Start Out Fresh Intervention Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 272535903
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location: Montclair, NJ, USA
Phone: 8622516791
Rating: 90
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue: $57,505
Expenses: $82,281
Assets: $24,595

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

CYNTHIA WALKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
TAMISA COVINGTON (PRESIDENT)
KRISTIN WALD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

CYNTHIA WALKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
TAMISA COVINGTON (PRESIDENT)
LESLIE FAISON (MEMBER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide support for victims and survivors of domestic violence

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided advocacy, supportive services, and referrals for temporary housing to our clients who are at-risk persons affected by domestic violence. We also held workshops and outreach for over 800 clients in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 71% 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

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 95
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 20
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -43.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
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 14/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.