Florida · Nonprofit
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,721,276 to it, the largest being PINELLAS CORE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ($3,109,528). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $529k
What Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County Inc does
Mission
Revolutionize early learning to inspire children, engage families, and elevate educators.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The early learning coalition of pinellas county administers the school readiness program (sr). The sr offers financial assistance to eligible low-income families for early education and care so they can become financially self-sufficient, and their young children can be successful in school in the future. The sr program is funded primarily by the federal child care and development fund block grant. For fy25, approximately 5,603 children were served by the sr program per month.
$41,744,370 spentof which $48,933 as grants71% of program spendingThe early learning coalition of pinellas county administers the voluntary prekindergarten (vpk) program. The vpk program is a free educational program that prepares 4-year-olds for success in kindergarten and beyond. To be eligible for vpk, children must live in florida and be 4 years old on or before september 1 of the current school year. The vpk program is funded by the state of florida. For fy25, approximately 4,719 children were served by the vpk program per month.
$14,372,407 spent24% of program spendingThe school readiness (sr) match program provides funds to expand the provision of services to low-income families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, as long as the income does not exceed 85% of the state median income. Funding is subject to availability. To be eligible for sr match funding, the coalition must secure a dollar-for-dollar match from local sources.
$1,900,421 spent3% of program spendingThe arp act early learning discretionary grant program funded by the american rescue plan (arp) act provides funding to assist the early learning childcare providers with increasing the supply of child care, training & professional learning activities, community outreach and family engagement, equipment, and supplies, classroom materials, curriculum, and technology grants.
$961,464 spentof which $6,600 as grants2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $58,978,662.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $4.0M to $12M (+192%).
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: 2019 97% · 2020 96% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 98% · 2024 96% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Lindsay Carson
CEO
Board chair
Elizabeth Loh
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1.1M → $67.
3 of 8 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $338k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Central Florida Behavioral Health Network Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS 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 PINELLAS COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 PINELLAS COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 84% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS 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. $30k 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 PINELLAS COUNTY INC's revenue grew 19% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services 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
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC?
- EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,721,276 to it, the largest being PINELLAS CORE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ($3,109,528). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $3,721,276 in grants to EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC?
- PINELLAS CORE MANAGEMENT SERVICES is the largest funder on record, with $3,109,528 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF PINELLAS 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 8 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