Federal contractor · ROCKVILLE, MD

CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED

CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED received $9.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (+667% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $65.9M. Its largest customer was Departmental Offices ($8.3M). It also received $22M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$9.5M
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
8.9%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3MFY2017
  2. 4.2MFY2018
  3. 4.9MFY2019
  4. 6.5MFY2020
  5. 11.6MFY2021
  6. 5.3MFY2022
  7. 11.8MFY2023
  8. 8MFY2024
  9. 1.2MFY2025
  10. 9.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 3 awards
  2. 3 awards
  3. 4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$9.5M100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition8.9%
    US 39% · $850K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions8.9%
    US 8.7% · $850K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Apr 3, 2026 – Apr 3, 2026· 140D0426F0126
  2. Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 24, 2021 – Jul 29, 2026· 140D0421F0806
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 20, 2023 – Jul 31, 2026· 75P00123F37011
  4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 17, 2019 – Aug 19, 2026· 75P00119F37008
  5. Departmental Offices· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 1, 2023 – Jul 28, 2026· 140D0423F0627
  6. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 16, 2018 – Aug 4, 2026· 75P00118F37004
  7. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Sep 30, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 75ACF124F80072
  8. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 29, 2018 – Jul 7, 2026· 75P00118F37005

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CHILD TRENDS, INCORPORATED received $22M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 40 actions (7 new awards), +40% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.297 · Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program ($5.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$22M
New awards
7
Actions
40
Since FY2021
$92.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 9.5MFY2021
  2. 8.4MFY2022
  3. 19.1MFY2023
  4. 18MFY2024
  5. 15.6MFY2025
  6. 22MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$22M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.297 · Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program$5.9M27%
  2. 93.260 · Family Planning Personnel Training$3.9M18%
  3. 93.652 · Adoption Opportunities$3.3M15%
  4. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$2.9M13%
  5. 93.092 · Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program$1.8M8.2%
  6. 93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants$1M4.6%
  7. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$800K3.6%
  8. 93.343 · Public Health Service Evaluation Funds$788.1K3.6%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services
  2. Office of Assistant Secretary for Health$10.6M48%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Cooperative agreement· Jan 29, 2023 – Sep 25, 2026· 90TA000004
  2. 93.297 · Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program· Office of Assistant Secretary for Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 18, 2023 – Sep 23, 2026· TP2AH000089
  3. 93.595 · Welfare Reform Research, Evaluations and National Studies· Administration for Children and Families· Cooperative agreement· Sep 18, 2023 – Dec 8, 2025· 90PH0032
  4. 93.297 · Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program· Office of Assistant Secretary for Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 18, 2023 – Sep 23, 2026· TP2AH000092
  5. 93.092 · Affordable Care Act (ACA) Personal Responsibility Education Program· Administration for Children and Families· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2021 – Jul 29, 2026· 90AP2693
  6. 93.260 · Family Planning Personnel Training· Office of Assistant Secretary for Health· Grant· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· FPRPA006077

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $2.3M (17 subawards)

14 sub-recipients

  1. WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  2. PACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION$312.5K14%
    KANEOHE, HI · 1 subaward
  3. MYHEALTHED INC$309.1K14%
    CHAPEL HILL, NC · 1 subaward
  4. BEYOND THE LECTURE, LLC$226.1K9.9%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  5. LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER, INC$200K8.8%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  6. EQUIMUNDO CENTER FOR MASCULINITIES & SOCIAL JUSTICE$150K6.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  7. AMHERST, MA · 2 subawards
  8. PISCATAWAY, NJ · 2 subawards
  9. PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
  10. CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN$110K4.8%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.3M (6 subawards)

6 primes

  1. SPAULDING FOR CHILDREN$600K48%
    SOUTHFIELD, MI · 1 subaward
  2. RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  3. GENERATIONS UNITED INC$192.6K15%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  4. HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  5. ASSOCIATION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS$40K3.2%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  6. MADISON, WI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4.3M paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2022: $3.4M paid out · $7M received
  • FY2023: $9M paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2024: $4.1M paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2025: $5.1M paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2026: $2.3M paid out · $1.3M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

68 companies · $28.2M reported

  1. WASHINGTON, DC · 6 subawards
  2. BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  3. PRINCETON, NJ · 4 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

Primes that pay it

29 companies · $19.5M reported

  1. RALEIGH, NC · 4 subawards
  2. START EARLY$2.8M
    CHICAGO, IL · 5 subawards
  3. SAINT PAUL, MN · 7 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$12.7M+4% in FY2026
    AMHERST, MA · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDepartmental Offices · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. PEERS AND PARTNERS, INC.$11.9M+14% in FY2026
    LITHONIA, GA · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. WASHINGTON, DC · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources · Management, scientific, and technical consulting servicesDepartmental Offices · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • Child TrendsAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2026
$20K
2 reports
Lobbying · 2025–2026
$30K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2025$10K
    2 reports
  2. 2026$20K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Family issues, abortion and adoption4 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE4 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC$30K
    4 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.