Funding search · EIN 651149351 · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Childnet

Name: Childnet grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

347
grants reported: $193.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $167,791
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

care group residential foster management home services behavioral

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Where the money goes

Residential group care for dependent children, the dominant spend
Foster home management, licensing, recruitment, retention, support
Transitional independent living for older youth aging out
Adoption services and adoption promotion and support
Assessment, therapy, counseling and behavioral health services
Case support functions: drug testing, background screening, legal aid, tutoring

Typical grant

Median payment is $167,791, with the middle half between $50,657 and $666,058. The very large checks, $1M to $6.1M, go to a small set of high-volume residential and foster care providers such as Lutheran Services, Avidity, Children's Harbor, Devereux, His House and Kids in Distress; the small checks, under $100,000, cover single group homes and ancillary services like assessments, lab testing, legal services and security. Giving repeats year over year with striking consistency, and the same names appear in 2023 and 2024 at similar or growing amounts.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“RESIDENTIAL GROUP CARE”
“FOSTER HOME MANAGEMENT”
“RESIDENTIAL GROUP CARE/TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING”
“ASSESSMENT, THERAPY OR COUNSELING”
“DEPENDENCY CASE MANAGEMENT”
“INTACT FAMILY NAVIGATION / SAFETY MANAGEMENT / KINSHIP SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie work to foster home licensing, recruitment, retention and support, their second-largest and most repeated category.
Ancillary niches are the realistic entry point: assessments, tutoring, kinship navigation, background screening, at $20K to $500K.
Emphasize licensed capacity to serve dependency-involved children in Broward and Palm Beach counties directly.
Consider subcontracting through an established recipient like Kids in Distress, Camelot or Citrus Health rather than approaching directly.

Worth knowing: This is a lead child welfare agency paying its provider network, not discretionary philanthropy: 333 of 347 payments went to Florida providers, and the out-of-state ones (Cayuga in NY, NYAP in Ohio) are foster home management vendors. The top ten recipients absorb most of the dollars and reappear every year, so the record reads as contract renewal rather than open competition.

9 grants matching “mental health” · $3.2M

$105,409
Mental Health America of Se Florida · Lauderhill, FL · 2024
Behavioral health services
$174,508
Mental Health America of Se Florida · Lauderhill, FL · 2023
Behavioral health services
$247,496
Mental Health Center of Fl · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Behavioral health services
$205,296
Mental Health America of Southeast Fl · Lauderhill, FL · 2022
Behavioral health services
$5,571
Smith Community Mental Health · Plantation, FL · 2022
Behavioral health services
$2.1M
Henderson Mental Health · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Placement partnership program / safety management/mst/ homebuilders
$175,178
Mental Health Center of Florida · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Residential group care
$169,845
Mental Health America of Se Florida · Lauderhill, FL · 2021
Parent education / parent support
$27,250
Impower · Longwood, FL · 2021
Mental health and substance misuse and child well being

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lutheran Services3 grants · $14.5M
Avidity3 grants · $12.5M
Kids in Distress3 grants · $6.8M
One Hope United4 grants · $6.6M
His House Childrens Homes2 grants · $6.0M
Aviditypartnership for Community Health1 grant · $5.6M
Jafco4 grants · $5.3M
Devereux Center2 grants · $5.1M
Place of Hope3 grants · $4.3M
Lutheran Services Florida1 grant · $4.1M

Giving over time

$46.9M

2021

$54.9M

2022

$40.7M

2023

$50.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 347 grants.

