FIRSTSPARK INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B21

Classification

1000

Street

11832 CANON BLVD STE F

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• CHILD CARE QUALITY: TO PREPARE ALL CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN AND IN RESPONSE TO STATE LAW, VIRGINIA CREATED THE UNIFIED VIRGINIA QUALITY BIRTH TO FIVE SYSTEM (VQB5) TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ALL PUBLICLY-FUNDED BIRTH-TO-FIVE CLASSROOMS AND SUPPORT FAMILIES IN SELECTING QUALITY PROGRAMMING ACROSS PROGRAM TYPES. THIS ORGANIZATION OVERSEES AND IMPLEMENTS THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR VQB5 IN THE REGION. EDUCATORS AND LEADERS HAVE ACCESS TO SUPPORT, TRAINING, AND RESOURCES TO HELP IMPROVE TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS. OUR ORGANIZATION ALSO ADMINISTERS THE MIXED DELIVERY PROGRAM IN PUBLICLY FUNDED LICENSED (NON-FAITH-BASED) AND PRIVATE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (ECCE) SETTINGS FOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN. MIXED DELIVERY FUNDS FULL-DAY, YEAR-ROUND SERVICES FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND PRESCHOOLERS, MEETING GROWING DEMAND FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED ECCE AT PRIVATE SITES THAT MEET THE VARIED NEEDS AND PREFERENCES OF FAMILIES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING FOR CHILD CARE EDUCATORS FROM ALL SETTINGS TO BUILD A STRONG BASE OF KNOWLEDGE IN ALL AREAS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SO CHILDREN ARE READY TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. TRAINING IS ALIGNED WITH CRITERIA FROM THE VQB5 ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND VIRGINIA'S EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

  Expenses $4,832,126 · Grants $3,192,517

• PRENATAL RESOURCES: WHEN BABIES ARE BORN HEALTHY, THEY HAVE A STRONG START FOR OPTIMAL CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. WORKING WITH OB-GYNS, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, CLINICS, AND OTHER HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS, A PRENATAL RESOURCE SPECIALIST TALKS ONE-ON-ONE WITH PREGNANT WOMEN ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND CONCERNS. A VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VERIFIED, COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING IS CONDUCTED AND WOMEN ARE CONNECTED TO HOME VISITATION AND MANY OTHER PRENATAL AND PARENT EDUCATION SERVICES TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY PREGNANCY.

  Expenses $218,776

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,195,462

  Expenses

  $5,149,815

  Contributions

  $5,189,700

  Grants paid

  $3,192,516

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,262,883

  Expenses

  $5,315,349

  Contributions

  $5,255,457

  Grants paid

  $3,340,366

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,163,135

  Expenses

  $4,064,111

  Contributions

  $4,148,973

  Grants paid

  $2,148,994

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,977,351

  Expenses

  $1,880,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $780,053

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,817,324

  Expenses

  $2,540,604

  Assets (EOY)

  $757,534

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $889,385

  Expenses

  $941,713

  Assets (EOY)

  $361,827

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $981,279

  Expenses

  $958,854

  Assets (EOY)

  $370,775

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $834,941

  Expenses

  $800,125

  Assets (EOY)

  $301,018

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $627,262

  Expenses

  $608,916

  Assets (EOY)

  $255,907

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $715,168

  Expenses

  $721,775

  Assets (EOY)

  $253,133

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $686,156

  Expenses

  $655,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $230,510

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $679,484

  Expenses

  $648,871

  Assets (EOY)

  $223,462

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $364,147

  Assets (EOY)

  $159,872

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• PEAKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $725,269

  2024 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• PRECIOUS JEWELS LLC

  $640,690

  2024 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• PEAKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $590,972

  2023 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT/OUTDOOR LEARNING

• PRECIOUS JEWELS LLC

  $422,958

  2023 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• PEAKE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $403,550

  2022 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT/EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS

• ARMS OF THE KING

  $315,767

  2024 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• GRAND KIDS CHILD CARE CENTER

  $313,039

  2023 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• TICK TOCK AROUND THE CLOCK LLC

  $293,759

  2024 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• WARWICK KIDS ACADEMY OPERATED BY DEE CARE LLC

  $263,785

  2023 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

• TICK TOCK AROUND THE CLOCK LLC

  $262,080

  2023 · CHILD CARE SLOT PAYMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• VIRGINIA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION

  $4,926,185

  2023 · CHILDHOOD/EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• VIRGINIA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION

  $4,785,302

  2024 · CHILDHOOD/EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• VIRGINIA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION

  $3,397,410

  2022 · CHILDHOOD/EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• PENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA

  $26,200

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $18,000

  2024 · EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS

• BERNARDINE FRANCISCAN SISTERS FOUNDATION INC

  $15,000

  2022 · SEE STMT 29 SEC IV

• PENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA

  $11,174

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA

  $7,490

  2023 · To partner with UWVP in creating Pathways out of Poverty

• UNITED WAY OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA

  $7,163

  2024 · To partner with UWVP in creating Pathways out of Poverty

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $5,700

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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