Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,538,238
- Total expenses
- $5,091,775
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,217,578
- Grants paid
- $18,929
- Program service revenue
- $25,689
- Investment income
- $360,115
- Other revenue
- -$65,144
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,662,390
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,396,441
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $13,265,949
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,992,104
- Management and general expenses
- $551,910
- Fundraising expenses
- $547,761
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,992,104
Program services were 78.4% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$1,951,552
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$156,753
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,109,273
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$101,892
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2a · Program service revenue: YMCA/summer tuition
total $25,689 · related or exempt $25,689
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3 · Investment income
total $360,115 · excluded $360,115
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$474,201
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$1,951,552
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$539,345
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$65,144 · excluded -$65,144
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $18,929 · program services $18,929
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $188,102 · program services $74,981 · management and general $48,182 · fundraising $64,939
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,794,525 · program services $2,326,909 · management and general $126,739 · fundraising $340,877
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,021 · program services $15,132 · management and general $1,515 · fundraising $2,374
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $385,247 · program services $348,981 · management and general $11,259 · fundraising $25,007
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $266,641 · program services $217,004 · management and general $14,914 · fundraising $34,723
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $137,073 · management and general $137,073
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11g · Fees: other
total $217,036 · program services $71,999 · management and general $141,902 · fundraising $3,135
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13 · Office expenses
total $106,237 · program services $46,042 · management and general $45,846 · fundraising $14,349
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14 · Information technology
total $48,941 · program services $24,362 · management and general $9,756 · fundraising $14,823
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16 · Occupancy
total $361,894 · program services $339,122 · management and general $9,735 · fundraising $13,037
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $151,266 · program services $140,705 · management and general $3,025 · fundraising $7,536
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23 · Insurance
total $95,600 · program services $88,727 · management and general $1,964 · fundraising $4,909
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24a · Other expenses: Program activities
total $265,999 · program services $265,999
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24b · Other expenses: Event expenses
total $22,052 · fundraising $22,052
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24c · Other expenses: Transportation
total $13,212 · program services $13,212
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,824,056 · end of year $1,056,405
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,769,783 · end of year $1,001,246
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $11,827 · end of year $2,324
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $32,377 · end of year $55,369
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,334,370
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,904,275
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,574,493 · end of year $5,430,095
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $7,234,520 · end of year $7,116,951
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $230,510 · end of year $1,026,031
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $296,505 · end of year $215,167
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $26,043 · end of year $26,043
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $68,600 · end of year $129,200
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,065,028 · end of year $9,484,531
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,760,370 · end of year $3,781,418
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Small Steps' mission is to provide an exemplary early childhood program to instill and foster the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual growth of economically at-risk children and their families.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To provide an exemplary early childhood program to Houston's economically at-risk children and their families at no charge which includes high-quality education, nutritious meals, transport to and from school, supplies, and social/emotional therapy.
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The nurturing environment of Small Steps provides students with a strong academic program and attention to the needs of the whole child. During the 2023-2024 school year, Small Steps provided the following at no charge to 187 economically at-risk and inner-city children: highly qualified and committed teachers who inspire learning; small classes that allow relationships to be nurtured; academic environments that are enriching and encourage children's imaginations; an innovative social-emotional curriculum that fosters self-esteem and respect; meals that meet daily nutritional needs; staff-driven vans that provide dependable transportation to and from school; and an environment where each person is treated as a unique creation and deserving of God's grace.
Expenses $3,992,104 · Grants $18,929 · Revenue $25,689
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Annette Mullins
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jeremy Goebel
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brooks Despot
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tom Bastian
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Haley Boehm
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Cameron R Brown
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
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Karen David-Green
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Greg Davis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Bob Duran
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Alicia Fertitta
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John F Griffin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Britt Jung
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Dawn Krieg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Laura Mullervy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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R Linda Alonzo Saenz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Julie P Samson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Stephanie Sauer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Emily Sheeren
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Bryan Stahl
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Nazareth Tekeste
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Ana M Schick
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $165,470
- From this org
- $128,038
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,432
- Hours/week
- 50 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $123,038
- Bonus
- $5,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,432
- Filer's total
- $165,470
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 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 7
- The Executive Director's performance-based bonus was approved by the Board of Directors.
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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Small Steps Nurturing Center Fndn
501(c)(3) · Support Small Steps Nurturing Center · TX · controlled entity
Directly controlled by Small Steps Nurturing Center
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202541359349306159
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