Virginia · Nonprofit
START 1 SPARK
START 1 SPARK (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,093 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC ($16,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Start 1 Spark does
Mission
Start 1 Spark believes every student deserves the opportunity to explore their interests, build confidence, and feel a sense of belonging at school. We ignite student potential by expanding access to extracurricular programs, athletics, music, arts, and clubs-that spark curiosity, creativity, leadership, and connection. By increasing access to extracurriculars, we help students discover their passions, develop lifelong skills, and become engaged members of their school communities. When students are connected and supported beyond the classroom, they're more likely to thrive in school and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Various programs including arts, clubs, music, and sports.
$24,439 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $24,439.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jessica Amber Burke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 START 1 SPARK’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
START 1 SPARK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 START 1 SPARK.
“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
56% of START 1 SPARK's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
START 1 SPARK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like START 1 SPARK
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for START 1 SPARK: 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 START 1 SPARK?
- START 1 SPARK (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,093 to it, the largest being PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC ($16,619). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does START 1 SPARK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $38,093 in grants to START 1 SPARK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of START 1 SPARK?
- PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like START 1 SPARK 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.
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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 2025–2025), 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