Public Charity

STARTS RIGHT HERE

Based in Des Moines, IA, STARTS RIGHT HERE operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $662K in revenue, $498K in expenses, $1.7M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 32 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $452K.

EIN: 824187830 Des Moines, IA Youth Development N.E.C. NTEE: O99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$662K
Total Expenses$498K
Total Assets$1.7M
Grant Records32
Funding Total$452K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Starts Right Here educates, equips, and empowers young people living in disadvantaged and oppressive circumstances using the arts,entertainment, hip hop, music, programs, and a variety of other methods to break down the barriers of fear, intimidation, and other damaging factors leading to a sense of being disenfranchised, forgotten and rejected.

Where $100 goes at Starts Right Here

How Starts Right Here divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $80 for programs

$80
Starts Right Here presented information in various schools and community gatherings to recruit and encourage its followers
All 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 Carol Jahnke
Director & Treasurer Gordon Druvenga
Director Jake Hedgecock
Director & Secretary Jessica Menken
Director Kevin Buckalew
Director Lorie Williamson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$165,973 21 grants
Education
$72,250 3 grants
Youth Development
$47,994 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$5,350 1 grant
Unspecified
$160,300 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $662K $498K $1.7M
2024 $893K $481K $1.7M
2023 $568K $388K $858K
2022 $388K $326K $675K
2021 $503K $154K $607K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $503K to $662K (+31%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.7M.

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