Start 1 Spark
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 870864351
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Henrico, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5712392462
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,777
- Expenses
- $38,172
- Assets
- $30,713
- Liabilities
- $8,300
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JESSICA AMBER BURKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BRETT MCCREIGHT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- VISHAL GANDHI (DIRECTOR)
- JESSICA AMBER BURKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BRETT MCCREIGHT (PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Start 1 spark believes every student deserves the opportunity to explore their interests, build confidence, and feel a sense of belonging at school. We ignite student potential by expanding access to extracurricular programs, athletics, music, arts, and clubs-that spark curiosity, creativity, leadership, and connection. By increasing access to extracurriculars, we help students discover their passions, develop lifelong skills, and become engaged members of their school communities. When students are connected and supported beyond the classroom, they're more likely to thrive in school and beyond.
What it reported doing in 2024
Various programs including arts, clubs, music, and sports.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 64%; rating input score 64
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 47.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 64% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.