Funding search · EIN 201421876 · Newport News, VA

Firstspark

Name: Firstspark 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.

54
grants reported: $8.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $137,636
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

slot care child payment equipment materials bonus payments

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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.

Top recipients

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

Peake Child Development Center3 grants · $1.7M
Precious Jewels Llc2 grants · $1.1M
Grand Kids Child Care Center3 grants · $779,066
Arms of the King3 grants · $663,893
Tick Tock Around the Clock Llc3 grants · $655,851
Rf Wilkinson Ymca Preschool3 grants · $517,251
Horizons Unlimited Early Learning Center3 grants · $501,162
Warwick Kids Academy Operated By Dee Care Llc2 grants · $498,692
Hampton Roads International Montessori School - Jefferson2 grants · $489,291
Ymca - Hunnicut3 grants · $384,458

Giving over time

$294,919

2021

$1.9M

2022

$3.3M

2023

$3.2M

2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$725,269
Peake Child Development Center · Hampton, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$640,690
Precious Jewels Llc · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$590,972
Peake Child Development Center · Hampton, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment/outdoor learning
$422,958
Precious Jewels Llc · Suffolk, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$403,550
Peake Child Development Center · Hampton, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$315,767
Arms of the King · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$313,039
Grand Kids Child Care Center · Gloucester, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$293,759
Tick Tock Around the Clock Llc · Hampton, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$263,785
Warwick Kids Academy Operated By Dee Care Llc · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$262,080
Tick Tock Around the Clock Llc · Hampton, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$259,971
Hampton Roads International Montessori School - Jefferson · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$251,752
Grand Kids Child Care Center · Gloucester, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$234,907
Warwick Kids Academy Operated By Dee Care Llc · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$229,320
Hampton Roads International Montessori School - Jefferson · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$214,275
Grand Kids Child Care Center · Gloucester, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$206,267
Horizons Unlimited Early Learning Center · Urbanna, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$203,840
Rf Wilkinson Ymca Preschool · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$193,315
First Baptist Church Denbigh Child · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$189,279
Arms of the King · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$187,786
Horizons Unlimited Early Learning Center · Urbanna, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$183,365
Rf Wilkinson Ymca Preschool · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$166,227
Hampton Roads International Montessori School - Hampton · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$160,159
Ashton Day Care · Colonial Beach, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$158,847
Arms of the King · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$158,167
Tots Around the Clock Llc · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$150,453
Ymca - Hunnicut · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment/outdoor learning
$145,227
Children of Valour · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$130,046
Rf Wilkinson Ymca Preschool · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$126,115
Ymca - Hunnicut · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$107,890
Ymca - Hunnicut · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$107,109
Horizons Unlimited Early Learning Center · Urbanna, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$100,012
Tick Tock Around the Clock Llc · Hampton, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$95,353
Hrcap - Clark · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$87,400
Tots Around the Clock Llc · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment
$66,708
City of Newport News Parks & Rec · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$58,016
Amazing Child Care and Learning Academy · Newport News, VA · 2024
Child care slot payment
$54,637
Amazing Child Care and Learning Academy · Newport News, VA · 2023
Child care slot payment/outdoor learning
$47,309
Ymca - Wiley · Newport News, VA · 2022
Child care slot payment/equipment/materials
$29,143
Children of Valour · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$26,182
Bethel Child Development Center · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$24,921
Faith Child Care Center · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarsihps and slot payments
$17,750
El Roi Childcare & Learning Center · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$17,357
Little Light House Care Llc - Nn · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grants for slary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$16,035
Someplace Like Home · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grans for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$15,000
Hampton Roads International Montessori School · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grant for general purposes
$15,000
Tots Around the Clock Llc · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grant for general purposes
$14,957
Little Light House Care - Hampton · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus, scholarships and slot payments
$13,255
New Generation Daycare and Learning Center · Norfolk, VA · 2021
Grant for general purposes
$10,800
Royal Care Academy · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grants for scholarshipls
$9,245
A Heavenly Haven · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grant paid for general purposes and materials and equipment to enhance learning environments
$7,500
Joyful Tots · Hampton, VA · 2021
Grant for general purposes
$5,220
Lyfe Moments Kids & Company · 2021
Grants for scholarships
$2,986
Panda'S Play House · Toano, VA · 2021
Grants for salary bonus and slot payments
$2,860
Stepping Stones - Pilot House · Newport News, VA · 2021
Grants for scholarships

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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.