Child Start Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480637922
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wichita, KS, USA
- Phone
- 3166821853
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Child Day Care
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,896,998
- Expenses
- $14,067,598
- Assets
- $9,138,207
- Liabilities
- $6,180,492
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TANYA BULLUCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TINA VIRAMONTEZ (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $160,079 total reported compensation
- TANYA BULLUCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $146,725 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of child start, inc. Is to provide early childhood development services that prepare children for lifelong success.
What it reported doing in 2024
Early childhood connections program: child start has been delivering child care resource and referral (ccr&r) services for over five decades and currently delivers these services in five Kansas counties: butler, cowley, harvey, sedgwick, and sumner. Services are available in both english and spanish by phone, on-line and in person. Locally, our goals for ccr&r services are: (1) to increase the quality of early learning programs to meet families and children's needs and (2) to increase the number of families who benefit from information about early education program choices and child development issues. Ccr&r services are based on the theories that: (1) child caregivers who focus on professional education and program quality improvement provide better educational experiences for young children; and (2) families who understand the importance of early education and how to recognize quality programs make better choices for their children. In effect, ccr&r services help bridge the gaps between families' needs and community resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $921K reported
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.