Florida · Nonprofit
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,336,166 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC ($2,297,378). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $936k
What Early Learning Coalition of Brevard County Inc does
Mission
To provide leadership and support for scholl readiness and voluntary pre- kindergarten programs so that children have the opportunity to benefit from the highest quality early learning environments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Elc of brevard has developed programs and initiatives to meet the diverse needs of families, school readiness (sr) program, volunatry prekindergarten (vpk) education program and child care resource and referral services (ccr&r). Elc of brevard is responsible for providing direct services to families and providers in their communities. High quality education has proven success statistics - higher graduation rates, higher rates of future employment and increased lifelong success in social and emotional envieonments. The investmnet of high-quaility early childhood education has impact not just on educational success but an overall community success as we build a frameowrk of healthy families, literacy in early life, and an educated workforce of the future. By partnering with other state agencies and non-profit organizations, families can connect with resources to improve the quality of life for their children. School readiness program offers low-income families financial assistance to assist with access to high-quality childcare and early education for their children while they work or participate in job training. Access to high-quality childcare and early education is vital so younf…
$28,686,613 spent68% of program spendingVoluntary prekindergarden (vpk) education program prepares children for success and life. The program is a free, high-quality education program available to all 4- year old children residing in the state. Parents of 4- year-olds with birthdays from february 2 through september 1 may wait to enroll their child the following year when they are 5.
$12,673,504 spent30% of program spendingOther program services.
$692,773 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,052,890.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $9.7M to $6.4M (−34%).
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: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Laura Gambino
CEO
Board chair
Alan Bergman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $264k → $297k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY 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
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 90% — diversifying over time.
“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
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC?
- EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,336,166 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC ($2,297,378). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,336,166 in grants to EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BREVARD COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,297,378 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BREVARD COUNTY 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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