The Children's Partnership
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 46-4106389. Reported 79 grants totalling $4,011,589 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Children's Partnership, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P30) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 53 distinct organizations, with 31% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 26% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $6,245 and the largest $640,355. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Children and Families Foundation Inc | Alameda, CA | $1,242,355 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catalyst California | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Health Law Program Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Center on Law and Poverty | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Californians United for Early Care and Education | Pleasant Hill, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grace | Pasadena, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| California Black Womens Health Project | Inglewood, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ventures | Watsonville, CA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Innercity Struggle | Los Angeles, CA | $84,112 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Families in Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Service Employees International Union | Los Angeles, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| California Child Care Resource & Referral Network | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Californians for Justice Education Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Washington | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| A Black Education Network (aben) | San Jose, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Diego Community Birth Center | San Diego, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Around-Birth Collective | Temecula, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wose Community Church of Oakland | Oakland, CA | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Naca-Inspired Schools Network | Albuquerque, NM | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Girls Smile | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Women for Wellness | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Youth Connection | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Freedom School | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Detroit Heals Detroit | Detroit, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Education Trust Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Everyblackgirl Inc | Columbia, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gente Organizada | Pomona, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hispanas Organized for Political Equality-California | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice for Girls Coalition of Washington State | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Many Languages One Voice | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Media Alliance Inc | Troy, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc | National City, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Two Feathers-Nafs | Mckinleyville, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Viet Rainbow of Orange County | Buena Park, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU Foundation of Southern Calif | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California School Based Health Alliance | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Equality California Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Teach Plus Incorporated | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Health in Partnership | Oakland, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | Modesto, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Health Councils Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Center for Prevention & Action in Health & Welfare | Santa Ana, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Para Los Ninos | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Health Foundation Inc | City of Industry, CA | $6,877 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lake Research Partners | Washington, DC | $6,245 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
17 of 53 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- California Children and Families Foundation Inc
THE GRANT SUPPORTED THE CO-CHAIR AND GRANT CO-LEAD ROLE FOR THE BRINGING UP CALIFORNIA (BUC/WCEP) STEERING COMMITTEE, A STATEWIDE CROSS-SECTOR COALITION ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND WHOLE-CHILD POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND WELL-BEING OF BLACK, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND LATINE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA. FUNDING SUPPORTED COORDINATION AND FACILITATION OF COALITION ACTIVITIES AND SHARED DECISION-MAKING, ADVANCEMENT OF THE COALITIONS POLICY AND PROGRAM AGENDA, SUPPORT FOR WORKGROUP ALIGNMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION, COALITION COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVENINGS, AND GRANT CO-LEAD RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING FUNDRAISING COORDINATION, REPORTING SUPPORT, AND STEWARDSHIP OF COALITION GOALS AND DELIVERABLES. - Legal Aid Society of San Diego -Health Consumer Alliance
SG2024016, KEEP CA COVERED, INSTALLMENT 1 OF 1 - Latino Coalition for a Healthy California a Project of Tides
SG2024017, KEEP CA COVERED, INSTALLMENT 1 OF 1 - National Health Law Program
SG2024014, KEEP CA COVERED, INSTALLMENT 1 OF 1 - Western Center on Law & Poverty
SG2024015, KEEP CA COVERED, INSTALLMENT 1 OF 1 - Catalyst California
THE GRANT SUPPORTED THE CO-CHAIR ROLE FOR THE BRINGING UP CALIFORNIA (BUC/WCEP) STEERING COMMITTEE, A STATEWIDE CROSS-SECTOR COALITION ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND WHOLE-CHILD POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND WELL-BEING OF BLACK, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND LATINE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA. FUNDING SUPPORTED CO-CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING COORDINATION AND FACILITATION OF STEERING COMMITTEE AND COALITION ACTIVITIES, ADVANCEMENT OF SHARED POLICY AND PROGRAM PRIORITIES, SUPPORT FOR WORKGROUP ALIGNMENT, COALITION COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVENINGS, AND STEWARDSHIP OF COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COALITION GOALS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 of 53 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $325,377 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 8 | $120,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 10 | $820,712 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $1,436,500 | $37,500 |
| 2025 | 21 | $1,309,000 | $35,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Children's Partnership's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 21 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 700 S Flower St 1000, Los Angeles, CA, 90017.
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