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MOM STARTS HERE INC

EIN 81-1682516 SCHENECTADY, NY

Largest nonprofits in New York

Revenue 2024
$235,254
Expenses 2024
$232,453

Program services were 83.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
302 LAFAYETTE STREET

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

Mission

MOM STARTS HERE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING ALBANY, RENSSELAER, AND SCHENECTADY COUNTIES. WE CONNECT WOMEN IN UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES, YOUNG MOMS, AND FAMILIES IN NEED TO THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE LOOK TO MEED THEIR NEEDS, EMPOWER THEM, AND ASSIST THEM IN THEIR PARENTING JOURNEY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT WOMEN IN UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES, YOUNG MOMS, AND FAMILIES IN NEED TO THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

  • DIAPER ASSISTANCE: FAMILIES ARE PROVIDED A MONTHLY SUPPLY OF DIAPERS FOR EACH DIAPER-WEARING CHILD, DELIVERED IN THE MAIL ONCE A MONTH. DURING 2021, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED OVER 100,000 DIAPERS FOR 370 FAMILIES. THE DIAPER PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY.

    Expenses $5,266

  • BABY ITEMS: PARENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SAFE SLEEPING (PACK N PLAY) AND TRAVEL (CAR SEAT) ESSENTIALS ARE PROVIDED WITH THEM. THEY ALSO RECEIVE BABY ITEMS AND ACCESSORIES SUCH AS GENTLY USED CLOTHING, BLANKETS, HATS, SOCKS, SHOES, CHAIRS, SWINGS, NURSING ESSENTIALS, BOTTLES, AND MORE. DURING 2021, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED $6,000 WORTH OF BABY CLOTHING AND GENTLY USES BABY ITEMS AND OVER $12,000 WORTH OF CAR SEATS AND PACK N PLAYS.

    Expenses $27,934

  • COACHING & RESOURCE NAVIGATION: CLIENTS MEET WITH A CARE COORDINATOR TO DISCUSS NEEDS, GOALS, AND SETBACKS. COACHING IS DONE WITH THE CLIENT TO SET ACTIONABLE STEPS TOWARDS GOALS, PROVIDE REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND EMPOWER CLIENTS WITH MINDSET SHIFTS. CARE COORDINATORS WORK TO GET A HOLISTIC VIEW OF CLIENT NEEDS AS INDIVIDUALS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.PARENT EDUCATION: PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES ARE CONDUCTED IN FAMILY, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHELTERS, AS WELL AS ONE ON ONE FOR INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS. COURSES AVAILABLE ARE INFANT 101 (NEWBORN-2 YEARS), TODDLER BASICS (2-4 YEARS), AND EARLY CHILDHOOD (5-7 YEARS).COMMUNITY BABY SHOWERS: BABY SHOWERS ARE HELD IN ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY LOCATIONS WITHIN ALBANY, RENSSELAER, AND SCHENECTADY COUNTIES. SHOWERS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WHERE EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN 0-5 ARE PROVIDED WITH GENTLY USED BABY CLOTHES AND BABY ITEMS.

    Expenses $161,280

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.

  • Kyla Schmidt

    FORMER VICE CHAIR/EXECUTIV

    Total calculated
    $76,576
    From this org
    $76,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Maureen Nicholson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laurie Ballard

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Victoria Hostig

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Annie Finn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Angelica De La Cruz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alissa Ballard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jenniger Massey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Yolanda Kirby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
    $235,254
    Expenses
    $232,453
    Contributions
    $235,254
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $228,381
    Expenses
    $305,367
    Contributions
    $228,340
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $285,457
    Expenses
    $313,387
    Contributions
    $285,443
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $130,996
    Expenses
    $83,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,448

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Kyla Schmidt
Mailing address
154 N Lake AveTroy NY 12180
Website
www.momstartshere.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.