Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

Start Garden LLC

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
DBA: % DAREL ROSS
Community Development · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · EIN 81-1987459
OverviewMoney InMoney OutPeopleAuditsPositionsInterviewEndorsements

About

The mission of start garden is to bring together financial, intellectual, and social capital to entrepreneurs to empower the startup ecosystem of WEST michigan.

In care of Darel ROSS

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Community Development
Employees
18
Volunteers
10

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$4.5M
Expenses
$3.1M
Assets
$2.2M
Liabilities
$437K

Financial history

$4.5M$2.2M$0
18192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $4.5M · Avg: $3.2M

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
—
Lobbying
—
Grants Given
$950K
START GARDEN LLC
Your actions
Represent this organization? Claim this page — free.

Address

2 Fulton Street W STE 200
Grand Rapids, MI, 49503-265

Governance

Voting board members8
Independent members7
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo
Public records
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer ↗
Full 990 PDFs going back to 2001, plus parsed financial extracts. The easiest place to read actual filings.
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search ↗
IRS-side authoritative source. Confirms current exempt status and pulls the latest determination letter.
These open in a new tab. AllCiv doesn't host filings directly — these are the authoritative public-record sources.