Start Garden LLC

Analysis

Start Garden LLC is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 2023, Start Garden LLC reported income of $1.3m and spending of $2.4m, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.8m to $1.3m (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Start Garden LLC sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People Helping People of Pullman Inc ($1.3m), Agncy Design Inc ($1.3m) and Assistance League of Huntington Beach ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 20% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $794k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $706k, net assets of $321k. It reported 10 employees.