North Carolina · Nonprofit
GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,745,696 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($30,380,051). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $902k
What Guilford County Partnership for Children Inc does
Mission
The Guilford County Partnership for Children is a local non-profit strategically directing Smart Start and NC Pre-K funding to ensure equitable access to high quality childcare, professional development for early childhood educators and caregivers, family support and pre-literacy programs. GCPC is part of North Carolina's nationally recognized, statewide Smart Start network. Our mission is to partner with families, early childhood educators, and our community to support the diverse needs of children prenatal to age five, ensuring their success in school and in life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Guilford County Partnership for Children strategically directs the NC Pre-K program for over 2,000 children in Guilford County. NC Pre-K is a free high quality pre-school program for children aged 4 whose families meet eligibility requirements. The program prioritizes children with economic, language or developmental challenges. It is offered at 50 participating Guilford County Schools, 9 Children and Families First sites (Head Start), and 29 licensed four- and five-star private child care providers.
$12,588,182 spentof which $12,588,182 as grants$12,656,588 earned by the program80% of program spendingHealth and Early Intervention-With its Smart Start grant, Guilford County Partnership for Children invests in programs that support healthy development and learning each year. The Every Baby Guilford Adopt A Mom Program provided financial support for prenatal care for 54 pregnant persons who do not qualify for Medicaid and are under/uninsured. Guilford Family Connects offers nurse home visits to all deliveries in Guilford County. The Partnership funded roughly 30% (of the nurse home visits providing support, education, and early identification and referral of health & safety concerns for approximately 585 participating families). The Family Support Network of Central Carolina Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) program provided support, education, and connections to 421 families who have a child with special needs or experience a NICU stay. Bringing Out the Best provided coaching and education services for 220 children struggling with social/emotional and behavioral challenges in both the home with 1,468 family contacts and early childcare education settings through 92 on site consultation visits. Child Care Health Consultant nurses provide technical assistance to childcare…
$1,551,359 spentof which $1,551,359 as grants$1,551,359 earned by the program10% of program spendingFamily Support-With Smart Start funding, Guilford County Partnership for Children invests in evidence-based programs and strategies that support and guide children ages prenatal to 5 and their families. Services include parent education, home visiting and early literacy activities. Parents As Teachers-Guilford County served 40 families with 260 home visits by a certified parent educator, group support activities and linkages to community support. The Healthy Start program served 219 families susceptible for abuse or neglect by 1,963 home visits and five group activities aimed at reducing family stress, enhanced parenting skills and knowledge of child health and development and improve access to needed services. The Family Literacy Program served 118 parents/caregivers working to improve their literacy skills and 128 children participated in PACT (Parent and Child Time) sessions to build pre-literacy skills. The Partnership directly supports families through our Awareness and Engagement program with 2,305 parents participating in engagement efforts promoting awareness of the importance of early childhood and utilization of related resources.
$861,114 spentof which $861,114 as grants$839,598 earned by the program5% of program spendingSee Schedule O-Child Care and Education; Program Planning, Coordination and Evaluation
$731,914 spentof which $731,913 as grants$760,045 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,732,569.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $350k (−77%).
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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Heather Adams
Executive Director
Board chair
Greg Anderson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $3.3M → $3.4M.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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
GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 98% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
22% of GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
100% of GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN 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. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC?
- GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,745,696 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($30,380,051). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $30,745,696 in grants to GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,380,051 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GUILFORD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN 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 2020–2025), 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