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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by IN HIS STEPS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,875,353
Total expenses
$8,515,378
Contributions and grants received
$4,788,463
Grants paid
$7,892,184
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,910,505
Other revenue
$176,385
Total assets, end of year
$45,389,579
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,339,311
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$40,050,268
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,261,364
Management and general expenses
$222,462
Fundraising expenses
$31,552
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,261,364

Program services were 97.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,788,463

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,364,497

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $699,629 · excluded $699,629

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $176,385 · excluded $176,385

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,331,782 · other assets $89,868

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,210,774 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,121,008 · other assets $89,868

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,210,876 · excluded $2,210,876

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,892,184 · program services $7,892,184

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $151,860 · program services $110,858 · management and general $27,334 · fundraising $13,668

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $90,233 · program services $65,870 · management and general $16,242 · fundraising $8,121

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,138 · program services $30,761 · management and general $7,585 · fundraising $3,792

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,156 · program services $13,984 · management and general $3,448 · fundraising $1,724

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,713 · program services $12,201 · management and general $3,008 · fundraising $1,504

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,988 · management and general $7,988

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $111,594 · management and general $111,594

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,473 · management and general $27,473

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,821 · program services $15,821

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,580 · program services $9,945 · management and general $423 · fundraising $212

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,132 · program services $27,513 · management and general $338 · fundraising $281

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,967 · program services $5,225 · management and general $1,045 · fundraising $697

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $275 · management and general $275

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,193 · program services $1,645 · management and general $329 · fundraising $219

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECT

    total $27,726 · program services $26,588 · management and general $861 · fundraising $277

  • 24b · Other expenses: FALL FOCUS ON GIVING

    total $27,241 · program services $27,241

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $3,498 · program services $2,623 · management and general $525 · fundraising $350

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND SHIPPING

    total $914 · program services $914

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,692 · program services $17,991 · management and general $1,994 · fundraising $707

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $616,548 · end of year $1,777,476

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

    $3,154

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

    $3,154

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $41,569,600 · end of year $42,227,463

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,984,915 · end of year $1,384,640

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $63,902

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,857,858 · end of year $5,275,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,313,205 · end of year $40,050,268

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE AND TEACH CHRISTLIKE STEWARDSHIP WHICH BECOMES THE BASIS FOR PERSONAL GIVING AND ESTATE PLANNING; TO ALSO PROVIDE A PRUDENTLY MANAGED REPOSITORY FOR CAPITAL, INVESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTION TO MINISTRIES PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O HELP PEOPLE DISCOVER GODS PLAN OF STEWARDSHIP FOR THEIR WEALTH AND IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN THROUGH UTILIZING ALL THE BENEFITS OF A LOW-COST PUBLIC FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS MINISTRIES. HELP FAMILIES START AND USE A FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND FOR CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPY. HELP CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES START AND GROW AN ENDOWMENT FOR THEIR FUTURE STABILITY. GROW OUR INVESTMENTS USING CAREFULLY SELECTED PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS SUPERVISED BY THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. ANNUALLY MAKE GRANTS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TO CAREFULLY SELECTED N.E. OHIO CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES. EQUIP GODS PEOPLE IN BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP THROUGH TEACHING, PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND PRIVATE COUNSELING. OFFER AND ADMINISTER PLANNED FUTURE GIFTS THAT PROVIDE CURRENT TAX-WISE BENEFITS TO DONORS. PARTNER WITH LIKE-MINDED LEGAL, CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER COLLABORATIVE RESOURCES FOR MUTUAL ENRICHMENT.

    Expenses $8,261,364 · Grants $7,892,184

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Alder

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Beckett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Duross

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Geisse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Petek

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Warner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Lee

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $151,860
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,860
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,260
    Filer's total
    $151,860

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513039349301106

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