Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions
The Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions (FAHSC) is a public charity based in Tallahassee, Florida, that supports maternal, infant, and family health through statewide advocacy, initiatives, and support for local Healthy Start Coalitions. The organization reports that it supports 32 coalitions across Florida and provides or facilitates services for pregnant and postpartum women, fathers, infants, and young children up to age three.
Key facts about Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions
In short: Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions gave $12.6M across 23 grants in 2025 (avg $550K), mostly in Florida. 13% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 59-3306893
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $12,644,967
- Grants made (2025)
- 23
- Average grant
- $549,781
- Median grant
- $466,711
- New grantees (estimate)
- 13% first-time grantees (3 of 23, 2025; small sample)
- Total assets
- $4,953,414
- Primary geography
- Florida (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$5.0M
+3.9% YoY
Annual Giving
$12.6M
+7.0% YoY
Grant Count
23
+4.5% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$550K
+2.3% YoY
Is Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions open to new grantees?
13%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 3 of 23 grantees (13%) were first-time recipients. With only 23 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 4 points. First grants averaged $287K; repeat grants $589K. How we count
Medians: $9K first-time, $498K repeat.
- 83% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+7%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Mission & Focus Areas
FAHSC’s mission is to improve the health of pregnant women, mothers, babies, and families through statewide advocacy and initiatives that support local communities and Healthy Start Coalitions. Its stated purpose is to develop and support local systems of care to optimize the health of Florida mothers, pregnant women, babies, and families.
In 2025, the grants listed in its filing were for the purpose “improve child health.” Recipients included local Healthy Start coalitions and other health and community organizations. The grantees’ stated missions illustrate their varied work: the Hillsborough coalition says it works to improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, children, and families in its county; Healthy Start of North Central Florida says it aims to reduce low birthweight and improve health and development outcomes; and Step Up Suncoast describes its work as helping individuals and families achieve long-term economic stability through education, support services, and community partnerships.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, FAHSC reported 23 grants totaling $12,644,967. Grant amounts ranged from $7,770 to $1,449,418, with a median of $466,711. The 2025 filing lists grant dollars as going entirely to Florida recipients.
The largest reported grants included $1,449,418 to Hillsborough HSC in Tampa, $1,442,305 to North Central Healthy Start Coalition in Gainesville, $1,218,271 to Step Up Suncoast in Sarasota, and $1,135,297 to Northeast Healthy Start Coalition in Jacksonville. Other large recipients included SW Florida HSC, Healthy Choice Network of FL, Broward Regional Health, Well Florida Council, Healthy Start of Pinellas, Healthy Start Coalition of St. Lucie County, Healthy Start Coalition Orange County, and Ounce of Prevention.
The website posted requests for proposals in 2025, including a home visiting services provider RFP with proposals due September 12, 2025, and a developmental screening toolkit RFP with proposals due May 15, 2025. It also posted an ECCS secondary data analysis RFP with proposals due May 15, 2025. These deadlines are past; the listed opportunities were procurements for services or research, not instructions for applying for a grant.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
FAHSC describes its work as statewide and says it supports 32 Healthy Start Coalitions throughout Florida. Its 2025 filing lists all grant dollars as going to Florida recipients.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 23 itemized grants.
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9.8M (2019) to $12.6M (2025). In 2025 it made 23 grants totaling $12.6M.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Hillsborough HSC ($1.4M). Together the top 10 received $9.7M.
