POLK COUNTY SCHOOL READINESS COALITION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B012

Classification

2000

Street

115 S MISSOURI AVE STE 501

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

• SCHOOL READINESS: EVEN BEFORE CHILDREN ATTEND PRE-KINDERGARTEN, THEY GAIN FROM EXPERIENCES THAT HELP THEM BE READY FOR SCHOOL. THAT IS WHY SCHOOL READINESS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF EARLY LEARNING. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZED THAT WHEN THEY PASSED THE SCHOOL READINESS ACT TO HELP CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. WHILE HELPING CHILDREN PREPARE FOR SCHOOL, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CHILD CARE SO A PARENT CAN WORK OR ATTEND A TRAINING OR EDUCATION PROGRAM.

  Expenses $41,783,367 · Grants $41,265,019 · Revenue $202,699

• AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA): THE THE PURPOSE OF THIS FUNDING IS TO IMPLEMENT AN EARLY LEARNING DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:- INCREASING/BUILDING THE SUPPLY OF CHILD CARE- TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES, AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES- LOCAL INITIATIVES/PILOT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE KINDERGARTEN READINESS- COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT- EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, CLASSROOM MATERIALS- SUPPLYING AND SUPPORTING CURRICULUM- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COMPUTER SOFTWARE- EARLY LEARNING SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGYTHROUGH THE ARPA FUNDING, THE COALITION OFFERED A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CONFERENCE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO 300 EARLY LEARNING EDUCATORS AND COALITION STAFF IN POLK COUNTY; CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED BUSINESS SUPPORT TRAINING AND COACHING FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 PROVIDERS; PILOTED A COACHING SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR ELC COACHES AND PRE K TEACHERS (APPROXIMATELY 400) WITH THE GOAL TO INTERACT, TRACK GOALS, STORE AND SHARE DATA; AND DISTRIBUTED 14,000 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT KITS FOR PRESCHOOL FAMILIES THROUGHOUT POLK COUNTY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT EARLY LEARNING AND KINDERGARTEN READINESS.

  Expenses $13,471,278 · Grants $3,245,445

• VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN: PREPARES EARLY LEARNERS FOR SUCCESS IN KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND. CHILDREN MUST LIVE IN FLORIDA AND BE 4 YEARS OLD ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE. THE PROGRAM HELPS BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SCHOOL USING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT ARE GEARED TO VARIOUS STAGES IN A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT.

  Expenses $11,633,093 · Grants $11,473,203

• EARLY LEARNING FLORIDA PROGRAM: IN 2014, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE APPROVED A SPECIAL PILOT PROJECT TO SEE WHETHER SPECIFIC TRAINING APPROACHES IMPROVE HOW WELL CHILDREN DO IN SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAMS. THE PROJECT IS NOW VOLUNTARY AND GIVES ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND THEIR INSTRUCTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM OUTCOMES. THE COALITION VERIFIES THAT PARTICIPANTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION AND PAYS STIPENDS TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT.

  Expenses $2,000 · Grants $2,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $69,137,429

  Expenses

  $69,044,166

  Contributions

  $68,723,811

  Grants paid

  $55,985,667

• 2022

  Revenue

  $91,203,172

  Expenses

  $91,303,581

  Contributions

  $91,021,454

  Grants paid

  $82,172,685

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $55,210,816

  Expenses

  $54,951,373

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,377,360

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $44,426,238

  Expenses

  $44,753,212

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,152,475

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $40,773,694

  Expenses

  $40,887,013

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,718,964

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,990,206

  Expenses

  $35,872,102

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,562,939

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $33,151,281

  Expenses

  $32,990,936

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,432,296

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $31,588,159

  Expenses

  $31,871,344

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,189,998

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,646,047

  Expenses

  $30,376,621

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,812,677

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $29,906,442

  Expenses

  $29,913,422

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,987,443

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH POLK COUNTY

  $133,893

  2022 · HEALTH AND VISION SCREENINGS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $824,345

  2024 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $769,240

  2022 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC

  $337,628

  2023 · Donor Designated for General Support, Donor Designated for Program Costs, Donor Designated for Disaster/ Emergency Relief, Program Operating Cost

• FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY STARTS COALITIONS INC

  $147,271

  2022 · IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH

• SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION

  $142,500

  2024 · KIDS TAG ART

• LENA FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · LENA GROW LAUNCH GRANT

• SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2025 · COMMUNITY SUPPORT & ENGAGEMENT

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