North Carolina · Nonprofit
The Children's Center of Western North Carolina
The Children's Center of Western North Carolina (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,536 to it, the largest being BUNCOMBE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($81,536). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $753k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $92k
- Net assets
- $461k
What The Children's Center of Western North Carolina does
Mission
At The Childrens Center of Western North Carolina (TCC), we are dedicated to creating an inclusive, playful, and nuturing environment where children can grow and learn together in acceptance of one another.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Childrens Center of Western North Carolina is a 5-star, licensed childcare and early education facility, earning 15 out of 15 quality points. In 2024, our early childhood educators provided high-quality learning experiences, developmental enrichment, and compassionate care to 72 children between ages one and four. We voluntarily maintained low staff- to-child ratios to support individualized attention and meet each young childs developmental needs.
$678,268 spentof which $21,591 as grants$516,371 earned by the program100% of program spendingThis year, our program faced an unexpected challenge when Hurricane Helene led to a four- week closure of our facility. Despite significant interruptions to our operations, our team worked hard to reopen under an emergency operating plan that prioritized child safety and continuity of care.
We also made several investments in our program, including adopting the state-approved Experience Early Learning Curriculum. Our most significant investment, however, remains our dedicated team. We continued to meet the requirements for the NC Stabilization Grant funding, enabling us to provide enhanced compensation to our employees. By offering competitive wages and benefits, The Childrens Center is recognized within the field for exceptional staff longevity. Three teachers celebrated 10 or more years of service, two marked 15 or more years, and our Assistant Director celebrated her 26th year with our program.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $678,268.
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 $337k to $488k (+45%).
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: 2020 22% · 2021 24% · 2022 28% · 2023 18% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of The Children's Center of Western North Carolina’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 1 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
Tameka King
Executive Director
Board chair
Sunny-Dae Larson
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $20k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Center of Western North Carolina’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
The Children's Center of Western North Carolina leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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 The Children's Center of Western North Carolina.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of The Children's Center of Western North Carolina'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. $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
The Children's Center of Western North Carolina is better cushioned than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Children's Center of Western North Carolina
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Children's Center of Western North Carolina: 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 The Children's Center of Western North Carolina?
- The Children's Center of Western North Carolina (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,536 to it, the largest being BUNCOMBE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($81,536). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Children's Center of Western North Carolina have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $91,536 in grants to The Children's Center of Western North Carolina, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Children's Center of Western North Carolina?
- BUNCOMBE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $81,536 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Children's Center of Western North Carolina 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.
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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 2 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