New York · Nonprofit
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 355 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,514,461 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($20,460,400). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $222M
- Funders on record
- 355
- Grants received
- $112M
- Net assets
- $416M
What The Children's Aid Society does
Mission
Children's aid helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive supports to children and their families in targeted, high-needs new york city neighborhoods. (continued on schedule o)continuation of organization's mission:we believe all children have limitless potential. But for those growing up surrounded by poverty, family instability, and physical or emotional stress, life is too often about survival, not possibility. It's unacceptable that in new york, a city of historic opportunity, so many of our children face serious barriers to realizing their own promise.children's aid is a professional powerhouse of solutions for young people. We are teachers and social workers, coaches and health care providers. We know what it takes to ensure children grow up strong and healthy, and ready to thrive in school and life: excellent education and health care, social-emotional support, and strong, stable families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The child welfare and family services ("cwfs") division promotes child and family stability through a range of programs. We find high-quality, loving homes for children placed in foster care and support parents seeking to reunify with their children. Home-based services are provided for children at risk of foster care placement. Our family wellness program offers comprehensive services to families impacted by domestic violence. (continued on schedule o)child welfare and family services (continued)cwfs is the home for our preventive programs, foster care services, and homemaker services, in addition to our domestic violence prevention programs and services for disconnected youth. The next generation center supports teens and young adults, particularly those aging out of foster care, in their transition to adulthood. The division served 4,348 children and 2,244 families last fiscal year. Examples of our success during the 2025-2026 school year, 59 foster youth enrolled in college and graduate programs, including 8 freshmen. For school year 2024-2025, 7 students graduated college/graduate programs. We had a student retention rate of 93% for the year.
$73,401,704 spentof which $1,653,477 as grants$70,935,908 earned by the program48% of program spendingThe youth division focuses on ages 5 to adolescence/young adult and promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being as key factors for high school graduation and college success. Youth programs operate in children's aid locations and in full-service community school partnerships, and engage children, families, schools and communities through an integrated focus on academics, services, supports, and opportunities. (continued on schedule o) youth (continued)core services include after-school programs in children's aid community centers and schools, summer camps, athletic programming, and through the national center for community schools, which provides technical assistance to develop the community school model nationally and internationally. We served 10,777 youth across the youth division during fy25.our older youth services include the carrera-adolescent pregnancy prevention program, which meets the top-tier evidence of effectiveness standards by the coalition for evidence-based policy. Services also include the college and career access and success program providing assistance to help young people make post-secondary pathways (college and/or career) attainable, the hope…
$38,428,361 spentof which $2,011,779 as grants$28,320,598 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe health and wellness division provides high-quality services that reduce health disparities among children and families living in poverty, including comprehensive medical, mental health, and dental services delivered by pediatricians, nurse practitioners, social workers, psychiatrists, dentists, health educators, medical assistants, and other support staff. Specialized programs also provide care coordination and educate children and families about the benefits of healthy living through diet, nutrition, and exercise. (continued on schedule o)health and wellness (continued)when medical care is convenient and accessible, more children live healthier lives. Children's aid provides medical, reproductive, mental health, dental, and health education services in six school-based and two community-based health centers. In fy25, the health and wellness division served 7,234 unique patients during 53,671 total visits. Health services are tailored to meet the special needs of children and adolescents, and the division specializes in providing health care to children in foster care.an example of the division's specific impact is that in fy25, we distributed 6,359 food boxes; conducted 610…
$24,267,574 spentof which $363,454 as grants$24,765,444 earned by the program16% of program spendingEarly childhoodthe early childhood division prepares young children (ages 0 to 5) for school success by working with families to advance children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development and to instill in them a lifelong love of learning. Core services include home-based and center-based programs that feature research-based curricula, low child-to-teacher ratios, and strong parent engagement. Our early childhood division has 9 early childhood sites serving 675 children. At the end of last school year (2024-2025): children with developmental delays made strong developmental gains across all domains. There was a 23-percentage point increase in the proportion of children meeting or exceeding expectations. 80% of our typically developing children were 'meeting or 'exceeding' expectations across all domains.collective impact & the national center for community schoolsthe national center for community schools offers technical assistance in all aspects of designing, implementing, and sustaining community schools to meet the unique needs and strengths of individual communities. Services are targeted to individual schools, school board and district administrators, funders,…
$15,988,878 spentof which $104,350 as grants$15,247,922 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,086,517.
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 $470M to $557M (+18%).
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.
10% of THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (17% 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
Phoebe Boyer
President/CEO
Board chair
Jill S Olson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 101 funders to 161 funders, grant income rose $8.1M → $12M.
36 of 355 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 355 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
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
61% 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 THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 27% · 2019 26% · 2020 17% · 2021 13% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% — 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
49% of THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
78% of THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 180 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 180 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $85.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$81.1M
- Department of Education$1.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.5M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$494k
- Department of Agriculture$50k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 11 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- 910 East 172nd Street LLC · disregarded
- 1218 Southern Blvd LLC · disregarded
- 1232 Southern Blvd LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY?
- THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 355 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,514,461 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($20,460,400). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 355 organizations giving $111,514,461 in grants to THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, 238 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,460,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 355 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing