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EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE
EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,635 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF WEST FLORIDA INC ($156,199). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $459k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $460k
- Net assets
- $254k
What Every Child a Reader in Escambia Inc Ecare does
Mission
To maximize childrens potential through increased school readiness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Readingpals is our flagship program where we activate community volunteers to serve as pre-k mentors for the duration of the school year. With 55% of students in escambia county testing not ready for kindergarten, our program is essential for our community's most disadvantaged children.the readingpals program partners with title 1 vpk classrooms in our school district and provides one-to-one mentoring focused on building early-literacy and social-emotional skills to boost kindergarten readiness. Volunteers receive training, ongoing support, and a level ii background check. All vpk students in partner classrooms are eligible for a readingpal with caregiver permission.
$199,274 spent85% of program spendingFamily engagement:families are a child's first, best, and most important teacher, so throughout the year we connect with families to support their efforts at home. This includes providing quality books to build home libraries, offering reading discussion prompts, partnering with schools and teachers, and participating in family nights and other community events for families.
$29,008 spent12% of program spendingKindergarten, here we come!launched in 2022, kindergarten, here we come! Is a workshop for parents/caregivers and their incoming kindergartners to prepare for the first day of school. The goal for attendees is two-fold: to introduce parents/caregivers to the concept of school readiness while equipping them to best support their child's transition to kindergarten, and to introduce children to a formal early education setting that will help prepare them for success on day one of kindergarten and beyond.
$6,877 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,159.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $172k to $254k (+48%).
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.
90% of EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% 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
Kristy Craig
Executive director
Board chair
Jodi Bell
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4k → $55k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE’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
EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% 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
77% 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 EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 75% · 2019 87% · 2020 43% · 2021 72% · 2022 80% · 2023 49% — 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 EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE'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
84% of EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE
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
62% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE?
- EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,635 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF WEST FLORIDA INC ($156,199). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $459,635 in grants to EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE?
- UNITED WAY OF WEST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $156,199 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EVERY CHILD A READER IN ESCAMBIA INC ECARE 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 15 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