North Carolina · Nonprofit
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,809,678 to it, the largest being THE LEON LEVINE FOUNDATION ($1,060,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $134M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc does
Mission
The north carolina partnership for children (ncpc) is the lead organization and backbone of the smart start network, setting statewide vision, policy, and funding priorities. While local partnerships translate the statewide vision into community action, ncpc strengthens that work through guidance, coordination, and support. Ncpc connects local partnerships to the broader early childhood ecosystem and equips them with the tools, policies, and resources to be effective, ensuring that children benefit from coordinated, high-quality care and services.as the lead organization, ncpc strengthens the smart start network by: setting policy and strategic direction to ensure smart start delivers meaningful outcomes for children and families. Maintaining fiscal and programmatic accountability and effectiveness. Equipping local partnerships with data portal and county-level data measures as well as a centralized accounting and contracting system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Smart start network backbone, accountability & capacity building (statewide support)ncpc serves as the statewide backbone organization for smart start's 75 local partnerships, ensuring legislatively required governance, fiscal accountability, and performance standards while equipping communities with shared tools that reduce administrative burden and strengthen local impact. In fy2025, ncpc supported network stability and effectiveness through enhanced contracting and data systems, statewide learning and collaboration, and targeted capacity-building investments that help local partnerships respond to local needs while advancing statewide goals.major fy2025 achievements: - implemented a new contract and data management system (cdms)a major modernization effort that streamlined contracting, improved data integrity, and increased transparency across the network; implementation engaged nearly 1,000 staff statewide and reduced duplicative administrative workload, allowing more time for direct community work. (non-measurable achievement: strengthened consistency, trust, and transparency across 75 organizations.) - ncpc invested $6.98m in statewide capacity-building and administrative…
$2,882,431 spentof which $16,612 as grants2% of program spendingEarly care & education access, quality, and workforce supports (including subsidy, wage$, and nc pre-k system support)smart start strengthens north carolina's early care and education system by improving access, affordability, and quality of child care and early learning, and by investing in the workforce that makes high-quality care possible. In fy2025, local partnerships invested smart start funding to help families afford child care, support teacher compensation and professional development, and improve classroom quality and health/safety practicesespecially in communities facing the greatest barriers to care.major fy2025 achievements:- local partnerships invested or facilitated $64.68m in child care subsidy, helping families afford care and remain in the workforce; $41.6m of this was managed in coordination with dcdee through smart start's subsidy set-aside model.-supported the early childhood workforce through wage$ salary supplements, with 51 local partnerships providing supplements to 4,075 teachers; supported teachers showed improved stability, with over 82% remaining in their roles and a reduced turnover rate (approx. 13%).- supported quality improvement through…
$113,578,781 spentof which $113,448,644 as grants87% of program spendingEarly literacy (dolly parton's imagination library and other literacy strategies)ncpc and the smart start network promote early literacy by increasing access to books and strengthening language-rich interactions between young children and caregivers. In fy2025, smart start continued statewide implementation of dolly parton's imagination library (dpil) and other literacy supports, helping families build home libraries and routines that support school readiness.major fy2025 achievements: - dpil served 253,257 participating children and, by june 2025, delivered over 25 million books to north carolina children since statewide expansion. - as state-funded participation reached capacity, the network implemented a temporary closure of new state-sponsored registrations (february 2025) to ensure continuous monthly book delivery for already-enrolled children while local partnerships expanded efforts to raise private funds to extend access locally. (non-measurable achievement: maintained program integrity and continuity amid cost pressures while mobilizing local philanthropy.)- dpil family impact survey: nearly 17,000 families responded, representing approx. 37,350 children; 43.3% reported…
$8,261,892 spentof which $8,209,038 as grants6% of program spendingWestern nc disaster recovery grants & programs: in september 2024, hurricane helene devastated western north carolina, leaving families, child care programs, and entire communities reeling. Smart start's statewide network and local connections allowed it to respond immediately, serving as community hubs, distributing resources, and supporting recoverylocal partnerships mobilized quickly, securing over $5 million in private donations and additional in-kind resources to meet urgent needs. Smart start also supported providers in applying for aid and shared mental health resources to address both practical and emotional recovery. This is in addition to ncpc securing additional funding and in-kind donations to support affected counties. Recognizing child care as critical infrastructure, the nc general assembly allocated $10 million in hurricane helene relief to be distributed by smart start partnerships in the hardest-hit counties. In 2025, ncpc distributed $4.7m of the first $5m received to western nc local partnerships for grants to providers and operators. Thirteen local partnerships have since: repaired and replaced storm damages not covered elsewhere compensated providers for lost…
$4,770,853 spentof which $4,734,156 as grants4% of program spendingFamily support & home visiting (parent education, navigation, and group/one-on-one supports)smart start strengthens families by expanding access to evidence-based family support services that build nurturing parent-child relationships, promote healthy development, and connect families to community resources. In fy2025, local partnerships invested significantly in family support strategies delivered through both one-on-one and group-based models, with special emphasis on home visiting, parenting education, and family navigation supports.major fy2025 achievements: -local partnerships invested $22.78m in family support services, including: - $6.52m in home visiting - $5.05m in parent education - $7.81m in community outreach and systems-building - $1.89m in early literacy supports delivered through family-focused settings- delivered one-on-one family support in 44 local partnerships, reaching over 4,700 parents/guardians and approx. 3,300 children through evidence-based strategies such as family connects, family navigation, parents as teachers, and nurse family partnership.- delivered group-based family supports in 54 local partnerships, strengthening parent-child interaction and…
$540,414 spent$186,207 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,034,371.
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 2021 to 2022, from $10M to $17M (+63%).
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 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mr Charles Bowman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $45k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN 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
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 60% · 2021 94% · 2022 54% · 2023 66% — 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
40% of NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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 NORTH CAROLINA 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. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN 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 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,809,678 to it, the largest being THE LEON LEVINE FOUNDATION ($1,060,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,809,678 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC?
- THE LEON LEVINE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,060,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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