2024-11-14T20:21:41-05:00 2023-12-31 273608906 James H Quist CPA PLC 2425 Avon Ave SW Wyoming MI 49519 990 2023-01-01 811987459 Start Garden Inc STAR 40 Pearl Street NW STE 200 Grand Rapids MI 49503 Darel Ross Executive Direc 2024-11-15 true true James H Quist CPA P00958612 6164435344 2024-11-15 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Darel Ross 1291217 false X www.startgarden.com X 2016 MI The mission of Start Garden is to bring together financial, intellectual and social capital to entrepreneurs to empower the startup ecosystem of West Michigan. 9 8 10 10 0 0 610090 262655 1246933 1027157 483 1405 0 1857506 1291217 366400 410031 0 1036581 1030138 0 255212 1012510 962848 2415491 2403017 -557985 -1111800 2309768 1026706 877286 706024 1432482 320682 The mission of Start Garden is to bring together financial, intellectual and social capital to entrepreneurs to empower the startup ecosystem of West Michigan. false false 1884103 410031 1027157 Start Garden works to establish a culture of entrepreneurship and invest into that culture. Start Garden provides physical infrastructure for new busines incubation, services to build an entrepreneurs intellectual capital, events and programs to expand an entrepreneurs social network throughout the business community and build capacity of other organizations supporting entrepreneurs and streamline their participation in the broader system. Start Garden makes available to its entrepreneurs/members both physical space and technology, but also access to relationship, education, mentorships and financial resources. In 2023, Start Garden served 53 members. 1884103 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 132 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false MI X X Paul DeBoer 6166694141 40 Pearl Street NW Suite 200 Grand Rapids MI 49503 Darel Ross Executive DirectorPresident 40.00 0.00 X X 130412 0 21537 Jorge Gonzalez Program Director 40.00 0.00 X 108681 0 18445 Laurie Supinski Program Director 40.00 0.00 X 107588 0 16431 Paul Moore Program Director 40.00 0.00 X 98885 0 20359 Kyama Kitavi Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Renee Williams Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Jones Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Luciano Hernandez Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rob Jandernoa Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Lampen Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeremy DeRoo Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mary ONeil Vice President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 445566 0 76772 3 false true false 262655 262655 User program fees 531120 195782 195782 Local Development Finan 541900 831375 831375 1027157 1405 1405 1291217 1027157 0 1405 78000 78000 332031 332031 793941 591634 91386 110921 27419 20432 3156 3831 149977 111761 17263 20953 58801 43818 6768 8215 732 732 43799 43799 78518 59519 8010 10989 56882 43230 5689 7963 35207 17643 14256 3308 44199 33591 4420 6188 420760 313544 48432 58784 72370 53929 8330 10111 134938 128723 2807 3408 1951 1483 195 273 70910 52841 8162 9907 2582 1924 297 361 2403017 1884103 263702 255212 181657 342446 130924 6688 810000 75000 167238 11794 8335 7085 18500 11300 33467 31694 612824 72125 959647 540699 2309768 1026706 96349 295741 780937 410283 877286 706024 X 622482 245682 810000 75000 1432482 320682 2309768 1026706 -1111800 0 X false true X false false X 2451489 1678945 2322500 610090 262655 7325679 2451489 1678945 2322500 610090 262655 7325679 3283930 4041749 2707 855 557 483 1405 6007 7331686 5775129 0.55130 0.56530 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 179450 66397 113053 14320 5728 8592 419054 419054 540699 1291217 1291217 1291217 2403017 2403017 2403017 true Wimage 3148 Boyes Ave NE Grand Rapids MI 49525 472346906 10000 cash idea winner Andrea Wallace 109 Maplelawn St SW Grand Rapids MI 49548 834606117 10000 cash idea winner Robinsons Popcorn 841 Adams Street Grand Rapids MI 49507 113673315 6000 cash idea winner Luxe Artisan Preserves 3115 Ridges Bend Grand Rapids MI 49546 834710878 10000 cash idea winner Moodful Insights LLC 40 Pearl St NW Grand Rapids MI 49503 934795831 20000 cash idea winner Black Queen Bee LLC 3017 52nd St SE Grand Rapids MI 49512 863476223 6000 cash idea winner 23 Cash awards 107 332031 Cash Monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2) Cash awards are given to winners of best business ideas judged during competitions held during the year. X X X false false false false false false false false false Darel Ross Executive DirectorPresident 126997 3415 5985 15552 151949 Jorge Gonzalez Director X 8335 7085 false true true 7085 Joe Lampen Board member 67680 Rent false Supplemental Information for Schedule L Joe Lampen is on the board of directors of Start Garden and is the DFO of an organization renting space from Start Garden. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 The 990 is reviewed by the executive director and board treasurer and provided to all board members prior to filing. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If the board or committee members determine that a conflict exists, the board chair shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After exercising due diligence, the board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested members whether the transaction or arrangement is in the best interest of the corporation. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.