Program areas at Children's Forum
The teacher education and compensation helps (teach) early childhood scholarship program: provides scholarships for early care educators and center directors to work towards earning an associate's degree or credentials in early childhood education. The majority of tuition and book costs are paid for and most teach participants receive a per-semester stipend for travel or for internet acccess as well as a bonus for caregivers and directors who complete their scholarship contract. The teach program works with several colleges, universities and vocational technical schools throughout the state as well as several community based training institutions. Under management of the Forum, the Florida teach early childhood scholarship program serves as an umbrella for a variety of educational scholarship opportunities for people working in early care and education programs.
Help me grow family support: this program is designed to help all children thrive. The program provides a care coordinator to help answer any questions that participants may have about child development, customized support and connection to community services, free development and behavioral screenings, as well as parenting tips and developmental activities.
Child care incentive$ Florida: the program is designed to increase stability and improve child care quality by reducing turnover and encouraging continued education of child care practitioners. This program provides education based salary supplements for low to moderate wage earners who work with young children ages birth to five.
In addition to the programs listed above, there are four other programs that Children's Forum operates. Some of these programs are for educational and training services.
Grants made by Children's Forum
Who funds Children's Forum
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Children's Forum
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Erin Smeltzer | President and Chief Executive Officer | $71,544 | 2024-10-12 |
| Denise bishop | Chief Operations Officer / Vice President - Out Reach. / Vice President , Chief Outreach , Innovation , and Training Officer | $74,570 | 2023-06-30 |
| Lauren Wofford | Chief Financial Officer | $90,599 | 2024-03-13 |
| William Kirchhoff | Vice President , Chief Technology Officer / Vice President of Mis | $81,313 | 2023-06-30 |
| Lori L Stegmeyer | Chief Program Officer / Director of Workforce Initiatives | $79,208 | 2023-06-30 |
| ...and 8 more key personnel |
Financials for Children's Forum
| Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $17,900,315 | $15,139,562 | 18.2% |
| Program services | $1,674,727 | $1,132,487 | 47.9% |
| Investment income and dividends | $46 | $173 | -73.4% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $3,570 | $2,765 | 29.1% |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $229,661 | -100% |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $19,578,658 | $16,504,648 | 18.6% |
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Data update history
October 12, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
August 10, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 25, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsHuman service organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationHuman servicesChildren
Characteristics
MembershipsState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 3425 Bannerman Rd 501
- Tallahassee, FL 32312
- Metro area
- Tallahassee, FL
- County
- Leon County, FL
- Website URL
- flchild.com/Â
- Phone
- (850) 681-7002
IRS details
- EIN
- 65-0165007
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1989
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- P03: Human Services Professional Societies and Associations
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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