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Home Start Inc

San Diego, California · EIN 95-3138268 · Crime & Legal-Related · tax-exempt since 1977

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 75.6 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 1,482 crime & legal-related nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.10.1 months92
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.80% of practices80
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.43
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.88% from one source63
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.94.6%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.3%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.05not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$12.48M$11.65M$822K$9.76M10.1256B
Jun 2024Form 990$12.55M$12.73M−$182K$8.80M8.3158B
Jun 2023Form 990$12.06M$11.39M$676K$8.86M9.3173B
Jun 2022Form 990$12.37M$10.57M$1.80M$8.12M9.2158B
Jun 2021Form 990$11.23M$10.23M$1.01M$6.66M7.8127B
Jun 2020Form 990$8.16M$7.68M$487K$5.33M8.3121A
Jun 2019Form 990$5.73M$5.67M$59K$4.83M10.2117A
Jun 2018Form 990$5.96M$6.08M−$129K$4.75M9.4117A
Jun 2017Form 990$6.43M$6.79M−$363K$4.86M8.6128A
Jun 2016Form 990$6.86M$6.83M$25K$5.14M9.0144A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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