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Filing year 2024

STARTX

Palo Alto, California·EIN 45-4308444·NTEE S43 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building·3
Total revenue
$2.7M
Total assets
$7.8M
Total expenses
$4.3M
Reported officers
13
Mission

STARTX IS A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHOSE MISSION IS TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-POTENTIAL, STANFORD ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CHOSEN TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NO LONGER PRIMARILY RUN BY STANFORD STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S GROWTH REQUIRES EXPERTISE OF A MORE DIVERSE SET OF INDIVIDUALS TO ENSURE SUCCESS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

CEO (thru 12/2024)
$566k
$603k
Base
$556k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Head of Bus Devel & Ptrshps
highest compensated employee
$169k
$180k
Base
$158k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Chairman of the Board/president
board chair
$163k
$174k
Base
Bonus
Other
$163k
Benefits
Head of Operations & Finance
officer (unspecified)
$147k
$156k
Director of Programs
highest compensated employee
$128k
$136k
Chief Technology Officer
highest compensated employee
$118k
$126k
Chief Marketing Officer
highest compensated employee
$116k
$124k
Director
officer (unspecified)
$94k
$100k
People Ops Mgr/secretary
secretary (operational)
$90k
$96k
Dir. of Admissions/secretary
secretary (operational)
$42k
$45k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 3 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Top compensation, year by year

From $183k in 2023 to $566k in 2024.

$183k
2023
$566k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 200% in real terms$201k to $603k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, 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

STARTX reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.8M
$2.3M
2023
$2.7M
$4.3M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Community Improvement & Capacity Building executives earn in California

Comparable community improvement & capacity building organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $95,054.

25th percentile
$42k
Median
$95,054
75th percentile
$159k
90th percentile
$256k

These are community improvement & capacity building sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 255 organizations across 255 filings (2021 – 2023).

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