Small Public Charity

BestStart Washington

BestStart Washington, of Mercer Island, WA, is a Small Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $114K in revenue, $64K in expenses, $65K in total assets. 2 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $76K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 912133539 Mercer Island, WA Pediatrics Research NTEE: H98 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$114K
Total Expenses$64K
Total Assets$65K
Grant Records2
Funding Total$76K
Filing Years2017–2024

Mission

BestStart Washington gives children their best start toward lifelong success and resilience by working to improve their physical health, emotional wellbeing and academic achievement. Founded and governed by pediatricians, BestStart Washington collaborates with community pediatricians, families and other partners to develop and fund innovative programs that give children the best possible start on healthy and productive lives.

Where $100 goes at BestStart Washington

How BestStart Washington divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 5 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$23 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $77 for programs

$59
UW Population Health Grant grant money was awarded to Dr
77% of program spending
$15
REI/TPL Grant grant money originally from REI to the Trust for Public Land went to support Project Nature
19% of program spending
$3
Earth Wilders is a program designed and implemented by Dr
4% of program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Director Beth Harvey
President Danette Glassy
Treasurer Julian Ayer
Director Kimberlee Hauff
Director Kyle Yasuda

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$60,900 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$15,450 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $114K $64K $65K
2020 $584 $21K $20K
2019 $18K $32K $40K
2018 $39K $77K $55K
2017 $26K $55K $92K

Between 2017 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $26K to $114K (+336%), with total assets most recently reported at $65K.

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