Funding search · EIN 561850485 · Raleigh, NC

North Carolina Partnership for

Name: North Carolina Partnership for grants, 2021–2024
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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.

314
grants reported: $462.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $955,070
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

children young early literacy care child wage

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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.

Where the money goes

County Smart Start partnerships delivering early childhood services statewide
Child Care WAGE$ salary supplements for early educators
Imagination Library early literacy book distribution via Dollywood Foundation
Local subgrantee networks in NC's largest counties (Wake, Mecklenburg, Durham)
Rural and low-population county partnerships receiving smaller allocations

Typical grant

Median grant is about $955,000, with the middle half between roughly $478,000 and $1.53 million. The largest checks, $5 million to $11 million, go to Wake, Mecklenburg, Durham, Onslow, Cumberland and Forsyth partnerships plus the statewide WAGE$ and Imagination Library contracts; the smallest, under $250,000, go to sparsely populated counties like Alleghany, Pamlico and Jones. Giving repeats every year to essentially the same roster, with amounts tracking county child population rather than proposal quality.

Their words

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

“NC YOUNG CHILDREN”
“CHILD CARE WAGE$”
“EARLY LITERACY”
“PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN”
“SMART START”

Positioning adjacent work

Do not approach as a grantseeker; work through the county Smart Start partnership that already holds the local allocation.
Frame adjacent work as service delivery for children birth to five inside an existing county allocation.
Connect to the two statewide lines: early educator compensation (WAGE$) or early literacy book access.
Size any subcontract ask well below the county's annual allocation, likely five to six figures.

Worth knowing: This is the state's Smart Start pass-through entity, not a discretionary grantmaker. Nearly all 314 grants go to the fixed network of county partnerships covering all 100 NC counties, plus one out-of-state recipient, the Dollywood Foundation, for Imagination Library; unaffiliated organizations do not appear in 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.

Wake County Smartstart4 grants · $34.2M
The Dollywood Foundation4 grants · $29.5M
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children4 grants · $28.5M
Durham'S Partnership for Children4 grants · $22.7M
Onslow County Partnership for Children4 grants · $20.8M
Smart Start of Forsyth County4 grants · $18.6M
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County4 grants · $18.3M
Guilford County Partnership for Children4 grants · $14.0M
Early Years1 grant · $11.3M
Smart Start of Davidson County4 grants · $11.0M

Giving over time

$107.0M

2021

$113.6M

2022

$115.8M

2023

$126.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 314 grants.

