About Childnet
Leading communities in protecting and serving abused and neglected children by supporting and strengthening their families. ChildNet will lead every child in our care to safety, permanence and stability.
Focus Areas
Foster careAdoptionChild welfare case managementIndependent living services for youthFamily preservation & preventionResidential services
Who They Fund
youth in foster care / children in out-of-home placementadolescents transitioning to independent living (aging out)pregnant/parenting teens / maternity home residentsfamilies involved in dependency/child-welfare system (including kin caregivers)minors impacted by human trafficking
About Childnet
Childnet Inc’s recent grantmaking is anchored in residential group care and foster home management, with large subcontracted awards supporting a child-welfare continuum that also includes adoption, emergency shelter, transitional independent living, and family-strengthening services. The pattern is visible across recurring providers such as Lutheran Services, Avidity, and His House Childrens Homes, which appear in multiple years and in multiple service lines. Childnet Inc also funds case-management and placement-stabilization work, showing a role that extends beyond direct care settings into coordination and family support. The foundation’s funding reaches a mix of residential programs and community-based services for children and youth involved in the dependency system, including pregnant or parenting teens, youth aging out of care, and minors affected by human trafficking. Its existing summary emphasizes safety, permanence, and stability, and the grants data reflects that through support for shelter, adoption promotion, kinship support, and therapeutic intervention. Recent awards to Children’s Harbor and Kids in Distress show that Childnet Inc backs organizations working across multiple points in the child-welfare pathway rather than a single intervention stage.
What Childnet Funds
In residential services, Childnet Inc awarded $5,154,455 to Lutheran Services (Tampa, FL) for residential group care and $4,108,201 to Lutheran Services Florida (Oakland Park, FL) for residential group care and emergency shelter. It also supported Avidity with $5,090,679 in Pompano Beach and $4,438,647 in Miami for residential group care and foster home management. The foundation also funds foster care infrastructure. It gave $2,754,043 to Sos Children’s Villages in Coconut Creek for foster home management and dependency case management, and $2,836,175 to Kids in Distress in Fort Lauderdale for foster home management, adoption promotion-support, homebuilders, and supervised visitation. For youth transition and family services, Childnet Inc provided $2,859,886 to Children’s Harbor in Pembroke Pines for residential group care and transitional independent living, and $2,014,188 to National Youth Advocate Program in Deerfield Beach for foster home management and Brief Strategic Family Therapy.
How Childnet Gives
Childnet Inc’s recent grants show a wide spread in size: the 25th percentile is $47,059, the median is $148,813, and the 75th percentile is $563,923. The recent awards table also includes multi-million-dollar subcontracted service contracts, indicating a mix of smaller awards and very large operating contracts. The same service providers recur across years, including Avidity, Lutheran Services, His House, Kids in Distress, Place of Hope, and One Hope United. That pattern suggests ongoing contract relationships rather than one-time gifts. The active programs confirm a procurement-and-subcontract model, with network provider applications and posted RFPs/RFAs as the documented routes into funding. Childnet Inc does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$50.9M
Total Assets
$26.8M
Total Revenue
$156.3M
Total Expenses
$155.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $47K and $564K, with a median of $149K.
25th Percentile
$47K
Median
$149K
75th Percentile
$564K
Geographic Reach
Local9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
LARRY REIN
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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