California · Nonprofit
STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,741 to it, the largest being Sacramento Region Community Foundation ($18,500). 3 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
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $114k
What Starting Point for Refugee Children does
Mission
Starting Point for Refugee Children provides essential support to refugee children in the Greater Sacramento Area. Through our programs we offer vital assistance such as access to basic necessities educational resources and community integration initiatives. Our mission is to ensure that these children have the tools and support they need to thrive in their new environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Starting Point has been dedicated to assisting over 6000 plus children by providing essential household items to transform empty apartments into welcoming homes for newcomers in the US. Each basket not only contains necessities but also includes valuable information on school enrollment access to local services and other vital resources. In 2025 alone our program successfully served approximately 200 families making a significant impact on their transition and integration into their new communities.
$88,977 spent91% of program spendingNewcomers to the Greater Sacramento Area are provided with essential support to help them navigate their first summer and winter seasons comfortably and happily. Through our program individuals receive seasonal clothing toys and other necessary items to ensure they feel welcomed and supported as they adjust to their new surroundings. This assistance aims to ease their transition and promote a sense of belonging within the community.
$6,845 spent7% of program spendingOur organization provides a range of vital programs to support community youth and academic development. These initiatives include programs for at-risk youth community outreach events and scholarships to help students pursue higher education. Through these programs we aim to empower individuals strengthen communities and foster academic success for young people from diverse backgrounds.
$2,321 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $98,143.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $74k to $136k (+85%).
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.
100% of STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN’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 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $0 → $11k.
2 of 6 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 STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 6 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
STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
56% 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 STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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
56% of STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN'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 $15k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k 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
STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN: 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 STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN?
- STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,741 to it, the largest being Sacramento Region Community Foundation ($18,500). 3 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 STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $33,741 in grants to STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN?
- Sacramento Region Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $18,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STARTING POINT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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