Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2025 $35,036,067 $15,566,122 $11,377,148 View 2024 $30,944,466 $14,853,086 $11,218,136 View 2023 $27,580,194 $14,803,940 $9,963,875 View 2022 $22,795,428 $12,452,916 $7,473,754 View 2021 $17,380,023 $8,984,855 $5,429,291 View 2020 $13,316,923 $6,773,378 $5,481,881
Prior year filings: 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Yasmina Vinci EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR $494,784 Robin Essandoh CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER $324,278 Deborah Bergeron DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INNOV $307,528 Laura A Henry SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CONFERENCES AND PROFESSIONAL DE $223,808 Thomas Sheridan DEPUTY DIRECTOR $218,897 Timothy Oppenheim CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER $206,154 Victoria Jones SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DATA $170,903 Robert J Bissen SENIOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $167,733 Blair Hyatt SENIOR DIRECTOR OF STATE AFFAIRS $155,595
More + Less – Grant Activity Grants Received
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $8,356,247 Number of Grants: 124 Number of Funders: 61 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $700,000 2024 Gates Foundation EARLY LEARNING $400,000 2022 Gates Foundation to support the development of a data lake to analyze Head Start program and grantee data $400,000 2021 Pritzker Family Foundation C/o Pritzker Group BUILDING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT $390,000 2023 Pritzker Family Foundation C/o Pritzker Group BUILDING EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ON IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT $300,000 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation To provide general operating support to the National Head Start Association. $200,000 2021 Pritzker Family Foundation C/o Pritzker Group BUILDING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT $200,000 2020 The Ford Foundation Core support for its 55TH Anniversary Celebration $175,000 2021 Pritzker Family Foundation C/o Pritzker Group BUILDING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT $90,000 2020 Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation Gardens – Other $76,950 2020 American Heart Association, Inc. Childhood obesity $40,850 2021 American Heart Association, Inc. CHILDHOOD OBESITY $33,235 2022 Pritzker Family Foundation C/o Pritzker Group BUILDING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT $30,000 2021 Goodnation Foundation Futhering he mission of the Org $25,428 2022 American Online Giving Foundation Inc GENERAL SUPPORT $25,000 2021 The Winston-Salem Foundation 1 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES $25,000 2020 The Winston-Salem Foundation 1 GRANT(S) FOR VARYING PURPOSES $20,000 2024 The William C Bullitt Foundation Inc CHILDREN/COMMUNITY SERVICES $20,000 2023 The William C Bullitt Foundation Inc CHILDREN/COMMUNITY SERVICES $20,000 2022 The William C Bullitt Foundation Inc CHILDREN/COMMUNITY SERVICES $20,000 2021 The William C Bullitt Foundation Inc CHILDREN/COMMUNITY SERVICES $20,000 2020 The William C Bullitt Foundation Inc CHILDREN/COMMUNITY SERVICES $18,000 2023 The Escoll-Lubeck Charitable Foundation Inc CHARITABLE $15,977 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. EDUCATION $12,500 2023 Seldin-Haring-Smith Foundation Head Start Community College Co-Location Project $11,000 2023 Trustees of Tufts College SUBCONTRACT GRANT AWARD
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $6,500 Number of Grants: 1 Number of Recipients: 1 