$6.1M
Lutheran Services · Tampa, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$5.6M
Aviditypartnership for Community Health · Miami, FL · 2024
Residential group care & foster home management
$5.2M
Lutheran Services · Tampa, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$5.1M
Avidity · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022
Residential group care & foster home management
$4.4M
Avidity · Miami, FL · 2023
Residential group care & foster home management
$4.1M
Lutheran Services Florida · Oakland Park, FL · 2022
Residential group care / emergency shelter
$3.8M
His House Childrens Homes · Miami Gardens, FL · 2023
Residential group care / foster home management / out-of-county supervision
$3.4M
Childrens Harboraka Browns Harbor · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2024
Residential group care/transitional independent living
$3.2M
Lutheran Services · Oakland Park, FL · 2021
Residential group care
$3.0M
Kids in Distress · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Adoption, visitation, home builders and fhm
$2.9M
Avidity · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Residential group care
$2.9M
Childrens Harbor · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2023
Residential group care/transitional independent living
$2.9M
Devereux Center · Orlando, FL · 2024
Residential group care/foster home -licensing, reruitment, retention and support
$2.8M
Kids in Distress · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Foster home management / adoption promotion-support / homebuilders / supervised visitation
$2.8M
Sos Children'S Villages · Coconut Creek, FL · 2022
Foster home management / dependency case management
$2.7M
His House Children'S Home · Opa Locka, FL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management / out-of-county supervision
$2.5M
Sos Children'S Village (Nfh) (Cm) · Coconut Creek, FL · 2021
Long term residential group care
$2.4M
Children'S Harbor · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2022
Residential group care
$2.3M
Kids in Distress · Wilton Manors, FL · 2024
Foster home management / adoption promotion-support / homebuilders / supervised visitation
$2.3M
His House · Opa Locka, FL · 2021
Residential, foster and adoption services
$2.3M
Devereux Center · Orlando, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$2.2M
One Hope United · Royal Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$2.2M
His House Childrens Homes · Miami Gardens, FL · 2024
Residential group care / foster home management / out-of-county supervision
$2.1M
Henderson Mental Health · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Placement partnership program / safety management/mst/ homebuilders
$2.1M
Browns Children'S Harbor · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2021
Residential group care/ maternity / til
$2.0M
National Youth Advocate Program · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2022
Foster home management / brief strategic family therapy
$2.0M
National Youth Advocate Program · Deerfield Beach, FL · 2021
Foster home management
$1.9M
Place of Hope Inc (Nfh) · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2021
Resdiential group and foster care services
$1.8M
Sos Childrens Village of Florida · Coconut Creek, FL · 2024
Foster home management / dependency case management
$1.8M
Camelot Community Care · Orlando, FL · 2021
Therapeutic intervention emergency services
$1.7M
Henderson Behavioral Health · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Assessment, therapy or counseling
$1.7M
One Hope United · Chicago, IL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management / family support services
$1.6M
Place of Hope · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management / maternity homes
$1.6M
Place of Hope · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
Residential group care / foster home management / maternity homes
$1.6M
4kids of South Florida · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Foster home management
$1.5M
4kids of South Florida · North Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Foster home management
$1.5M
4 Kids of South Florida · North Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Foster home management
$1.5M
Kids in Distress · Wilton Manors, FL · 2023
Foster home management / adoption promotion-support / homebuilders / supervised visitation
$1.4M
Henderson Behavioral Health · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Safety management / placement stabilization
$1.4M
One Hope United · Chicago, IL · 2021
Family support and residential services
$1.4M
Jafco · Sunrise, FL · 2022
Residential group care
$1.4M
Devereux Florida · Deland, FL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management
$1.4M
Camelot Community Care · Clearwater, FL · 2022
Functional family therapy / foster home management
$1.3M
National Youth Advocate Program Nyap · Columbus, OH · 2023
Foster home management / brief strategic family therapy
$1.3M
The Childrens Place at Home Safe · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
Residential group care/transitional independent living
$1.3M
Jafco · Sunrise, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$1.3M
Jafco · Sunrise, FL · 2021
Emergency shelter & residential care
$1.3M
One Hope United · Royal Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$1.2M
