Public Charity

STARTING ARTS INC

STARTING ARTS INC, of SAN JOSE, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $2.6M in revenue, $2.6M in expenses, $1.3M in total assets. 28 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $400K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 010552155 SAN JOSE, CA Youth Development Programs NTEE: O50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.6M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records28
Funding Total$400K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

STARTING ARTS WAS FOUNDED IN 2002 WITH THE MISSION TO MAKE ARTS EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SCHOOLS. WE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO STIMULATE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL THE CREATIVE ARTS ARE A NECESSARY COMPONENT OF THE EDUCATION PROCESS. OUR PASSION IS TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON ARTS EDUCATION IN FOUR ARTS DISCIPLINES - DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS - IN CLASSES TAUGHT BY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. CLASSES ARE CALIFORNIA STATE STANDARDS-BASED AND ALIGN WITH COMMON CORE STANDARDS. STARTING ARTS IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING ARTS EDUCATION TO OVER 125 SCHOOLS AND SERVING OVER 45,000 STUDENTS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON TITLE 1 SCHOOLS.

Where $100 goes at Starting Arts Inc

How Starting Arts Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$52
Theatre productions
66% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 70 productions
$25
School programs
31% of program spending
$2
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
3% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Andrea Thurber
Executive Dir. Ann Watts
Director Caterina Peterson
Director Dave Samuels
Chairman David Russo
Director Dr Amelia Hausauer

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$260,929 18 grants
Arts & Culture
$50,056 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$43,571 3 grants
Education
$13,795 1 grant
Unspecified
$31,965 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.6M $2.6M $1.3M
2024 $2.4M $2.6M $1.1M
2023 $2.3M $2.4M $1.5M
2022 $2.3M $2.0M $1.2M
2021 $1.1M $1.3M $926K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.1M to $2.6M (+148%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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