About Child Care Aware of America
Connect every part of the child care system — families, providers, employers, and policymakers — to turn research into action, build strong child care programs, support professional development, and advance high-quality, affordable child care nationwide.
Focus Areas
Child care systemsChild care policy and advocacyResearch and data on child careProfessional development for providersEmergency preparedness for child careFamily supports and resources
Who They Fund
family child care providersearly childhood / child care program staffchild care system stakeholders (coordinators, trainers, networks)children and families served by child care programs
Funding Style
About Child Care Aware of America
Child Care Aware of America’s grantmaking centers on the child care system itself: the foundation funds networks, training, and system-change work that links families, providers, employers, and policymakers. A recurring pattern in the recent grants is emergency training support for state and regional child care organizations, alongside broader child care system transformation awards. One of the largest recent grants went to Raise Montana for child care system transformation, and the group also received a separate emergency training grant, showing a mix of strategic capacity-building and preparedness funding. The same pattern appears with Child Care Aware of Northwest Arkansas, which received repeated emergency training support across multiple years. The foundation’s recent portfolio also includes system-focused awards to organizations such as Child Care Aware of Missouri, Child Care Aware of Minnesota, and Maryland Family Network Inc. That mix points to a funder that works through intermediary organizations and statewide networks rather than direct service grants to individuals.
What Child Care Aware of America Funds
In child care system transformation, Child Care Aware of America backed a cluster of state and regional intermediaries, including Child Care Aware of Missouri in St Louis for system transformation work and Child Care Aware of Washington in Tacoma for the same purpose. Those awards suggest an interest in strengthening the infrastructure that supports child care access and coordination. Emergency preparedness is another clear line of support: the foundation funded Child Care Aware of Kansas in Salina and The Family Conservancy in Kansas City for emergency training, along with Community Service Council in Tulsa for the same theme. The portfolio also reaches into family child care and provider-facing support networks through organizations such as Idaho Aeyc in Boise and Supporting Families Together Association in Madison, both funded for system transformation.
How Child Care Aware of America Gives
Typical grants cluster tightly around a modest operating range: the 25th percentile is $20,000, the median is $22,500, and the 75th percentile is $29,150. The recent list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across years, including Families First of Minnesota, Child Care Aware of Northwest Arkansas, Child Care Aware of Kansas, and Raise Montana. That recurring pattern points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. Child Care Aware of America appears to give as a national grantmaker focused on intermediary organizations and networks, not individuals. The grants shown are program-oriented rather than PRIs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$100K
Total Assets
$64.2M
Total Revenue
$34.3M
Total Expenses
$32.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $29K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$29K
Geographic Reach
National21 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
AMANDA BOGDEN
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