North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC
THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,956,485 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($4,503,333). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What The Children's Council of Watauga County Inc does
Mission
To build a strong foundation for children's learning and development by strengthening families, the early childhood system, and the wider community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nc pre-k - the nc pre-k program provides high-quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year olds. 8 pre-k classrooms funded serving 102 children.
$650,246 spentof which $590,203 as grants36% of program spendingFamily support - we offer support groups, parenting consultation, parenting classes/programs, family support services, a diaper bank, teen parenting program and home visits to offer support and services to families as well as help connect them with community resources. Over 300 families were served in our family support programs. Adolescent parenting program served 9 teen parents and their babies received 67 home visits with a trained parent educator and 12 group meetings. Parents as teachers program served 41 parents and 47 children. 24 developmental assessments were completed on children, and 12 group sessions held. Circle of parents program held 3 support groups serving 76 parents and 41 children. 119 group sessions held. Incredible years program conducted parenting class that served 29 parents and 39 children. Triple p program provided services to 130 parents and 209 children over 104 triple p interventions. Diaper bank program provided 79144 diapers and 922 packs of wipes to 287 children in watagua county.postpartum support group met 42 weeks of the year serving 25 parents. Circle of security parent class served 6 parents and 11 children. Early childhood literacy program…
$715,484 spentof which $82,731 as grants40% of program spendingChild care and education quality - we provide child care resources & referral services and work with early childhood teachers and directors to offer technical assistance, professional development and training through our ccr&r services and our pathways to accreditation program. All childcare centers and family home child care sites in watauga county were offered free services as listed above. 194 teachers benefitted from high quality trainings. 62 trainings were held. 9 child care centers participated in dual subsidy quality enhancement program and received dual subsidy dollars to increase the wages of their lead teachers to at least $12 per hour. Dual school program served 11 students in a high quality prescholl program for students who are english language learners. Resource library program served 44 individuals over 245 visits.
$227,511 spentof which $7,775 as grants13% of program spendingChild care and education affordability - the children's council provided funds to support 17 (of 96 children) who received child care subsidy.
$189,433 spentof which $127,912 as grants11% of program spendingHealth and safety - early intervention services
$108 spentof which $62 as grants0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,782,782.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $572k to $1.0M (+80%).
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 21% · 2018 25% · 2020 78% · 2021 85% · 2022 84% · 2023 84% · 2024 78% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Elisha Childers
Executive director
Board chair
Deborah Phillips
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $283k → $832k.
3 of 18 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 THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY 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
THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 92% · 2019 95% · 2020 96% · 2021 86% · 2022 91% · 2023 95% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
97% of THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY 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. $110k 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.
Organizations like THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC?
- THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,956,485 to it, the largest being NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ($4,503,333). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $4,956,485 in grants to THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC?
- NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,503,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY 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 18 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