Funding search · EIN 561852721 · Morganton, NC

Burke County Smart Start

Name: Burke County Smart Start grants, 2022–2024
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.

21
grants reported: $12.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $230,550
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Grant history

All 21 reported grants, largest first.

$1.6M
Burke County Public School · Morganton, NC · 2023
Part time program-steps, nc pre-k classrooms
$1.6M
Burke County Public School · Morganton, NC · 2022
Part time program-steps, nc pre-k classrooms
$1.6M
Burke County Public School · Morganton, NC · 2024
Part time program-steps, nc pre-k classrooms
$1.5M
Child Care Connections of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2022
Child care resource & referral; child care quality; dual subsidy - affordability
$1.5M
Child Care Connections of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2023
Child care resource & referral; child care quality; dual subsidy - affordability
$1.5M
Child Care Connections of Burke County · Morganton, NC · 2024
Child care resource & referral; child care quality; dual subsidy - affordability
$668,399
Blue Ridge Community Action · Morganton, NC · 2024
Nc pre-k classrooms; hh loss wages/revenue; hurricane recovery; disaster relief
$574,883
Creative Beginnings Llc · Morganton, NC · 2024
Nc pre-k classrooms; hh loss wages/revenue; hurricane recovery; disaster relief
$256,856
Creative Beginnings Llc · Morganton, NC · 2023
Nc pre-k classrooms
$238,172
Blue Ridge Community Action · Morganton, NC · 2023
Nc pre-k classrooms
$230,550
Blue Ridge Community Action · Morganton, NC · 2022
Nc pre-k classrooms
$202,787
Creative Beginnings Llc · Morganton, NC · 2022
Nc pre-k classrooms
$117,465
Giggles & Grins Childcare Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2023
Nc pre-k classroom
$111,965
Giggles & Grins Childcare Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2022
Nc pre-k classroom
$99,222
Giggles & Grins 3 Child Care & Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2024
Nc pre-k classroom
$92,309
Giggles & Grins 3 Child Care & Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2022
Nc pre-k classroom
$86,453
Giggles & Grins 3 Child Care & Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2023
Nc pre-k classroom
$85,561
Giggles & Grins Childcare Learning Center · Morganton, NC · 2024
Nc pre-k classroom
$33,725
Burke County Literacy Council · Morganton, NC · 2024
Family literacy program - early childhood education
$33,225
Burke County Literacy Council · Morganton, NC · 2023
Family literacy program - early childhood education
$33,225
Burke County Literacy Council · Morganton, NC · 2022
Family literacy program - early childhood education

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Atlantic Coast Conference63 grants · $2.61B
Foundation for the Carolinas4,352 grants · $1.45B

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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.