Nana Grants

What Nana Grants does

Nana Grants is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 81-4626337) founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its mission is to ensure reliable, quality child care for low-income single mothers pursuing post-secondary education in Georgia, using a two-generation (2Gen) service delivery model that intentionally addresses outcomes for both the mother and the child. The core program provides a grant covering 100% of child care costs through graduation for eligible students enrolled at accredited Georgia colleges and universities; eligibility requires single-parent status, low-income designation via FAFSA, enrollment in 6+ credit hours, and maintenance of a 2.0+ GPA. A complementary program, Nana Packs, distributes age-appropriate activity kits (infants through elementary school) at campus locations such as libraries, lactation rooms, and student services to keep children engaged while parents attend class. The CAPS Bridge Program serves as an upstream funnel requiring applicants to first connect with the CAPS (Care for School Success) certification program before applying.

The organization is funded entirely through charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and corporate partners. Disclosed donors include Bank of America, Gas South, Goodwill of North Georgia/SNAP E&T, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand (Nike), Truist, United Healthcare, and multiple Georgia-based community foundations. There is no fee-for-service or product revenue; beneficiaries receive grants at no cost. Nana Grants is not a technology platform — its core deliverable is grant administration and partner coordination — and the only disclosed technical integration is QuestionPro survey software used to maintain relationships with alumni, volunteers, donors, and staff. The organization holds the GuideStar Transparency Seal and operates exclusively within Georgia, with no geographic expansion signaled in available data.

Name

Nana Grants

Legal name

Nana Grants

Website

https://nanagrants.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nana Grants is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that covers 100% of child care costs through graduation for low-income single mothers pursuing higher education at accredited Georgia colleges and universities, using a two-generation model alongside its Nana Packs campus activity-kit program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Social Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Child and Youth Services (624110), Educational Support Services (611710), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Advocacy, Parent Training & Support Services (EDAJAKAK)

Keywords

• Child care grants
• Student mother support
• Nonprofit child care
• Two-generation services
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Others, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions and Grants: Nana Grants operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded entirely through charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and corporate sponsors. The organization does not generate revenue through product sales or service fees. All funds received are used to provide child care grants for low-income student mothers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nana Grants is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides 100% child care cost coverage through graduation for low-income single student mothers pursuing post-secondary education in Georgia. The organization subsidizes licensed in-home, family, and group child care providers so that mothers can attend college and complete their degrees.

Product overview

Nana Grants operates as a two-generation (2Gen) nonprofit organization offering two interconnected programs: the core Nana Grants program, which provides full child care cost coverage for low-income student mothers pursuing higher education in Georgia, and Nana Packs, a complementary program offering activity kits for children on college campuses. The 2Gen approach intentionally focuses on both children and their mothers to create generational educational success, economic prosperity, and overall health and well-being.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nana Packs: Activity kits provided to student parents and caregivers containing age-appropriate activities for children from infants through elementary school, designed to keep children safely occupied while on campus

Products and services

• Nana Grants Child Care Grant Program
• Nana Packs
• CAPS Bridge Program

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gas SouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to make Nana Packs available on college campuses across Georgia. Gas South provides support for the Nana Packs program which provides age-appropriate activities for children of student parents on campus.
• Goodwill of North Georgia & SNAP E&TcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNAP E&T Matching Donor Partnership that connects low-income individuals to education and training programs, referring eligible student mothers to Nana Grants.
• SlumberPodminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing child care-related products or support for the Nana Packs program.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• United Way Worldwide: United Way is a broad-incumbent community fundraising and grantmaking network; Nana Grants' Goodwill of North Georgia / SNAP E&T partnership links it into the United Way-aligned funding infrastructure for similar wraparound family supports.
• Dress for Success Worldwide: Dress for Success is a women's economic mobility nonprofit supporting low-income women on the path to employment; comparable in mission theme (women + economic mobility) to Nana Grants, but operates in a different functional slice.
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: The Casey Foundation is a national 2Gen-focused foundation funding child and family programs that combine parent and child supports; comparable to Nana Grants as an incumbent funder/operator in the same 2Gen model space.
• Ascend at the Aspen Institute: Ascend is the leading 2Gen (two-generation) policy and practice network that explicitly advances the framework Nana Grants cites on its own website; it is a broader incumbent operating nationally while Nana Grants runs the model on the ground in Georgia.
• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill is a large national workforce-development nonprofit operating programs like the one Nana Grants partners with (Goodwill of North Georgia / SNAP E&T); broad incumbent whose mission and beneficiary population overlap Nana Grants.

Direct peers

• Generation Hope: Generation Hope is a DC-based 501(c)(3) that supports college students who are parents through tuition assistance, wraparound services, and mentorship — the closest direct peer to Nana Grants because of its matching focus on low-income student parents pursuing postsecondary credentials.
• Parents as Teachers: Parents as Teachers is a national 2Gen-aligned organization providing parent education and child development support to families from pregnancy through kindergarten, closely comparable in the dual-generation family support philosophy Nana Grants applies.

Emerging players

• ParentChild+: ParentChild+ delivers home-based early literacy and family engagement for low-income families with young children, intersecting Nana Grants' mission by pairing parent and child supports in an early-childhood context.

Others

• National Women's Law Center: NWLC is a national policy and advocacy organization focused on women's economic security, including child care access and education — an adjacent enabler that shapes the federal policy environment in which Nana Grants operates.
• CLASP (Center for Law and Social Policy): CLASP is a national policy organization advancing supports for low-income families, including student parents and child care access — an adjacent enabler to Nana Grants' direct-service work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nana-grants-inc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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