South Carolina · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC
INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,622,794 to it, the largest being PRITZKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,101,450). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Institute for Child Success Inc does
Mission
The institute for child success (ics) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy organization dedicated to the success of all young children. Ics pursues its mission in four primary ways: proposing smart public policies, grounded in research; advising governments, nonprofits, foundations, and other stakeholders on strategies to improve outcomes; sharing knowledge, convening stakeholders, embracing solutions, and accelerating impact; encouraging and cultivating catalytic, innovative leadership in early childhood.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Policy, research and impact business segment - see schedule opolicy, research and impact business segmentin the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025 we worked on multiple municipal, statewide and national efforts in the early childhood space. These included research on health outcomes, programmatic improvements, innovations for healthcare and nutrition, and others. Additionally, we completed our annual nurturing developing minds confference, consulting was provided to 55 organizations across the country
$2,666,041 spent$1,271,641 earned by the program51% of program spendingHello family program business segment - see schedule ohello family program business segmentthe organization continues to be significantly involved in the hello family program, a comprehensive multi-year program initiated in 2022 by the city of spartanburg, south carolina, in partnership with several community stakeholders, to create an overarching culture of health and to improve birth, health, learning, and child welfare outcomes for children living in the city, prenatal through age five. Under an outcome payor agreement with the city, the organization is designated as the project manager for the program, is responsible for managing and implementing the program to serve the target population, serves as the financial and information intermediary for the program, and supervises and coordinates the work of various service providers.
$1,346,702 spent26% of program spendingCouncil for a strong america business segment - see schedule ocouncil for a strong america business segmenton july 11, 2024, the organization entered into a master transfer agreement with council for a strong america. Council for a strong america is a national charitable organization that engages law enforcement, retired military, and business leaders, who promote evidence-based policies and programs that enable children to be healthy, well-educated and prepared for productive lives. The focus areas include early care and education, home visiting, afterschool programs, nutrition and physical activity, and early childhood mental health. At june 30, 2025 the organization has taken over grant programs in three states, hired two former csa employees, and licensed the intellectual property, for a fee, to entities.
$764,593 spent15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$411,370 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,188,706.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.7M to $5.6M (+51%).
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 42% · 2018 28% · 2020 11% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC’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. 1 of the last 9 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
Jamie Moon
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Calvin L Calhoun Iii
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $77k → $2.0M.
5 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.3M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Mary Black Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 72% · 2019 62% · 2020 51% · 2021 59% · 2022 28% · 2023 22% — 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
64% of INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS 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
INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $382k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 84 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 84 social science nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $237k on record — $157k federal, $80k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$157k
- MA$63k
- NJ$8k
- VT$5k
- DE$5k
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 INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,622,794 to it, the largest being PRITZKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,101,450). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $9,622,794 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC?
- PRITZKER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,101,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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