Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER
NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,177,339 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($338,050). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What National Child Research Center does
Mission
Founded in 1928, National Child Research Center is a play-based preschool that provides a collaborative approach to preschool education, nurtures the whole child, fosters partnerships with families, and is committed to the inclusion of children with special needs.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Programs
For generations, National Child Research Center has led the way as a model play-based preschool, providing a collaborative approach to preschool education. National Child Research Center nurtures the whole child and feeds and channels a childs natural inquisitiveness to foster a lifetime interest in learning and exploring. National Child Research Centers curriculum is based on sound research - it is strategic and intentional. Since its inception in 1928, National Child Research Center has welcomed children who benefit from additional supports and adaptations with the belief that a diverse community broadens each childs perspective and brings added gifts to the program. National Child Research Centers teachers and early childhood specialists support a childs early development in ways that are fun and engaging, giving them the social-emotional tools they need to succeed every day and throughout life. In the 2024-2025 fiscal year, National Child Research Center educated 170 pre-kindergarten students age 2 to 6 years.
$5,932,233 spentof which $665,005 as grants$6,040,032 earned by the program97% of program spendingOptional programs: programs, such as lunch bunch, and later gators, allow students to extend their day and provide enrichment oppurtunities during the school year. Rainbow camp: camp is a summer enrichment program serving approximately 74 children, ages 2 to 6. Camp features a wide range of age-appropriate activities for children that nurture the socialization, self-expression and growth of the whole child. Sessions are full and half-day for 6 weeks during june and july.
$195,324 spentof which $10,927 as grants$504,662 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,127,557.
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 2020 to 2021, from $14M to $18M (+35%).
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 11% · 2022 9% · 2023 4% · 2024 15% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Megan Ortiz
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $113k → $159k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 CHILD RESEARCH CENTER’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 CHILD RESEARCH CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 CHILD RESEARCH CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 80% · 2019 72% · 2020 67% · 2021 39% · 2022 39% · 2023 34% — 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
13% of NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
60% of NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $476k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $702k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER?
- NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,177,339 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($338,050). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,177,339 in grants to NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $338,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CHILD RESEARCH CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 28 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