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Filing year 2023

Start Early

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 36-3186328·3
Total revenue
$134.9M
Total assets
$129.4M
Total expenses
$113.8M
Reported officers
46
Mission

Start Early advances quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to help close the opportunity gap.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Operating Officer
$407k
$451k
Base
$384k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Chief Development Officer
$366k
$406k
Base
$307k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$45k
Executive Director, Ffyf
$352k
$390k
Base
$279k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$56k
Executive Dir, Illinois Until 3/24
highest compensated employee
$350k
$387k
Base
$281k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$53k
Senior Vice President Until 8/23
senior vice president
$341k
$378k
Base
$208k
Bonus
Other
$100k
Benefits
$24k
Chief Financial Officer
$319k
$353k
Base
$269k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$34k
Executive Director, Eln
$301k
$333k
Base
$264k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$21k
Chief Policy & Res Off. Until 6/24
highest compensated employee
$292k
$324k
Base
$269k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k
Chief Marketing Officer
key employee
$278k
$308k
Base
$260k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$2k
Executive Director, Ell
$248k
$274k
Base
$191k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$44k
Vp, Strategy & Impact
vice president
$243k
$269k
Base
$200k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$31k
Vp, Information Technology
vice president
$220k
$244k
Base
$206k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$3k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 34 unpaid individuals.

Up 17%
from 2022

From $348k in 2022 to $407k in 2023.

$348k
2022
$407k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 13% in real terms$398k to $451k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Start Early reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$120.1M
$108.1M
2022
$134.9M
$113.8M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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