Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,154,519 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,400,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $32M
What National Head Start Association does
Mission
Nhsa's mission is to coalesce, inspire, and support the head start field as a leader in early childhood development and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
External affairs: external affairs advocates, lobbies for, and supports the interests of the head start community in congress, the administration, and the early learning community. The department cultivates grass roots action and educates the head start community on policy, legislation, and advocacy.
$2,703,928 spentof which $60,482 as grants$294,789 earned by the program29% of program spendingConferences: conferences are designed to advance the knowledge of head start staff and parents, local partners, and community allies. Each event offers a unique content focus and is held in differing locations to ensure broad access by membership.
$2,507,957 spent$5,547,358 earned by the program27% of program spendingProfessional development: professional development services include training opportunities for individuals working in head start agencies, early education programs, and allied organizations. Events promote evidence-based education sessions, networking, innovative leadership, and performance excellence.
$1,928,828 spent$2,781,764 earned by the program20% of program spendingMembership: membership provides valuable benefits to individuals and organizations engaged in delivery of head start services. Members are provided a wide variety of benefits and opportunities to join and collaborate in social networks, communities of practice, as well asgeographic gatherings.
$683,401 spentof which $19,000 as grants$2,413,681 earned by the program7% of program spendingPublic policy and research: public policy activities support the interest of the head start community in congress, the administration and the early learning community. The department cultivates grass roots action and educates the head start community on policy, legislation, and advocacy.
$1,626,644 spent$81,868 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,450,758.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $23M (+31%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Yasmina Vinci
Executive director
Board chair
Linda Meredith
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $46k → $1.2M.
11 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 93% · 2019 82% · 2020 40% · 2021 75% · 2022 39% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
22% of NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $299k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7k on record.
- DE$6k
- MA$620
- VT$190
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 NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Headstarter Network · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION: 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 NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION?
- NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,154,519 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,400,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $5,154,519 in grants to NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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