$11.3M
Early Years · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Child care wage$
$9.2M
Wake County Smartstart · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$8.8M
Wake County Smartstart · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$8.4M
Wake County Smartstart · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$7.8M
Wake County Smartstart · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$7.7M
The Dollywood Foundation · Pigeon Forge, TN · 2024
Early literacy
$7.6M
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$7.5M
The Dollywood Foundation · Pigeon Forge, TN · 2023
Early literacy
$7.4M
The Dollywood Foundation · Pigeon Forge, TN · 2022
Early literacy
$7.1M
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$7.1M
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$7.0M
The Dollywood Foundation · Pigeon Forge, TN · 2021
Early literacy
$6.7M
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children · Charlotte, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$5.9M
Durham'S Partnership for Children · Durham, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$5.7M
Durham'S Partnership for Children · Durham, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$5.6M
Durham'S Partnership for Children · Durham, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$5.5M
Onslow County Partnership for Children · Jacksonville, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$5.4M
Durham'S Partnership for Children · Durham, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$5.3M
Onslow County Partnership for Children · Jacksonville, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$5.1M
Onslow County Partnership for Children · Jacksonville, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$4.9M
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County · Fayetteville, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$4.9M
Onslow County Partnership for Children · Jacksonville, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$4.8M
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County · Fayetteville, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$4.8M
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County · Fayetteville, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$4.8M
Smart Start of Forsyth County · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$4.6M
Smart Start of Forsyth County · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$4.6M
Smart Start of Forsyth County · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$4.6M
Smart Start of Forsyth County · Winstonsalem, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$3.8M
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County · Fayetteville, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$3.6M
Guilford County Partnership for Children · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$3.5M
Guilford County Partnership for Children · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$3.4M
Guilford County Partnership for Children · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$3.4M
Guilford County Partnership for Children · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$3.1M
Buncombe County Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$2.8M
Smart Start of Davidson County · Lexington, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$2.8M
Smart Start of Davidson County · Lexington, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$2.7M
Smart Start of Davidson County · Lexington, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$2.7M
Smart Start of Davidson County · Lexington, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$2.5M
Down East Partnership for Children · Rocky Mount, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$2.5M
Down East Partnership for Children · Rocky Mount, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$2.5M
Down East Partnership for Children · Rocky Mount, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$2.5M
Burke County Smart Start · Morganton, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$2.4M
Partnership for Children of Lincolngaston Counties · Dallas, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$2.3M
Down East Partnership for Children · Rocky Mount, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$2.1M
Partnership for Children of Lincolngaston Counties · Dallas, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$2.1M
Partnership for Children of Lincolngaston Counties · Dallas, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$2.0M
Burke County Smart Start · Morganton, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$2.0M
Burke County Smart Start · Morganton, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$2.0M
Burke County Smart Start · Morganton, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$2.0M
Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families · Elizabeth City, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.9M
Partnership for Children of Lincolngaston Counties · Dallas, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.9M
Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families · Elizabeth City, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.9M
Partnership for Children of Johnston County · Selma, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.9M
Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families · Elizabeth City, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.8M
Smart Start of Henderson County · Hendersonville, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.8M
Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families · Elizabeth City, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.8M
Partnership for Children of Johnston County · Selma, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.8M
Catawba County Partnership for Children · Hickory, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.8M
Partnership for Children of Johnston County · Selma, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.7M
Cabarrus County Partnership for Children · Kannapolis, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.7M
Catawba County Partnership for Children · Hickory, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.7M
Cabarrus County Partnership for Children · Kannapolis, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.7M
Martinpitt Partnership for Children · Greenville, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.7M
Catawba County Partnership for Children · Hickory, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.6M
Buncombe County Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.6M
Buncombe County Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.6M
Catawba County Partnership for Children · Hickory, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.6M
Martinpitt Partnership for Children · Greenville, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.6M
Martinpitt Partnership for Children · Greenville, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.6M
Smart Start of New Hanover County · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.6M
Lenoirgreene County Partnership for Children · Kinston, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.6M
Lenoirgreene County Partnership for Children · Kinston, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.6M
Martinpitt Partnership for Children · Greenville, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.6M
Robeson County Partnership for Children · Lumberton, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.6M
Robeson County Partnership for Children · Lumberton, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.6M
Buncombe County Partnership for Children · Asheville, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Orange County Partnership for Young Children · Chapel Hill, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Cabarrus County Partnership for Children · Kannapolis, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Lenoirgreene County Partnership for Children · Kinston, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.5M
Alliance for Children (Aka Union Smart Start) · Monroe, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Lenoirgreene County Partnership for Children · Kinston, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Harnett County Partnership for Children · Lillington, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Orange County Partnership for Young Children · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Partnership for Children of Johnston County · Selma, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start · Henderson, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Orange County Partnership for Young Children · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.5M
Cleveland County Partnership for Children · Kings Mountain, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.5M
Alliance for Children (Aka Union Smart Start) · Monroe, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.5M
Orange County Partnership for Young Children · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.5M
Smart Start Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.5M
Robeson County Partnership for Children · Lumberton, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Smart Start of New Hanover County · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.5M
Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start · Henderson, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.5M
Smart Start Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2022
Nc young children
$1.4M
Alliance for Children (Aka Union Smart Start) · Monroe, NC · 2024
Nc young children
$1.4M
Smart Start Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.4M
Smart Start Rowan · Salisbury, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.4M
Cleveland County Partnership for Children · Kings Mountain, NC · 2023
Nc young children
$1.4M
Smart Start Partnership for Children Inc (Henderson County) · Hendersonville, NC · 2021
Nc young children
$1.4M
Cabarrus County Partnership for Children · Kannapolis, NC · 2024
Nc young children

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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.