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Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children
Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,547,539 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,751,490). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $173k
What Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children does
Mission
The Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Childrens mission is to be an effective voice for high-quality early childhood care and education. We do this through policy development, advocacy and professional learning and supports for early childhood professionals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Policy and Advocacy - PennAEYC conducts outreach across the state to educate the public and elected officials on the importance of quality early childhood education for children, families and our communities and economy. Our goals are primarily focused on increasing access to high-quality early childhood care and education services for children and families and ensuring appropriate compensation and supports for the professionals and programs providing these services. We do this work through meetings and events with policymakers, engaging programs and the families they serve to share their lived experience with policymakers, community events and engagement activities, media engagement and online communications. PennAEYC collaborates with a large coalition of statewide and regional nonprofit organizations in this work.
$1,077,486 spentof which $169,321 as grants$1,185,721 earned by the program82% of program spendingProfessional Learning - PennAEYC offers professional learning opportunities to early childhood educators. This includes Child Development Associate(CDA)Credential classes and fee-for-service professional learning opportunities requested by programs. Educational webinars are also offered on relevant issues for directors and staff.
$213,824 spent$218,561 earned by the program16% of program spendingSharedSource PA - PennAEYC operates a shared services web-based platform www.sharedsourcepa.org that allows early childhood care and education providers to maximize their purchasing power and offers state-specific tools and resources for providers, saving them time and money, positively affecting their businesses bottom line and allowing them to improve educational quality.
$28,047 spent$15,000 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,319,357.
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 2018 to 2019, from $295k to $802k (+172%).
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: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Jennifer DeBell
Executive Director
Board chair
John Denny
Public Policy Chair; Community Representative
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $38k → $1.0M.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
29% 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 Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 100% · 2019 45% · 2020 60% · 2021 48% · 2022 38% · 2023 41% — 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
71% of Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
98% of Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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 Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children?
- Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,547,539 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,751,490). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $4,547,539 in grants to Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,751,490 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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