Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Islamorada, FL EIN: 65-0305892

To provide financial assistance for medical, social, educational, advocacy, normalcy other personal needs or requests of and/or for abused, abandoned, neglected children those otherwise in financial, physical or emotional need in Monroe county.

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc at a glance

In short: Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc gave $18K across 3 grants in 2024 (avg $6K), mostly in Florida. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$17,696
-71.4% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
3
-50.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$5,899
-42.8% vs 2023
Median grant
$1,500
Total assets
$1,944,044
+1.0% vs 2023
Primary geography
Florida (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2024

Ocean Reef Community Foundation: $15KOcean Reef CommunityFoundation$15KSchmitt Family Foundation: $2KSchmitt Family Foundation$2KBoard of County Commissioners: $1KBoard of County Commissioners$1K

The largest 2024 recipient was Ocean Reef Community Foundation ($15K). Together the top 3 received $18K.

Grant Size Distribution

21 grants across all recorded years

20<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 20 grants of 21 (95%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Key WestKey LargoStock IslandTavernierBoca RatonHudsonIslamoradaMarathonOrlando

How Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (+4%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 3 grants2021 7 grants2022 6 grants2023 3 grants2024

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $17K (2021) to $103K (2022). In 2024 it made 3 grants totaling $18K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Ocean Reef Community Foundation Key Largo, FL—$15,000
Schmitt Family Foundation Boca Raton, FL—$1,500
Board of County Commissioners Key West, FL—$1,196
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$1,944,044$211,507$193,002$17,6963—
2023$1,925,539$542,231$190,503$61,8356$14,866
2022$1,574,270$379,785$165,307$103,0027$1,811
2021$1,359,792$65,794$124,427$16,9993$885
2020$1,418,425$160,096$97,938$33,1782$3,400
2019$1,356,267$192,327$106,041$25,3432$5,496

About Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc

Based on IRS filings

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc is a public charity, based in Islamorada, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 3 grants totaling $18K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc is led by Susan Raffanello, President & Treasurer since 2022 (on filings since 2019); none of the 14 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Susan Raffanello

    President & Treasurer

    President → President & Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    7 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyn Soucy

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Rudolph

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Arnold

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Lee Singer

    Director

    Treasurer-Rec Secretary → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Phyllis Mitchell

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mirna Hormechea

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nurelle Prew

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Shattuck

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathy Lasseter

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Krissy Carnahan Gustinger

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Wright

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sue Whitley

    Vice President

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Woods

    Past President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Jack Bridges (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Vicky Fay (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Janet Oechsle (2019–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Christina King (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jane Parker (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Linda Cantin (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Linda Schmitt (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Pauline Russell (2019–2021) — Vice President
  • Former: Lieslie Calero (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rose Duke (2021) — Director
  • Former: Christi King (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Alexsa Leto (2019) — Ex-Officio - Gal Circuit Director
  • Former: Joslyn Kirkegaard (2019) — Director
  • Former: Rosemary Duke (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc

How much does Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc give each year?

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc gave $18K across 3 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $62K across 6 grants.

What is Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc's typical grant size?

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc's median grant in 2024 was $1,500, and its average grant was $5,899, across 3 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.

Where does Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc give grants?

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc gives mostly in Florida: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.

How large is Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc?

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $212K.

What is Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc's EIN?

Voices for Florida Keys Children Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 65-0305892. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 16, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 6, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 31, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 25, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 4, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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