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EIN 47-4246490 KANSAS CITY, MO

Revenue 2023
$800,047
Expenses 2023
$830,940

Program services were 70.7% 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
5546 TROOST AVE

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 · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION: PARTNERING WITH PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Activities or mission (Part I)

START AT ZERO'S MISSION IS PARTNERING WITH PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

  • FAMILY VISITING: A CERTIFIED PARENT EDUCATOR CERTIFIED IN THE PARENTS AS TEACHERS CURRICULUM VISITS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGES 0-5 TO COACH PARENTS ON HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES THAT LEAD TO INCREASED PARENT EMPOWERMENT, FAMILY STABILITY, AND WELL BEING.FAMILY VISITS ARE COMPLETED AT SCHOOLS, HOMES, CLINICS, AND/OR IN OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AND THE PROGRAM IS MODELED TO RETAIN FLEXIBILITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE PARENTS ARE IN THE PARENTING CONTINUUM AND TAYLOR SERVICES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. FAMILY VISITING HAS A MENU OF AVAILABLE SERVICES, INCLUDING SHORT AND LONG-TERM HOME VISITING, DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS, AND EXTENSIVE GUIDED REFERRAL AND RESOURCE CONNECTIONS. FAMILY VISITS CAN BE COMPLETED VIRTUALLY OR IN-PERSON.

    Expenses $440,393 · Revenue $183,779

  • GROUP CONNECTIONS: GROUP CONNECTIONS ARE ONE OF THE FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE PARENTS AS TEACHERS PROGRAM. FAMILIES WILL LEARN CHILD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION, MEET OTHER FAMILIES WITH SIMILAR AGED CHILDREN AND ENGAGE IN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT CAREGIVER/CHILD INTERACTION.

    Expenses $88,079

  • DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS: PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS CAN COMPLETE A FREE ONLINE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING FOR THEIR CHILD AND RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THE SCREENING FROM A PARENT EDUCATOR WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS. THE SCREENING IS CALLED THE AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRES (ASQS) AND IT EVALUATES 6 DOMAINS: LANGUAGE, GROSS MOTOR (USING ARMS AND LEGS), FINE MOTOR (USING FINGERS AND HANDS), PROBLEM-SOLVING, PERSONAL-SOCIAL AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS. DEPENDING ON THE SCREENING RESULTS, CONNECTIONS CAN BE MADE TO EARLY INTERVENTION, HEALTHCARE, OR OTHER RESOURCES.

    Expenses $58,718

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ariel Griffin

    PRESIDENTS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Linda Adeniji

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stephanie Boydston

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reshida Rone

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karl Phares

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bryan Love

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donta Goodwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anna Jordan-Douglass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Yani Vazquez-Cruz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Catricia Tilford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jumesha Wade

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,251
    From this org
    $85,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $800,047
    Expenses
    $830,940
    Contributions
    $615,032
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $625,126
    Expenses
    $687,877
    Contributions
    $554,537
    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
    $665,632
    Expenses
    $639,528
    Assets (EOY)
    $447,465
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $660,265
    Expenses
    $579,853
    Assets (EOY)
    $316,581
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $787,485
    Expenses
    $773,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $255,773
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $335,413
    Expenses
    $594,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,869
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,608
    Expenses
    $230,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $272,589

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.

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

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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.