Grant Size Distribution
115 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 29 grants of 115 (25%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough HSC Tampa, FL | Improve Child Health | $1,449,418 |
| North Central Healthy Start Coalition Gainesville, FL | Improve Child Health | $1,442,305 |
| Step up Suncoast Inc Sarasota, FL | Improve Child Health | $1,218,271 |
| Northeast Healthy Start Coalition Jacksonville, FL | Improve Child Health | $1,135,297 |
| SW Florida HSC Fort Myers, FL | Improve Child Health | $853,538 |
| Healthy Choice Network of FL Miami, FL | Improve Child Health | $844,629 |
| Broward Regional Health Hollywood, FL | Improve Child Health | $840,465 |
| Well Florida Council Inc Gainesville, FL | Improve Child Health | $725,087 |
| Healthy Start of Pinellas Largo, FL | Improve Child Health | $676,116 |
| Healthy Start Coalition of St Lucie County Inc Fort Pierce, FL | Improve Child Health | $551,538 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,953,414 | $14,932,421 | $14,948,030 | $12,644,967 |
| 2024 | $4,768,887 | $13,922,088 | $13,862,701 | $11,821,978 |
| 2023 | $4,615,917 | $12,772,891 | $12,650,864 | $10,929,019 |
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $4,953,414 | $4,768,887 | $4,615,917 |
| Revenue | $14,932,421 | $13,922,088 | $12,772,891 |
| Expenses | $14,948,030 | $13,862,701 | $12,650,864 |
| Net Investment Income | $797 | $903 | $514 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 18, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 27, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 25, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 29, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 20, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Allyson Anderson as president, Monica Figueroa King as vice president, Donna Hagan as treasurer, Samantha Suffich as assistant treasurer, Jeannette Torres as secretary, and Julie Moderie as past president. It also lists Kerri Stephen as an at-large member and Andrea Medellin, Ardelle Bush, and Carmen Guzman as directors.
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions is led by Catherine Timuta, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2020; none of the 34 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Catherine Timuta
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2020
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allyson Anderson
President
Secretary → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ardelle Bush
Director
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlene Edwards
Director
At-Large Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Faye Johnson
Director
President → Past President, 2021
Past President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fred Leonard
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ja Good
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Schwalb Floyd
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joy Anderson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Von Seelen
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martha Zimmermann
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Jo Plews
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shon Ewens
Director
Secretary → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thelisha Thomas
Director
President → Past President, 2023
Past President → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Theresa Harrison
Director
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Medellin
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Szorcsik
Director
President → Past President, 2024
Past President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Delores Haynes
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Trainor
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gabby Flores
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carmen Guzman
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marisa Mowat
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan McFall
Director
Director Starting → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Toure
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Papert
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meredith Narayanan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donna Hagan
Treasurer
Director → Assistant Treasurer, 2023
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Moderie
Past President
Vice President → President, 2024
President → Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Suffich
Assistant Treasurer
Director → Assistant Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeannette Torres
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Chang
Chief Operations Officer
On filings since 2022
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kerri Stephen
At-Large Member
Director → At-Large Member, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paloma Prata
Chief Program Officer
On filings since 2022
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monica Figueroa King
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (17)
- Former: Susan Beauvois (2019–2024) — At-Large Member
- Former: Felicia Richard (2024) — Director
- Former: Andrea Berry (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Magi Cooper (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gabrielle Bargerstock (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Monica Figueroa-King (2019–2022) — Past President
- Former: Dixie Morgese (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jane Murphy (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Linda Sutherland (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Manny Fermin (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Patricia McWhirter (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: John Tschirhart (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Cathy Timuta (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Debra Gotlib (2019) — Director
- Former: Kay Begin (2019) — Director
- Former: Sharon Owens (2019) — Director
- Former: Tomica Smith (2019) — Director
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.
Contact
Mailing address: 2002 Old St Augustine Road Ste E4, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 999-6200
Website: https://healthystartflorida.com
Frequently asked questions about Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions
How much does Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions give each year?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions gave $12.6M across 23 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $11.8M across 22 grants.
What is Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's typical grant size?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's median grant in 2025 was $466,711, and its average grant was $549,781, across 23 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions that year got $287K on average.
Where does Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions give grants?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions gives mostly in Florida: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Tallahassee, FL (5 grants), Gainesville, FL (2 grants), Tampa, FL (2 grants) and Jacksonville, FL (2 grants).
Does Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 23 grants with a stated purpose on Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Improve Child Health" (23 grants).
Who are Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's largest grantees?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's largest 2025 grantees include Hillsborough HSC ($1,449,418), North Central Healthy Start Coalition ($1,442,305) and Step up Suncoast Inc ($1,218,271), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 33% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions reported $5.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $14.9M.
What does Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions fund?
FAHSC’s mission is to improve the health of pregnant women, mothers, babies, and families through statewide advocacy and initiatives that support local communities and Healthy Start Coalitions. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check healthystartflorida.com for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's EIN?
Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-3306893. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
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