North Carolina · Nonprofit
MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN
MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,891,707 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($63,096,860). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $64M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Mecklenburg Partnership for Children does
Mission
Facilitate the delivery of a
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Programs
Child care and education quality - services including referrals for quality childcare activities that raise teacher education levels, teacher salary supplement and inclusion services.
$1,596,537 spentof which $1,365,755 as grants5% of program spendingChild care and education affordability, nc pre-k, meck pre-k - services to provide affordable childcare and supporting the cost of preschool classrooms.
$25,091,955 spentof which $20,982,114 as grants82% of program spendingHealth and safety - services to provide early intervention for children ages 0 to 5 in areas of developmental delay, medical conditions, speech/ language, occupational, physical and behavioral therapeutic needs and dental health.
$979,522 spentof which $979,522 as grants3% of program spendingFamily support - comprehensive family services and resources offered through workshops, support programs and community based sites.
$2,548,695 spentof which $1,312,786 as grants8% of program spendingProgram coordination and evaluation - support for monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness and feasibility of the organizations activities and contract agencies to determine if the goals are being met.
$361,444 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,578,153.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $1.2M (−65%).
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 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 96% · 2020 97% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN’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 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
Michael L Blackwelder
CEO
Board chair
Amanda Nitto
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $7.5M → $7.3M.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $74k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Mecklenburg Partnership for Children). These are real filings, and they are not money MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN raised.
From the IRS filings of MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN’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
MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 97% — 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
40% of MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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 MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN'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. $765k 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
MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN
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
95% 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 MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN?
- MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,891,707 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($63,096,860). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $63,891,707 in grants to MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN?
- NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $63,096,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MECKLENBURG PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN 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 2017–2025), 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