Prosperity Campaign Community Support

Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties’ free tax preparation is supported by 400 community volunteers and staff working almost 30,000 hours during the tax season, in addition to pre-season training of more than 6,000 hours. Prosperity Campaign call centers - 2-1-1/Crisis Center of Tampa Bay and 2-1-1/Tampa Bay Cares, Inc. - received 4,455 telephone inquiries, a 20.17 percent increase over last year.

Access to financial education & services
Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties is affiliated with community-based financial education programs, including Get Checking, FDIC Money Smart, FDIC Money Smart Train-The-Trainer, credit and budget counseling, and consumer education on the risks and costs of Refund Anticipation Loans (RALS).

Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties was honored for making a positive impact on the lives of local working families and the economy with service awards from the following organizations:

• Florida Public Relations Association
• Leadership Florida
• Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
• Tampa Housing Authority

Today, the Prosperity Campaign boasts more than 150 public, private, and nonprofit entities working together to put more money in the hands of our communities’ working families through the Earned Income Tax Credit.

The Public Sector

• Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
• City of Clearwater
• City of Dunedin
• City of Kenneth City
• City of Largo
• City of Madeira Beach
• City of Oldsmar
• City of Pinellas Park
• City of Plant City
• City of Safety Harbor
• City of Saint Petersburg
• City of Seminole
• City of South Pasadena
• City of Tampa
• City of Tarpon Springs
• City of Temple Terrace
• Department of Children & Families, Suncoast Region
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Hillsborough County Government
• Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus
• Hillsborough Health Department
• Internal Revenue Service
• Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County
• Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
• Pinellas County Business Assistance Program
• Pinellas County Extension
• Pinellas County Government
• Pinellas County Health Department
• Pinellas County License Board for Children’s Centers & Family Day Care Homes
• Pinellas County Schools
• Pinellas County Urban League
• Pinellas County Housing Authority
• Pinellas Opportunity Council
• Pinellas Public Library Cooperative
• Public Defender’s Office of Julianne M. Holt
• School District of Hillsborough County
• Tampa Housing Authority
• Town of Indian Shores
• University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
• Business Community
• AmSouth Bank
• Bank of America
• Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce
• DKF Connects–Socially Conscious Marketing Services
• Eckerd College
• Florida West Coast Credit Union
• Genesis Financial Management
• Greater Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
• Largo / Mid-Pinellas Chamber of Commerce
• Leadership Florida
• Pinellas Park / Mid-County Chamber of Commerce
• Publix
• Raymond James Bank
• Regions Bank
• Seminole Chamber of Commerce
• Stetson College of Law
• St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce
• Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union
• Sweetbay
• Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce
• Tampa Downtown Partnership
• Tampa Bay Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce
• TECO
• University of Tampa
• Upper Tampa Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Wachovia Bank
• Washington Mutual Bank
• Westshore Alliance

Nonprofit Organizations

• 2-1-1 / Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
• 2-1-1 / Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.
• AARP Tax-Aide Foundation
• ACORN
• ACTS
• Achieve Tampa Bay
• American Red Cross
• Asian Neighborhood Family Center
• Bay Area Legal Services
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Brandon Family Support & Resource Center
• Bright Beginnings
• Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay
• Campbell Park Neighborhood Family Center
• Catholic Charities
• CDC of Tampa
• Centre for Women
• Children’s Home / Kinship Care
• Children’s Home Society
• Childs Park Youth Initiative Council, Inc.
• Citizens Alliance for Progress, Inc. / Union Academy
• Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service
• Coordinated Child Care of Pinellas, Inc.
• CU Housing Partners
• Disability Alternatives, Inc.
• Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office, Inc. (DACCO)
• Early Learning Coalition
• Easter Seals
• Enoch Davis Center
• Family Service Centers, Inc.
• Florida Council on Economic Education
• Florida Department of Financial Services
• Florida Kinship Center
• Foundation Village Neighborhood Family Center, Inc.
• Goodwill Industries
• Greater Ridgecrest Area Youth Development Initiative
• Gulfcoast Community Care
• Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc.
• Head Start / Early Head Start
• HealthPoint
• Healthy Families Pinellas
• Healthy Start Coalition
• High Point Neighborhood Family Center
• High Point YMCA
• Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Family Support & Resource Center
• James B. Sanderlin Neighborhood Family Center
• Junior Achievement of West Central Florida, Inc.
• Lealman Neighborhood Family Center
• Lee Davis Neighborhood Service Center
• Lutheran Residences
• Marriage and Family Center
• Martin Luther King Center
• Mental Health Care, Inc.
• Mt. Carmel CDC of Clearwater, Inc.
• National Foundation for Debt Management
• Neighborhood Family Centers Coalition, Inc.
• Northside Mental Health Center
• Partners in Self Sufficiency
• PEER-Association of Retired Teachers
• Pinellas Village
• Ruskin Neighborhood Service Center
• Safety Harbor Neighborhood Family Center
• Salvation Army
• Self-Reliance Inc.
• Sojourner Truth Center
• STARS-Success Training & Retention Services
• Solutions for Progress / The Benefit Bank
• St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
• Suncoast Center for Community Health, Inc.
• Success 4 Kids & Families
• Tampa Bay CDC
• Tampa Community Health Centers
• Tampa General Hospital
• Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA
• The Spring
• Town & Country Family Support & Resource Center
• United Way of Tampa Bay
• University Area Community Social Service Center
• University Mall Family Support & Resource Center
• Uno Federation Community Services, Inc.
• Wealth Building Coalition of Pinellas County
• West Tampa Neighborhood Service Center
• WorkNet Pinellas
• Wheels of Success
• YMCA of the Suncoast
• YWCA of Tampa Bay
• YWCA of Tampa Bay, Hispanic Outreach

The Prosperity Campaign of Hillsborough & Pinellas Counties is only possible through the collaborative efforts of:

• AARP Tax-Aide Foundation
• Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
• Hillsborough County Government
• Internal Revenue Service
• Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas Counties
• Pinellas County Government
• United Way of Tampa Bay

This information is presented in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service for EITC outreach.