Right to Start

Analysis

Right to Start is a registered charity in United States, based in Overland Park, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 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, Right to Start reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $311k to $2.0m (+556%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 349%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Right to Start sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clark County Fair Inc ($2.0m), Bering Sea Fishermens Association ($2.0m) and Rockingham Economic Development Corporation ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 8 employees.