About Durham's Partnership for Children
To ensure every child in Durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children birth to age 5 and their families that promote healthy development and learning and enhance access to high quality care.
Focus Areas
Early childhood educationChild care access and affordabilityChild care quality improvementFamily support and home visitingEarly childhood health servicesEarly intervention and school readiness
Who They Fund
young children / early learnersfamilies with young children (parents, caregivers)child care providers and early childhood educators
Funding Style
direct service / program support
About Durham's Partnership for Children
Durham's Partnership for Children centers its grantmaking on a single county and a birth-to-5 strategy: helping children in Durham enter school ready to succeed through early learning, child care, family support, and health-related services. Its recent grants show a mix of large contracts and operating support for local providers, schools, and family-service organizations that work with young children and caregivers. Among the largest awards in the recent record, Child Care Services Association in Chapel Hill received $4,080,028 in 2024 and $3,779,219 in 2023 for child care quality and assistance. In Durham, Child & Parent Support Services received $3,141,687 in 2025 for child care, while Durham Public Schools received $489,077 in 2025 for child care. The foundation also supports early childhood infrastructure through recurring local programs such as Smart Start, Durham Pre-K, and Early Head Start administration. The grant list includes child care centers, public schools, health and family-support providers, and organizations serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Several awards are directed to workforce stability and quality improvement, including support for early childhood educators, technical assistance, and provider services tied to school readiness. That pattern places the foundation in the role of a local intermediary funding programs that operate across the early childhood system rather than a narrow set of one-off projects.
What Durham's Partnership for Children Funds
In child care quality and assistance, Durham's Partnership for Children made multiple awards to Child Care Services Association, including $765,631 in 2025, alongside other provider-focused support in Durham County. This lines up with its emphasis on quality improvement and child care access for young children and families. Family support is another clear strand. Families and Community Rising Inc received $615,058 in 2025 for child care and $705,650 in 2023 for family support, while Early Start Academy received $283,297 in 2024 for family support. These grants point to a family-centered model that includes parent and caregiver support. The foundation also funds school-readiness and early education providers. Durham Public Schools received $467,200 in 2023 for children’s education, and Christian Prep Academy Inc received $279,967 in 2025 for children’s education. Health-linked early childhood work appears as well: the Center for Child and Family Health received $486,160 in 2025 for child care quality and assistance.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.3M
Total Assets
$489K
Total Revenue
$13.7M
Total Expenses
$13.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $93K and $274K, with a median of $182K.
25th Percentile
$93K
Median
$182K
75th Percentile
$274K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARSHA BASLOE
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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