Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $290,551 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ($220,551). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $162k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $291k
- Net assets
- $0
What National Black Child Development Institute Inc does
Mission
The mission of the National Black child Development Institute (NCDI) is to improve the quality of life for Black children and their families. We are the only national organization focused solely on the unique attributes and needs of Black children, birth through age 8. We exist to fight for the creation of an equitable and just future for Black children and families. We mobilize communities and ignite movements on the strength of Black excellence. We provide educational training, certification programs, initiatives and supports of little or no cost that are targeted to marginalized, low income communities in which our Black children and families live.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
(1) Literacy developed by NBCDI in 2017, The Read to Succeed program is designed to promote early literacy and language development, support black child development by assuring that the children read stories where they see themselves and read stories that affirms who they are or who they can be. Children of color need culturally affirming, responsive, and reflective and phenotypically accurate learning materials that promote positive self-perception and foster a true sense of belonging and engagement in their learning and care environments. To facilitate the literacy experience, we held several activities, the last of which we featured books written by black authors from within the Philadelphia area.
$57,250 spentof which $57,250 as grants26% of program spendingHealth and Wellness -Good for Me
$35,000 spentof which $35,000 as grants16% of program spendingFamily Child Care Network with funding from the Wm. Penn Foundation of Philadelphia, BCDI Philadelphia established a Family Child Care Network to 1)increase the quality of child care environments for children of low income families; provide support funding for licensure through the City and certification through the DHS in Pennsylvania. This also included the provision smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and inter-connected fire alarm systems and provision of developmentally appropriate equipment and materials to start up; Business planning and attaining the Family Child Care CDA credential, which provides required certification/specialization based on the age of children in care
$130,000 spentof which $170,000 as grants58% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $222,250.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.
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.
100% of NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Lola Rooney
President Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $54k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 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
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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 NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 57% · 2022 62% · 2023 63% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC?
- NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $290,551 to it, the largest being NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ($220,551). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $290,551 in grants to NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC?
- NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $220,551 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 3 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