Florida · Nonprofit
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $648,236 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BIG BEND INC ($545,315). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $35M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $648k
- Net assets
- $204k
What Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region Inc does
Mission
The mission of early learning coalition of the big bend region is to provide educational services to children from birth to kindergarten to ensure readiness for school, reduce academic failure and to provide educational and childcare services to various ages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School readiness and related childcare services - this program provides financial assistance for childcare costs to families who meet qualifying guidelines in order to assist children to become better prepared for the education experience or to provide childcare services for economically disadvantaged children requiring specific assistance as determined by the state of florida.
$24,310,434 spent72% of program spendingVoluntary prekindergarten services (vpk) - the vpk program is designed to promote in a classroom environment the development of each four year old child's physical, social and emotional maturation. The program outcome should result in children better to be successful in the formal education process.
$7,294,540 spent22% of program spendingOther child care research and support programs - these program services include childcare tuition assistance program, family literacy programs for low-income families, and technical assistance programs to low performing providers.
$1,996,346 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,601,320.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.9M to $8.0M (+174%).
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 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION 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. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $30k → $91k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE BIG BEND REGION 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 THE BIG BEND REGION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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 THE BIG BEND REGION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 60% — 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
84% of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION 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. $476 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.
Against its field
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION 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 THE BIG BEND REGION 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
95% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION 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 EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC?
- EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $648,236 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BIG BEND INC ($545,315). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $648,236 in grants to EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE BIG BEND INC is the largest funder on record, with $545,315 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE BIG BEND REGION 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 6 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