Start Early

Chicago, Illinois
EIN 36-3186328
Tax-exempt since 1982

Firms paid: 7
Fees reported, 2020–2024: $880K
Fees reported in 2024: $252K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $134.9M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$252,304 to 2 fundraisers

Fundraisers Start Early paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Winterbridge LLCPaid media agency running paid search ads for our donor acqu	Paid media agency running paid search ads for our donor acqu	$212,500
Daigneault Digital LLCFundraising consultant who provides strategic and creative s	Fundraising consultant who provides strategic and creative s	$39,804

All firms paid

Fundraisers Start Early reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Winterbridge LLC	2023–2024 · 2 years	$429,099
For Momentum	2023	$283,440
Unbundled	2020	$60,000
Purpose Unites	2022	$51,000
Daigneault Digital LLC	2024	$39,804
Berger Hirshberg	2022	$17,078

Form 990 Snapshot

Start Early's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2023	$134.9M	$129.3M	$2.9M	$500K
2022	$120.1M	$116.1M	$2.2M	$68K
2021	$92.1M	$86.0M	$2.2M	—
2020	$70.5M	$67.8M	$2.4M	$68K
2018	$66.6M	$64.4M	$2.3M	—
2017	$56.1M	$53.6M	$2.2M	$0K

Fees are what Start Early reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.