Organization: ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF S FLA INC
Mission: THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS ASSOCIATION IS FORMED IS TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE A HIGH STANDARD OF BUSINESS ETHICS FOR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CONTRACTING INDUSTRY AND ITS ALLIED INDUSTRIES.
Activities: GRANTED SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $28,000 DURING 2019. THE SEVEN RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR SCHOLARSHIP IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS OF $1,000 PER YEAR OVER TWO TO FOUR YEARS CONCLUDING IN 2021. ACTUAL DISBURSEMENTS DURING 2019 FOR PAST AND CURRENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS TOTALED $24,000 AND ENCOMPASSED A TOTAL OF 24 RECIPIENTS. SEE SCHEDULE I - PART IV, SUPPLEMENTAL INFO AND SCHEDULE O, FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
THE ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF SO FLORIDA SERVES AS A CATALYST IN FOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING A HIGH STANDARD OF BUSINESS ETHICS FOR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CONTRACTING INDUSTRY AND THOSE FIRMS DOING BUSINESS WITH WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY AS ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PROMOTING INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL NETWORKING AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGE CONTRACTING INDUSTRY AND ITS ALLIED INDUSTRIES. PROMOTED GOODWILL AND CONFIDENCE AMONG THE ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, THEIR ALLIED INDUSTRIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BY ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR THEIR MEMBERS. MEETINGS AND EVENTS HELD FOR MEMBERS DURING 2019 INCLUDED THE ANNUAL BBQ, THE FISHING AND GOLF TOURNAMENTS, SPORT SOCIAL EVENT AS WELL AS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS.
NTEE category: Mutual & Membership Benefit
Secondary category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations