Public Charity

SMART FROM THE START INC

SMART FROM THE START INC is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in ROXBURY CROSSING, MA. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $2.6M, expenses of $4.6M, total assets of $833K. Imperigo tracks 40 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $5.2M.

EIN: 454952663 ROXBURY CROSSING, MA Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.6M
Total Expenses$4.6M
Total Assets$833K
Grant Records40
Funding Total$5.2M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

TO PREVENT THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN LIVING IN THE LOWEST INCOME FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. SMART EMPOWERS PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES WITH THE TOOLS, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BREAK CYCLES OF CHRONIC SCHOOL UNDERACHIEVEMENT AND GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

Where $100 goes at Smart from the Start Inc

How Smart from the Start Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$18 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$73
To empower and provide low income families and communities with the tools, resources and support necessary to break cycles of chronic underachievement in education and generational poverty through…
96% of program spending
$3
Over the last two summers, 50 of our youth, family leaders and their children, along with our staff team and some board members, embarked on a civil rights…
4% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 50 youth
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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

CO-CHAIR Ben Siegel Md
CEO Cherie Craft
NATIONAL PROGRAM SPECIALIST Davis A Douglas
CLERK Diondra Hicks
BOARD MEMBER Gabi Alston
NATIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR Janiya Garrett

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,222,213 27 grants
Education
$326,000 4 grants
Human & Social Services
$300,750 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$250,000 2 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$100,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.6M $4.6M $833K
2024 $5.5M $3.3M $2.8M
2023 $3.1M $3.0M $592K
2022 $2.8M $2.9M $447K
2020 $2.0M $1.8M $653K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.0M to $2.6M (+33%), with total assets most recently reported at $833K.

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