Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1982.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
43 people listed on the 990-T; $2.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Hoffman | — | $384,024 | $300,023 | $309,395 | $264,690 |
| Michael Hoffman | $360,286 | — | — | — | — |
| Sarah Rittling | $343,426 | — | — | — | — |
| Donna Iwanski | $333,728 | — | — | — | — |
| Ms Daphne Logan | — | $307,761 | $238,508 | $246,056 | $207,252 |
| Ms Aisha Gayle Turner | — | $307,328 | — | — | — |
| Aisha Gayle Turner | $292,576 | — | — | — | — |
| Ms Rebecca Berlin | — | — | $270,008 | $290,073 | $214,227 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides high-quality early learning programs, research, and advocacy from birth to age five to help close the opportunity gap for underserved families.
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Start Early provides high-quality early childhood services for low-income children, birth to age five, and their families as well as services to pregnant women, through a multi-site network of Early Head Start and Head Start directly-operated programs, and partner and delegate agencies, in high-needs communities throughout Chicago and…
Start Early's Home Visiting and Doula Network annually reaches approximately 1,900 at-risk young children, pregnant women, and their families through our statewide network of home visiting and Doula services.
See Schedule OThe national policy team and Educare learning network (ELN) extend the impact of Start Early's extensive early childhood knowledge and expertise in states across the country through consultation and technical assistance on program, public policy and systems work; research and evaluation; organizational capacity building…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $115.2M | $116.5M | −$1.3M | $98.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $134.9M | $113.8M | $21.1M | $98.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $120.1M | $108.1M | $12.0M | $74.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $92.1M | $89.2M | $2.9M | $61.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $70.5M | $74.3M | −$3.9M | $62.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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