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Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Ocala, FL EIN: 59-3627759 Website

The Early Learning Coalition of Marion County, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit corporation based in Ocala, Florida. It is contracted by the Florida Department of Education’s Division of Early Learning to administer early education programs and services based on the needs of Marion County families.

Key facts about Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc

EIN
59-3627759
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$2,656,481

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$2.7M

-42.6% YoY

Revenue

$22.2M

-8.3% YoY

Net Investment Income

$7K

+80.8% YoY

Expenses

$22.4M

-7.6% YoY

How Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc gives

  • 84% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
  • Giving fell 49% from 2021 to 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The Coalition’s stated mission is “to provide leadership and foster partnerships to optimize a quality early learning environment for our children through child care, voluntary pre-kindergarten and parent education.”

Its programs include School Readiness financial assistance for eligible families, developmental screenings and referrals, and parent education; Voluntary Prekindergarten to prepare children for kindergarten; Help Me Grow to identify developmental or behavioral concerns and connect families with services; and Incredible Years classes for parents, teachers, and children.

The Coalition contracts with early learning providers to deliver School Readiness and/or Voluntary Prekindergarten services. Among the grantees identified in its filings, Happy Hearts Kindergarten Inc. received $15,374 in 2024; the grantee describes its mission as providing a preschool and kindergarten program designed to enhance child development with a positive self-image. Ocala First Preschool Inc. received $12,098 in 2024; the grantee describes its mission as religious preschool education that instills a faithful love of God.

Grantmaking

The filing reports 64 grants totaling $1,160,686 in 2024, an average of about $18,136 per grant. For 2023, it reports 99 grants totaling $14,993,549, an average of about $151,449 per grant. The 2025 filing reports a grant count of zero. Grantmaking figures are separate from financial assistance the Coalition provides to families through its own programs.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The Coalition administers programs and services for Marion County families and contracts with providers serving children there.

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

OcalaBelleviewDunnellonSummerfieldOcklawahaReddickSparrAnthonyGainesvilleMcIntoshSilver SpringsJacksonvilleWilliston

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M1 grant2019 70 grants2020 90 grants2021 108 grants2022 99 grants2023 64 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $28K (2019) to $15.0M (2023). In 2024 it made 64 grants totaling $1.2M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

361 grants across all recorded years

223<$50K60$50–100K56$100–250K22$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 223 grants of 361 (62%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants reported
2025 $2,656,481 $22,214,682 $22,379,479 0
2024 $4,626,528 $24,222,786 $24,219,099 64 grants; $1,160,686
2023 $4,694,519 $37,400,656 $37,492,315 99 grants; $14,993,549
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$20M$40M$60M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$2,656,481$4,626,528$4,694,519
Revenue$22,214,682$24,222,786$37,400,656
Expenses$22,379,479$24,219,099$37,492,315
Net Investment Income$7,013$3,879$8,042

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 1, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Thomas LoBianco, vice chair; Jennifer Beck, secretary; Brenda Ford, past vice chair; Richard Forrester, Jennifer Chatterton, Maritza Alejandro, Jennifer McBride, and Lola Gonzalez, board members; and Kathy Robbins and Marty Fuqua, exiting board members.

Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc is led by Carrie Theall, CEO on every filing since 2024; 3 of 29 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Carrie Theall

    CEO

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $127K (2024) → $133K (2025)

  • Todd Panzer

    Chair

    Treasurer → Acting Chair, 2024

    Acting Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sadie Hackley

    Finance Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $19K (2025)

  • Susan Rose

    Exiting CFO

    CFO → Exiting CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $63K (2025)

  • Brenda Ford

    Past Vice Chair

    Vice Chair → Former Vice, 2024

    Former Vice → Past Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathy Robbins

    Exiting Board Member

    Past Vice Ch → Board Member, 2024

    Board Member → Exiting Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Forrester

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Lobianco

    Vice Chair

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2024

    Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Beck

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maritza Alejandro

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cecil Wilson

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Chryst

    Exiting Board Member

    Board Member → Exiting Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evan Pitts

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heather Gamble

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Chatterton

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer McBride

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lola Gonzalez

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marty Fuqua

    Exiting Board Member

    Board Member → Exiting Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Goberdhan

    Exiting Board Member

    Board Member → Exiting Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew McClain

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Winton

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Schultz

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jorge Sevilla

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Lacognata

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Sellers

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Levonda Goodson

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mathew Graber

    Exiting Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Duncan

    Exiting Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Telesha Page

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Earlene Carte (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Jeanne Henningsen (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Mark S. Lander (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Michelle Stone (2019–2024) — Exiting Board
  • Former: Deanna Johnson (2019–2023) — CFO
  • Former: Doug Day (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Robert Colen (2019–2023) — Chair
  • Former: Roseann Fricks (2019–2023) — CEO
  • Former: Sarah Lankester (2023) — CEO
  • Former: Tamara A. Grant-Powell (2023) — CFO
  • Former: Cara Meeks (2019–2022) — Past Vice Ch
  • Former: Judy Johnson (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Karen Vega (2019–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Cindy Lecouris (2021–2022) — Exiting Board
  • Former: Traci England (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Gwen Wilson (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathleen Woodring (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Lisa Seiffer (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Paola Lopez (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Ryan Lilly (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Kelly Scott (2020–2021) — Exiting Board
  • Former: Tara Huls (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Holly Gerlach (2019) — Exiting Board
  • Former: Kelly Rogers (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Melissa Hancock (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Roberta Brant (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Carrie Theall — CEO: $133KCarrie TheallCEO$133KSusan Rose — Exiting CFO: $63KSusan RoseExiting CFO$63KSadie Hackley — Finance Director: $19KSadie HackleyFinance Director$19K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $133K, to Carrie Theall (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 2300 Sw 17Th Road, Ocala, FL 34471
Phone: (352) 369-2315
Website: https://elc-marion.org

Frequently asked questions about Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc

How large is Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc?

Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc reported $2.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $22.2M.

What does Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc fund?

The Coalition’s stated mission is “to provide leadership and foster partnerships to optimize a quality early learning environment for our children through child care, voluntary pre-kindergarten and parent education.” See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc?

Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check elc-marion.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

Where does Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc make grants?

The Coalition administers programs and services for Marion County families and contracts with providers serving children there.

What is Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc's EIN?

Early Learning Coalition of Marion County Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-3627759. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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