Missouri · Nonprofit
FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER
FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $291,389 to it, the largest being THE HWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($287,389). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $871k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $291k
- Net assets
- $86k
What Fresh Start Self Improvement Center does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for residents of mississippi county through individual, family services and community based programming that leads to a life of self- sustainability.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Providing meals and food to underserved families in southeast missouri meals were provided seven days per week to approximatley 300 families. In addition, we provided 4000 pounds of food each month to over 200 additional families.
$835,077 spent$870,857 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $835,077.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $214k to $76k (−65%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 93% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lester Gillespie
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $84k.
From the IRS filings of FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $375k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$375k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER?
- FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $291,389 to it, the largest being THE HWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($287,389). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $291,389 in grants to FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER?
- THE HWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $287,389 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRESH START SELF IMPROVEMENT CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing