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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STEP BY STEP INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,074,998
Total expenses
$2,848,930
Contributions and grants received
$3,031,495
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$43,492
Investment income
$11
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,398,268
Total liabilities, end of year
$372,960
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,025,308
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,739,451
Management and general expenses
$109,479
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,739,451

Program services were 96.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,362,203

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $669,292

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES

    total $43,492 · related or exempt $43,492

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11 · excluded $11

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $103,846 · program services $80,189 · management and general $23,657

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,485,925 · program services $1,485,925

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,234 · program services $40,428 · management and general $806

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $90,398 · program services $90,398

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $132,966 · program services $130,547 · management and general $2,419

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $53,402 · program services $45,211 · management and general $8,191

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,571 · management and general $33,571

  • 17 · Travel

    total $53,688 · program services $47,435 · management and general $6,253

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,860 · program services $4,549 · management and general $2,311

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,450 · management and general $20,450

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS

    total $527,390 · program services $527,390

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $28,242 · program services $24,913 · management and general $3,329

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $78,967 · program services $71,486 · management and general $7,481

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $40,617 · program services $40,617

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $150,374 · program services $150,363 · management and general $11

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $558,393 · end of year $580,761

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $417,493 · end of year $481,801

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $142,655 · end of year $143,547

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,481 · end of year $4,763

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $193,842

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $95,625

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,756 · end of year $98,217

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $119,023 · end of year $89,179

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $358,538 · end of year $283,781

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $119,023 · end of year $89,179

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $788,240 · end of year $1,016,808

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,000 · end of year $8,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS IN KINDRED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN WV THROUGH DIALOGUE, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, WELLNESS, LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND RESOURCES AND SERVICE. NATIONAL VISTA AND 21ST CENTURY ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS.

  • WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS, WEST VIRGINIA DEPT OF ED., OFFICE OF CHILD NUTRITION TO FEED CHILDREN DURING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WV DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY COUNCIL; GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY INITIATIVE, UNITED WAY OF THE THREE RIVERS, AND TOYOTA FOUNDATION ALL SUPPORTED OUR ANTI BULLYING INITIATIVE, AND GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY AND OTHER STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS FUNDED OUR ARTS, MUSIC AND YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER, AS WELL AS LOCAL FOUNDATIONS FUNDING OUR GROW APPALACHIA PROGRAM IN BIG UGLY AND OTHER PARTNER AREAS.

    Expenses $1,155,916

  • WEST VIRGINIA DREAMERS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM (21ST CENTURY) AND SCHOOL PARTNERS WE SUPPORT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE POOREST COMMUNITIES OF LINCOLN AND LOGAN COUNTIES DURING OUT OF SCHOOL TIME BY MEETING THEIR ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, PREVENTION, AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP NEEDS. OUR SITES ALSO OFFER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES, FAMILY EDUCATION EVENTS AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS. OUR SCHOOL PARTNERS HAVE VERIFIED THAT 80% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS IMPROVED IN GRADES AND/OR MASTERY LEVELS ON SCHOOL ASSESSMENTS.

    Expenses $992,449

  • NATIONAL VISTA THE WV DREAMERS COLLABORATIVE, BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION NON PROFITS, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITIES AND A GRASS ROOTS COMMUNITY FUND RAISING COLLABORATIVE TO SERVE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHERN COALFIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA. VISTA MEMBERS FOCUS EFFORTS ON DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING PROGRAMS TARGETING YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 12 TO 18 AND THE ADULTS WHO SUPPORT THEM. PROJECT GOALS CENTER ON PREVENTING SCHOOL DROPOUT, INCERASING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, DELAYING AND PREVENTING RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS, AS WELL AS DEEPENING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CORE PROGRAMS AND INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS TO SERVE AND SUPPORT ADOLESCENTS THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM CHILDHOOD TO INDEPENDENT ADULTHOOD. VISTAS ALSO WORK ON GARDENING AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVES AND SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH FACING CHALLENGES OF CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE AND RACIAL JUSTICE.

    Expenses $349,898

  • CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM STEP BY STEP ALSO WORKS WITH COMMUNITES TO ORGANIZE AND EXPAND AFTER SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS INCLUDING ARRANGING FOR TRANSPORTATION, RECRUITING STAFF, AND COORDINATING THE ORDERING OF OFFICE OF CHILD NUTRITION APPROVED FOOD. EACH OF THE INVOLVED SITES EXPANDED RECRUITMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDED SUPPER AND SNACK TO THE COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF FREE AND REDUCED MEALS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTIES. WE ARE ALSO PILOTING FARM TO AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE FRESH, LOCAL FOOD TO STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $241,188

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael L Farmer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $103,846
    From this org
    $103,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ron Sowell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Price

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice Faucett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Stollings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenn Croteau

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Pushkin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Walters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley James

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601339349304000

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