Delaware · Nonprofit
NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC
NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,916 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE ($317,961). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $407k
- Net assets
- $448k
What New Castle County Head Start Inc does
Mission
To provide social, educational, and nutritional programs to children from disadvantaged families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
New castle county head start, inc. Is a private, non-profit organization devoted to promoting the school readiness of children ages birth to 5 years from income-eligible families in new castle county, delaware. The agency provides excellence in early childhood education and supportive services to help families achieve self-sufficiency. Head start embraces diversity and welcomes children and families of all backgrounds and abilities including those with special needs.the head start program provides center-based care for children between the ages of 3-5. Approximately 445 children were provided services during the year ended july 31, 2025
$6,541,494 spent$32,580 earned by the program87% of program spendingThe early head start program provides weekly child-focused home visits for pregnant women and children ages birth to 3 years. During the year ended july 31, 2025, approximately 117 pregnant women and children were served.
$571,425 spent8% of program spendingChild and adult care food program (cacfp) provides nutritional services to children enrolled in the head start program.
$389,333 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,502,252.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $2.7M (+146%).
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: 2017 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 97% · 2021 90% · 2022 87% · 2023 97% · 2024 96% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Linda L Marks
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $27k → $12k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 86% · 2021 88% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $51.7M on record — $51.7M federal, $150 state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$51.7M
- REVENUE REFUND$150
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 NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC
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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC?
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC (Delaware) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $406,916 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE ($317,961). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $406,916 in grants to NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC?
- UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE is the largest funder on record, with $317,961 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW CASTLE COUNTY HEAD START INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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