Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$82,849,511

Total expenses

$82,859,684

Contributions and grants received

$82,848,687

Grants paid

$81,635,114

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$824

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,903,996

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,087,726

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$183,730

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$82,362,609

Management and general expenses

$497,075

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$82,362,609

Program services were 99.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM TO TARGET THE AT-RISK BIRTH TO KINDERGARTEN POPULATION TO STREAMLINE THE SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ALL PUBLICLY FUNDED EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE. LEADERSHIP IS PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITIES OF BRADFORD, CLAY, NASSAU, PUTNAM & ST. JOHNS COUNTIES IN PREPARING CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL BY ENHANCING EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS THROUGH A SEAMLESS DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH A FOCUS ON NURTURING CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND PROVIDERS WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE. THE COALITION SERVED 294 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN BAKER COUNTY, 219 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN BRADFORD COUNTY, 1933 CHILDREN IN CLAY COUNTY, 667 CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY, 458 CHILDREN IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND 2,838 CHILDREN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

  Expenses $17,766,613 · Grants $17,058,948

• VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN (VPK) PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE ORGANIZATION IN AUGUST 2005. THE FLORIDA VPK EDUCATION STANDARDS WERE FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN MARCH 2005. THIS EARLY LEARNING GUIDE DESCRIBES WHAT 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END OF THEIR PRE-KINDERGARTEN YEAR AND IS DESIGNED TO GUIDE INSTRUCTORS IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING APPROPRIATE EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. THE COALITION SERVED 444 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN BAKER COUNTY, 480 CHILDREN IN BRADFORD COUNTY, 1701 CHILDREN IN CLAY COUNTY, 385 CHILDREN IN NASSAU COUNTY, 1,412 CHILDREN IN PUTNAM COUNTY 1,411 CHILDREN IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.

  Expenses $16,602,215 · Grants $16,602,215

• DESCRIPTION FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL - GRANTEES WERE ELIGIBLE BASED ON CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE GRANTEE WAS A LEGALLY OPERATING CHILD CARE PROGRAM WITHIN EITHER BAKER, BRADFORD, CLAY, NASSAU, PUTNAM OR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE AMOUNTS OF THE AWARDS WERE BASED ON WHETHER THE CHILD CARE WAS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE OR VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN, HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY SERVED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY AGREED TO USE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE GRANT FOR INCREASING STAFF COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS AND IF THEY WERE LOCATED WITHIN A CHILD CARE DESSERT. THESE GRANTS WERE FUNDED WITH CRRSA FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. GRANTEES COMPLETED AN APPLICATION TO QUALIFY AND THE APPLICATIONS WERE VERIFIED AND APPROVED BY EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA..

  Expenses $1,678,952 · Grants $1,678,952

• DESCRIPTION FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT -GRANTEES WERE ELIGIBLE BASED ON CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE GRANTEE WAS A LEGALLY OPERATING CHILD CARE PROGRAM WITHIN EITHER BAKER, BRADFORD, CLAY, NASSAU, PUTNAM OR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE AMOUNTS OF THE AWARDS WERE BASED ON WHETHER THE CHILD CARE WAS CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE OR VOLUNTARY PRE- KINDERGARTEN, HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY SERVED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY AGREED TO USE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE GRANT FOR INCREASING STAFF COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS AND IF THEY WERE LOCATED WITHIN A CHILD CARE DESSERT. THESE GRANTS WERE FUNDED WITH ARPA FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. GRANTEES COMPLETED AN APPLICATION TO QUALIFY AND THE APPLICATIONS WERE VERIFIED AND APPROVED BY THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA.

  Expenses $46,314,829 · Grants $46,294,999

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431019349300228

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