Florida · Nonprofit
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $850,844 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($408,136). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $851k
- Net assets
- $-524798
What Early Learning Coalition of Floridas Heartland Inc does
Mission
The mission of the Early Learning Coalition of Florida's Heartland, Inc. is to support families and children in accessing high quality early care and education services via School Readiness and Voluntary Prekindergarten programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
a.School Readiness Scholarships were provided to over 2,243 children from over 1,321 families in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands Counties. Scholarships are financial assistance for child care awarded to eligible families.b.Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) services were provided to approximately 1,748 children from approximately 1,712 families. VPK is the provision of a free preschool service to all children residing in Florida the year prior to kindergarten. Children served by the ELCFH for VPK reside in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee or Highlands Counties. c.Child care provider support services were provided in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands Counties to approximately 76 School Readiness Providers and approximately 64 VPK providers through the Early Care and Education Department. Services included provider trainings, on-site technical assistance and mentoring.
$17,047,608 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,047,608.
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 2018 to 2019, from $882k to $2.2M (+147%).
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 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% · 2024 98% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $14k → $196k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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 FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 71% · 2019 57% · 2020 41% · 2021 78% · 2022 64% · 2023 48% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
74% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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. $65k 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 FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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
Organizations like EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC?
- EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $850,844 to it, the largest being United Way of Central Florida Inc ($408,136). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $850,844 in grants to EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND INC?
- United Way of Central Florida Inc is the largest funder on record, with $408,136 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF FLORIDAS HEARTLAND 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 9 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