ChildTrust Foundation: Policy Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Grants are awarded on a rolling basis without strict application deadlines, allowing for flexible funding opportunities throughout the year.”
Can we apply?
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Geography
- Operating in North Carolina and in alignment with IMC’s non-discrimination policy
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: We typically do not provide funds directly to individual schools.
Overview
ChildTrust Foundation provides Policy Grants aimed at supporting 501(c)3 organizations in North Carolina that focus on early childhood education and literacy. Their grantmaking emphasizes collaboration, networking, and capacity building to enhance the impact of advocacy efforts. The foundation prioritizes initiatives that promote equity for underserved children and families. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis without strict application deadlines, allowing for flexible funding opportunities throughout the year.
Our grantmaking goes beyond financial gifts to include collaboration, networking and capacity building to ensure greater success. We also partner with Invest Early NC, a network of early childhood funders, which allows us to increase our reach and impact through co-funded efforts.
Investing in early childhood
ChildTrust Foundation invests in early education and literacy efforts with an emphasis on work that strives toward equity for children and families historically underserved by early childhood systems.
For statewide advocacy and policy organizations working to elevate early childhood education and literacy in North Carolina.
We award grants on a rolling basis throughout the year without any application deadlines or specific grant cycles.
Eligibility
We provide grants to 501(c)3 organizations operating in North Carolina and in alignment with IMC’s non-discrimination policy.
Ineligibility
We typically do not provide funds directly to individual schools.
What Childtrust Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 26
- Total given
- $1.26M
- Median grant
- $33K
- Range
- $2,150–$250K
- By dollars: North Carolina 92%, Massachusetts 8%. Top recipient cities: Raleigh, NC; Boston, MA; Morrisville, NC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Camp Corral · Raleigh, NC
Help provide fun for the children of wounded, ill, injured or fallen military families
$250K
NC Community Foundation · Raleigh, NC
To bring together generous people and connect them to causes and organizations they…
$100K
NC Early Childhood Foundation · Raleigh, NC
To marshal north carolina's great people, ideas and achievements to build a foundation…
$100K
Reach Out and Read Inc · Boston, MA
Incorporates books into pediatric care & encourages families to read aloud together
$100K
Positive Childhood Alliance NC · Morrisville, NC
To help provide support to stop child abuse and neglect
$71K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Education
- Literacy
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