Grants for child abuse organizations

975 child abuse prevention organizations received at least $49.8 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,495 grants made from 1,062 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 1,062 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to child abuse orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more child abuse orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$49,807,009
Total grant dollars given to child abuse organizations
1,495
Number of grants made annually to child abuse organizations
1,062
Number of grantmakers funding child abuse organizations
$1,500
Median grant size to child abuse organizations

Foundations that support child abuse prevention organizations

Out of all grants made to child abuse organizations, 76% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 93% of the dollar-value of grants to child abuse orgs. Foundations funding child abuse orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, domestic violence shelters, youth service organizations, food banks, and christian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size Number of grantmakers
Small
 
816
Medium
 
140
Large
 
106
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type Number of grantmakers
Community
 
32
Private
 
849
Corporate
 
72
Other
 
109

Grants made

Grants made to child abuse orgs Number of grantmakers
1
 
928
2-3
 
101
4-10
 
21
11+
 
12

Top 10 foundations supporting child abuse prevention organizations

Grantmaker State Geographic focus Percent of grant dollars to child abuse orgs Number of grants made to child abuse orgs Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation NY National 0.0% 34 $250
Arkansas Community Foundation AR State 0.1% 32 $1,265
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) TN Metro 0.1% 27 $1,000
Chubb Charitable Foundation PA National 0.1% 24 $40
Baird Foundation WI National 0.0% 24 $10
Abbvie Foundation IL National 0.0% 22 $100
Charity Partners Foundation MA National 0.4% 17 $33
Seattle Foundation WA State 0.0% 14 $1,500
Carmax Foundation VA National 0.2% 13 $500
Ticket to Dream Foundation CA National 3.5% 12 $1,875

Child abuse prevention organizations grantees

Child abuse organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 88% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all child abuse orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant Number of grants
<$10k
 
1,486
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
9

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue Median grant size
<$100k
 
$1,750
$100k-$500k
 
$2,000
$500k-$1M
 
$1,600
$1M-$5M
 
$1,712
>$5M
 
$1,056

Grantee states

State of grantee Number of grants
Texas
 
152
California
 
137
Florida
 
81
Pennsylvania
 
79
Other
 
1,046

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee Number of grants
Seattle
 
66
Dallas
 
66
Philadelphia
 
58
Los Angeles
 
53
Other
 
1,128

Top 25 grants made to child abuse organizations

Grantee Grant size Purpose Grantmaker
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) $12,500,000 Final Grant To NFP Supporting Phase Ii of the Organization's Vision To Scale Plan. The Edna Mcconnell Clark Foundation
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) $9,600,000 To Support Expansion Plan Blue Meridian Partners
Onslow County Partnership for Children (OCPC) $4,324,176 NC Young Children North Carolina Partnership for Children
Alliance for Children $4,304,949 Abused Children Services Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center $4,161,804 Abused Children Services Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas
Family Resource Center Association $3,333,334 Strengthen Community Health The Colorado Health Foundation
Center for Child Protection $3,166,816 Abused Children Services Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas
Center for the Study of Social Policy $2,705,000 Developing and Expanding Community Responses To Prevent and Mitigate Early Life Stress The JPB Foundation
ChildSafe $2,528,928 Abused Children Services Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas
Relief Nursery $5,000 Operating Support The Haugland Family Foundation
Memphis Child Advocacy Center $5,000 To Assist in the General Operating Purpose The Doole Family Charitable Foundation
Prevent Child Abuse Texas / TexProtects The Texas Association for the Protection of Children $5,000 Reduction in Child Abuse and Neglect in Texas The Baldridge Foundation
The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation $5,000 To Provide Healing Services To Youth Who Have Been Traumatized By Exposure To Violence in Order To Empower Them To Live Healthy Lives Free of Violence. The Orchard Farm Foundation
House of Hope / Cumberland Childrens Center $5,000 General Services Ransom Charitable Trust
Denver Childrens Advocacy Center $5,000 Child Abuse Prevention Leatherwood Foundation-Ima
The New York Center for Children $5,000 General Funds The Newcomer Family Foundation
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery $5,000 Support of Charitable Activities Bieber Family Foundation
Casa of Larimer County $5,000 Provide Abused and Neglected Children A Voice in the Court System Schuster Family Foundation
Voices Carry Child Advocacy Center $5,000 Work To Prevent & Respond To Child Abuse Through Training & Education for Children & Adults Schuster Family Foundation
The Children's Center of Medina County $5,000 General Support Feckley Charitable Foundation
Child Advocates $5,000 General John T Shea Charitable Foundation XXXXX4009
Edmondson-Telford Child Advocacy Center $5,000 To Reduce the Secondary Trauma Associated With Child Abuse Steve Urvan Foundation for Philanthropic Pursuits
Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads $5,000 Donation Monarch Charities
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation $5,000 Provide General Operating Support Annie E Casey Foundation (AECF)
Safe and Sound (SFCAPC) $5,000 To Support Grantee's Blue Ribbon Luncheon. Casey Family Programs
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Child abuse organizations" category for this page is determined by the "I72: Child Abuse, Prevention of" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.