ChildTrust Foundation

• If your work is early education or literacy for children in North Carolina, it fits the foundation's stated focus, which runs from birth to age eight and aims at children reading on grade level by the end of third grade.
• Its geographic focus is North Carolina, Wake County and eastern North Carolina, and about 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $10,000 and $100,000, with a median of $35,000, so a request in that range is typical; its largest grant was $250,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• Start by contacting the foundation's named contact to test fit, then send a short proposal outlining the work and expected outcomes with basic financial documentation, as it accepts applications on a rolling basis.
• Relationships matter here, since 76% of its grant dollars to organisations in its filing went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, but a newer organisation should not be discouraged from approaching it.
• Individual schools are typically not funded directly, so a school should look to an organisation partner instead.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Camp Corral · Help provide fun for the children of wounded, ill, injured or fallen military families.
  $250,0002025 tax year
• EducationNC · Provide support to expand educational opportunities for all students in north carolina,
  $125,0002025 tax year
• NC Early Childhood Foundation · To marshal north carolina's great people, ideas and achievements to build a foundation of opportunity and success for every child by the end of third grade.
  $100,0002025 tax year
• NC Community Foundation · To bring together generous people and connect them to causes and organizations they care about. we serve the entire state, with a focus on rural north carolina.
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Reach Out and Read · Incorporates books into pediatric care & encourages families to read aloud together.
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Positive Childhood Alliance NC · To help provide support to stop child abuse and neglect.
  $71,0502025 tax year
• Amir Institute · To provide families with the tools to be successful
  $61,0002025 tax year
• Wake Education Partnership · Collaborate the community with the wake county public school forum.
  $50,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.