Kikstart Inc

Analysis

Kikstart Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bessemer, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Kikstart Inc reported income of $524k and spending of $524k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2017 to December 2022, income grew from $414k to $524k (+26%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 419%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kikstart Inc sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 74th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support and More Foundation Inc ($524k), Minnesota Hockey District 8 Inc ($524k) and Leonardos Basement ($523k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $73k. At year end it held assets of $524k against liabilities of $524k, net assets of $0.