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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 94-3060756

Child Care Aware of America

ARLINGTON, VANTEE: P032Founded 1987Website

mission statement

Child care aware of america (ccaoa) is the only national organization that supports every part of the child care system. Together with an on-the-ground network of child care resource and referral (CCR&r) organizations working in states and communities, ccaoa provides research that drives effective practice and policy, builds strong child care programs and professionals, helps families find and afford quality child care, delivers thought leadership to the military and direct service to its families, works with employers on child care solutions, and provides a real-world understanding of what works and what doesn't to spur policymakers into action and help them build solutions. Together we make america child care strong and that makes everyone stronger.

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Total Revenue

$30.7M

FY 2023

Program Spending

73%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$46.8M

Total Assets

$18.8M net

7.14 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

Active Programs

FY 2023

251

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 24 Institutional Funders

$16.9M raised across 63 grants · +$4.2M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 14 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
National Philanthropic Trust	JENKINTOWN, PA	$5,000,000
Margaret A Cargill Foundation	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	$3,534,361 +$3,250,000 committed
W K Kellogg Foundation	Battle Creek, MI	$1,757,103 +$900,000 committed
The Heising-Simons Foundation	LOS ALTOS, CA	$1,550,000
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$973,900
Alliance for Early Success	WASHINGTON, DC	$742,250
National Association for the Education of Young Children	WASHINGTON, DC	$675,750
Richard W Goldman Family Foundation	WASHINGTON, DC	$600,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc	WASHINGTON, DC	$550,000
The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc	MADISON, WI	$525,000

Total tracked: $16,944,519 across 63 grants · +$4,150,000 committed across 4 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$18.1M in expenses

Military child care programs: ccaoa partners with the united states military and the department of defense to help military families who are unable to access installation child care. Under this program, we: help military families find and afford quality child care; recruit and support child care providers and match them with eligible military families; support military families who have children with special needs with in-home respite child care; and use our research, policy expertise, and real-world experience serving military families to make america's child care system strong. Our military child care programs serve more than 22,000 families and 32,000 children each year through a nationwide network of more than 18,000 child care programs.

$3.4M in expenses

Research, policy and public engagement: ccaoa produces data and research that drive effective practice and policy. We spur policymakers and communities to ACT and build solutions. Our research informs national conversations and systems change, supported by key publications. We mobilize over 14,000 digital advocacy actions and help secure new federal fundingmost recently, $500 million in new federal funds. More than 96% of our professional development participants report increased knowledge and skills.

$1.5M in expenses

On the ground network: build, galvanize and advocate for a national network of CCR&RS from 46 states and washington, d.c. That build the supply and quality of child care, grow the child care workforce, help families and businesses solve their child care challenges, and deliver on-the-ground information and solutions to child care demand, supply and quality.

$2K in expenses

Other program services

Financial History