to child care facilities, staff, and others in franklin, granville, vance, and person counties. In f/y 23/24, 19 child care classrooms received technical assistance through the nc health and safety assessment and encounter tool (hsaet). Nc pre-k - the nc pre-k program funds child care slots for four-year-old children at-risk for school failure. The eligibility criteria and service priority for children to receive service is stipulated by the nc state legislature. During the 2023-2024 school year, this program served over 161 children at 11 sites in franklin county. Program coordination and evaluation - the program coordination/evaluation activity provides program support, training and technical assistance to direct…
$203,165 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,436,534.
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 $366k to $277k (−24%).
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: 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START 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
FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $36k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC?
- FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,400 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ($31,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $36,400 in grants to FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC?
- TRIANGLE NORTH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANKLIN GRANVILLE VANCE SMART START INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2 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