Florida · Nonprofit
CONNECTED POLK INC
CONNECTED POLK INC (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,290 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($245,640). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $404k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $372k
- Net assets
- $98k
What Connected Polk Inc does
Mission
Connected polk is committed to transforming polk county's educational landscape by engaging the business community. Connected polk's mission is to enhance high school and post-secondary graduates' preparedness, making polk county a premier destination for families and businesses through innovative educational practices and strong industry partnerships.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Connected polk is an intermediary non-profit that collaborates with educational institutions, industry partners, and community stakeholders to enhance graduate preparedness. Connected polk focuses on creating equal opportunities for high-quality education models and aligning education with access to the connected polk network, empowering students for future careers.connected polk envisions every student in polk county having access to high-ranking schools that provide quality education, creating well-prepared graduates for our growing economy. By supporting connected polk, we drive educational innovation, enhance career readiness, expand access to quality educational opportunities, and strengthen community ties for a dynamic, inclusive educational future.by equipping students with real-world knowledge and career experiences, connected polk fosters loyalty to the organizations and sectors that invest in their growth. Standing alongside educators and industry leaders, we work in partnership to develop a skilled, career-ready workforce for tomorrow.our focus is on creating sustainable, scalable, and equal access to career readiness opportunities. Through industry-driven engagement,…
$293,022 spentof which $2,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $293,022.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $50k to $130k (+157%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
David D Hallock Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $67k → $77k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CONNECTED POLK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CONNECTED POLK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CONNECTED POLK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 77% · 2023 82% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
66% of CONNECTED POLK INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $127k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $246k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CONNECTED POLK INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONNECTED POLK INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONNECTED POLK INC?
- CONNECTED POLK INC (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $372,290 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($245,640). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONNECTED POLK INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $372,290 in grants to CONNECTED POLK INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTED POLK INC?
- GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $245,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTED POLK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing