Funding search · EIN 561949415 · Grantmaking charity · Raleigh, NC

Wake County Smart Start

$58.1M
in grants paid: 111
grants: 47
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$3.1M
Childcare Network · Columbus, GA · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$2.7M
Wake County Public Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek/financial assistance contract
$1.3M
Creative Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$1.2M
Bright Beginnings of Cary · Cary, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$1.1M
Primary Beginnings Child Development · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek
$880,446
The Happy Face Preschool · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$797,586
Academically Based Child · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$759,528
Kids First Academy · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$728,374
Abc Land Inc Ii · Wendell, NC · 2024
Nc prek
$680,820
Telamon Corporation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$665,510
Wake County Human Services · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$661,730
Wanda'S Little Hands Educational Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$630,699
Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood · Cary, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$588,438
A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$559,640
Early Preschool & Learning Center Llc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$522,868
Little Hands 'N' Feet Child Care Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$442,270
Kindercare Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Nc prek, quality enhancement
$442,242
Method Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$400,553
Family Resource Center - South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$357,000
Bambino'S Playschool · Cary, NC · 2024
Wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$336,144
Creative Learning Enterprise · Apex, NC · 2024
Nc prek
$280,500
Triangle Academy Preschool · Cary, NC · 2024
Wake threeschool
$268,108
Little Believers Academy Ii · Garner, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$242,280
Preston Children'S Academy · Cary, NC · 2024
Nc prek
$235,703
Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, quality enhancement
$213,230
Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$205,800
Little Destiny Literacy & Discovery Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc prek
$178,500
Daniel Center for Math and Science · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Wake threeschool
$174,439
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$167,317
Various Child Care Centers and Service Providers · 2024
Various programs
$156,863
Early Years · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$153,640
La Petite Academy · Novi, MI · 2024
Nc prek, quality enhancement
$119,360
Safechild · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$111,291
Triangle Area Parenting Support · Apex, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$110,296
Book Harvest · Durham, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$106,529
Fiesta Cristiana · Apex, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$98,900
Step Up Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Financial assistance contract
$8,920
Dhic · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Kaleidoscope project
$5,000
Smart Start Advocates · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Donation for program support
$3.0M
Childcare Network · Columbus, GA · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$2.8M
Wake County Public Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek/financial assistance contract
$1.2M
Bright Beginnings of Cary · Cary, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$1.0M
Creative Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$944,863
Abc Land Inc Ii · Wendell, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$917,427
Telamon Corporation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$793,311
Primary Beginnings Child Development · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$765,692
Academically Based Child · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$690,111
Wake County Human Services · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$637,221
The Happy Face Preschool · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$633,163
Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood · Cary, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$565,313
Kids First Academy · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$545,373
Early Preschool & Learning Center Llc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$502,629
Wanda'S Little Hands Educational Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$454,166
Kindercare Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2023
Nc prek, quality enhancement
$447,886
A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$384,763
Family Resource Center - South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$339,657
Creative Learning Enterprise · Apex, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$274,006
Little Destiny Literacy & Discovery Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$260,637
Little Believers Academy Ii · Garner, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$257,793
Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$252,895
Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$250,852
Little Hands 'N' Feet Child Care Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$230,555
Preston Children'S Academy · Cary, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$219,731
Method Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc prek
$174,439
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$141,805
Triangle Area Parenting Support · Apex, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$132,341
Book Harvest · Durham, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$119,360
Safechild · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$101,651
Iglesia Fiesta Cristiana · Apex, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$55,930
Passage Home · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$50,000
Step Up Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Financial assistance contract
$30,515
Various Child Care Centers and Service Providers · 2023
Various programs
$5,000
Smart Start Advocates · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Donation for program support
$2.9M
Childcare Network · Columbus, GA · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$2.3M
Wake County Public Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek/financial assistance contract
$1.1M
Bright Beginnings of Cary · Cary, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$1.0M
Creative Schools · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$864,538
Abc Land Inc Ii · Wendell, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$767,606
Academically Based Child · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$743,234
Primary Beginnings Child Development · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$674,047
The Happy Face Preschool · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool
$632,807
Wake County Human Services · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial assistance contract
$530,460
Telamon Corporation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$456,900
Kindercare Learning Center · Portland, OR · 2022
Nc prek, quality enhancement
$452,004
Early Preschool & Learning Center Llc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$443,278
Little Destiny Literacy & Discovery Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$420,084
A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek, wake threeschool, quality enhancement
$417,390
Kids First Academy · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$397,159
Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood · Cary, NC · 2022
Financial assistance contract
$384,037
Family Resource Center - South Atlantic · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial assistance contract
$359,676
Wanda'S Little Hands Educational Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$330,508
Preston Children'S Academy · Cary, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$293,887
Method Child Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$288,353
Creative Learning Enterprise · Apex, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$197,280
Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$195,468
Little Hands 'N' Feet Child Care Center · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$183,452
Shaw University Center for Early Childhood Education · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek
$163,098
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Financial assistance contract
$139,782
Child Care Services Association · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Financial assistance contract
$120,538
Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc prek

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.