Devereux · Deland, FL · 2021
Residential group care, foster home management
$1.2M
Jafco · Sunrise, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$1.1M
Place of Hope · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
Residential group care / foster home management / maternity homes
$1.1M
Cayuga Centers · Auburn, NY · 2024
Foster home management
$1.1M
Hibiscus Children'S Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2021
Emergency shelter residential group care
$1.1M
Hibiscus Children'S Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2022
Residential group care
$1.0M
Pinnacle Family Services · Davie, FL · 2022
Foster home management
$1.0M
Agency for Community Treatment · Tampa, FL · 2021
Residential group careemergency teen respite
$1.0M
Brightstar Care of Pembroke Pines · Miramar, FL · 2022
One to one supervision
$1.0M
Pinnacle Family Services · Davie, FL · 2021
Foster home management
$964,710
Cmet · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Behavioral health services
$961,288
Sos Childrens Village of Florida · Coconut Creek, FL · 2023
Foster home management / dependency case management
$948,046
St Augustine Youth Services · St Augustine, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$937,011
National Youth Advocate Program Nyap · Columbus, OH · 2024
Foster home management / brief strategic family therapy
$932,461
Bridging Freedom · Tampa, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$920,171
The Childrens Place at Home Safe · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
Residential group care/transitional independent living
$887,474
4kids of South Florida · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Foster home management
$861,064
Florida United Methodist Childrens Home · Enterprise, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$861,039
Childrens Home Society · Orlando, FL · 2024
Adoption services
$855,123
Education Advantage Llc - Shelter · Lauderdale Lakes, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$847,703
Reyna Group Home Inc - Cooper City · Hollywood, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$843,673
Florida United Methodist Children'S Home · Enterprise, FL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management
$839,826
Hibiscus Childrens Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$803,281
Cayuga Centers · Palm Springs, FL · 2022
Foster home management
$789,270
Elevated Youth Services · Hollywood, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$784,671
Counseling Mediation Education Treatment (Cmet) · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Behavioral health services
$782,716
The Children'S Place · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
Residential group care
$767,967
Hibiscus Childrens Center · Jensen Beach, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$762,976
Children'S First Community Homes · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Residential group care
$758,222
Childrens Home Society · Orlando, FL · 2023
Adoption services
$755,939
Cayuga Centers · Auburn, NY · 2023
Foster home management
$750,114
Children'S Home Society of Florida · Melbourne, FL · 2021
Dependency case management
$746,124
Boys Town - Central Fl Group Home · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$738,809
Reyna Group Home Inc - Cooper City · Hollywood, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$732,987
Children'S Home Society of Florida · Melbourne, FL · 2022
Adoption services
$716,802
Project Touch · Miramar, FL · 2022
Residential group care / foster home management
$696,786
Reyna Group Home · Hollywood, FL · 2022
Residential group care
$688,692
Florida United Methodist Children'S Home · Enterprise, FL · 2021
Residential group care
$666,460
Community Based Connections · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Intact family navigation / safety management / kinship support
$665,655
South Florida Therapeutic Solutions · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2022
Drug testing / behavioral health services
$648,376
Citrus Health Network Group · Hialeah, FL · 2024
Residential group care/transitional independent living
$644,065
Vita Nova · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Independent living services
$616,134
Path2freedom · Naples, FL · 2024
Residential group care
$614,331
Camelot Community Care · Clearwater, FL · 2023
Functional family therapy / foster home management
$612,061
South Florida Therapeutic Solutions · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2021
Drug testing
$604,508
South Florida Therapeutic Solutions Pa · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2024
Drug and other laboratory testing
$578,195
Cayuga Centers · Palm Springs, FL · 2021
Foster home management
$571,009
Brightstar Care of Wellington · Greenacres, FL · 2021
One to one
$570,965
Project Touch Cpa · Miramar, FL · 2023
Residential group care / foster home management
$542,796
Community Based Connections · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021
Safety management services
$541,052
Education Advantage Llc - Shelter · Lauderdale Lakes, FL · 2023
Residential group care
$540,795
Boys Town - Central Fl Group Home · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Residential group care

View all 347 grants →

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.