Vermont · Nonprofit
VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN
VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,152 to it, the largest being LET'S GROW KIDS INC ($1,030,803). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $535k
What Vt Association for the Education of Young Children does
Mission
The vermont association for the education of young children (vtaeyc) advances equity and excellence in early childhood education with early childhood educators as our foundation. As a membership organization, we provide resources and advocate for policies that move early childhood education forward now and for the future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood educator career supports - vtaeyc provides career advancement support in partnership with the vermont department of children and families child development division and other funders to recruit, retain, and support the skilled and dynamic workforce needed to provide high-quality ece to vermont's children. Vtaeyc conducted outreach visits to more than 25 early childhood education programs, provided resources and materials to approximately ten workforce recruitment events, completed more than 15 career supports presentations and hosted multiple family childcare recognition and recruitment events to promote early childhood educator career pathways and resources. Vtaeyc distributed scholarships and grants to over 300 early childhood educators (ece) through programs such as teacher education and compensation helps (t.e.a.c.h.) and other scholarships, student loan repayment assistance and other grants. Vtaeyc coordinated incentives, and mentorship for 18 apprentices and mentors sponsored by 14 center based childcare programs (cbccp) in vermont's early childhood education registered apprenticeship program. Vtaeyc coordinated incentives and mentorship of 31 youth and…
$3,282,801 spentof which $2,510,843 as grants$121,437 earned by the program53% of program spendingEarly childhood education program supports - vtaeyc partners with vermont's child development division (cdd) to support a culture of quality throughout vermont's early childhood education programs by offering program supports under its sparqs program (system for program access to resources for quality supports), distributing grants for early childhood program accreditation fees, and distributing program quality incentives. In the sparqs program, vtaeyc provided 1,179 quality improvement coaching and technical assistance engagements; 439 assessments for vermont's step ahead recognition system (stars); and provided administration for 16 vermont early childhood networks, facilitating 1084 engagements. Vtaeyc distributed five program accreditation incentives and 209 quality incentives to ece programs.
$2,750,646 spentof which $901,353 as grants44% of program spendingAdvocacy - vtaeyc elevated the voices of early childhood educators by communicating feedback received or facilitating the early childhood educator's testimony to appropriate stakeholders. Vtaeyc offered monthly "roundtable" discussions to receive feedback from early childhood educators and stakeholders statewide regarding updates to the legislation, career supports for early childhood educators looking ahead to qualify for licensure, the unifying framework for the early childhood profession, and why recognition of the profession matters. Vtaeyc also elevated early childhood educator's voices by obtaining feedback during administration of its programs and providing this information on resources needed for, and barriers to, high-quality early childhood education to funders and program managers which has resulted in new funding opportunities, changes to programs, and changes to policy. Vtaeyc provided leadership and advocacy development with philanthropic grants by implementing the 9-month vtaeyc exchange fellowship program. This fellowship program focused on "advocacy through action" through the lens of four intersections: early childhood education and community, equity, creative…
$155,469 spentof which $72,599 as grants3% of program spendingMembership - vtaeyc members are the heart of the organization, and our membership offers benefits in collaboration with naeyc. Vtaeyc is vermont's largest professional membership organization serving 728 early childhood educators whose vision is that vermont's children thrive and realize their true promise in supportive communities. Vtaeyc's benefits include member discounts to our annual conference, philanthropically funded grants for week of the young child community activities, and networking opportunities. Vtaeyc provided five grants to member affiliated programs providing week of the young child community activities.
$18,740 spentof which $6,895 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,207,656.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $565k to $1.0M (+81%).
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 86% · 2021 65% · 2022 77% · 2023 91% · 2024 88% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $44k → $567k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN’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
VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 52% · 2021 71% · 2022 58% · 2023 32% — 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.
Where its funders are
62% of VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $296k 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
VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like VT 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% 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 VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN?
- VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (Vermont) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,368,152 to it, the largest being LET'S GROW KIDS INC ($1,030,803). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,368,152 in grants to VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VT ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN?
- LET'S GROW KIDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,030,803 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VT 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 Vermont. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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