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Starlet Academy

Starlet Academy (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $649 to it, the largest being AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION ($649). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$574k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$649
Net assets
$102k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Starlet Academy does

Mission

Child Care Organization that services infants, toddlers, pre-k 3, pre-4 & after schoolers. We teach science, art, music, yoga & gardening.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Increase of student size nearly 50% from prior year as we continue to service the community by creating a safe haven for families in need.

    $414,411 spent$594,106 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $414,411.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($18k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets -10 ($-1089)2018 Revenue 1168 ($206k) Expenses 603 ($240k) Net assets -310 ($-34850)2019 Revenue 1859 ($328k) Expenses 859 ($342k) Net assets -622 ($-69841)2020 Revenue 1630 ($288k) Expenses 738 ($294k) Net assets -675 ($-75734)2021 Revenue 2235 ($394k) Expenses 1030 ($410k) Net assets -811 ($-91071)2022 Revenue 2963 ($523k) Expenses 1052 ($419k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2023 Revenue 3131 ($552k) Expenses 1376 ($547k) Net assets -179 ($-20127)2024 Revenue 3254 ($574k) Expenses 1242 ($494k) Net assets 909 ($102k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (3254)Expenses (1242)Net assets (909)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $13k to $177k (+1313%).

$0
$7k
$13k
$177k
$136k
$218k
$221k
$274k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of Starlet Academy’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$22k
’17
−$34k
’18
−$14k
’19
−$6k
’20
−$15k
’21
$104k
’22
$5k
’23
$80k
’24
1.3
months of
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.

2018202220232024
Listed1111
Joined····
No longer listed····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $625 → $24.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Starlet Academy’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.

Where its funders are

Starlet Academy draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
New Jersey out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Starlet Academy has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)64% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Starlet Academy

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 New Jersey

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

1
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds Starlet Academy?
Starlet Academy (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $649 to it, the largest being AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION ($649). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Starlet Academy have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $649 in grants to Starlet Academy, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Starlet Academy?
AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $649 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Starlet Academy find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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