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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FIRST STEP HOUSING.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,567,940
Total expenses
$5,255,587
Contributions and grants received
$5,566,940
Grants paid
$683,588
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,365,891
Total liabilities, end of year
$541,899
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$823,992
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,081,521
Management and general expenses
$174,066
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,081,521

Program services were 96.7% 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)

    $5,489,618

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $77,322

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $683,588 · program services $683,588

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $184,984 · program services $180,937 · management and general $4,047

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,038,886 · program services $2,972,409 · management and general $66,477

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $236,332 · program services $246,707 · management and general -$10,375

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,371 · program services $31,021 · management and general $14,350

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,188 · management and general $3,188

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $98,864 · program services $71,500 · management and general $27,364

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $64,992 · program services $53,336 · management and general $11,656

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,630 · management and general $20,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,706 · program services $11,800 · management and general $906

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $349,583 · program services $347,740 · management and general $1,843

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $239,810 · program services $233,796 · management and general $6,014

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLIENT ASSISTANCE

    total $234,865 · program services $228,858 · management and general $6,007

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES, FEES AND ADVERTIS

    total $21,358 · management and general $21,358

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    total $19,908 · program services $19,829 · management and general $79

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $522 · management and general $522

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $107,000 · end of year $1,073

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $935,614 · end of year $1,305,472

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,522

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,059 · end of year $59,346

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $430,508 · end of year $511,899

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $116,048

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $30,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $478,039 · end of year $790,392

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,600 · end of year $33,600

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FIRST STEP COMMUNITIES WILL CREATE INTERIM HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. HERE THEY WILL LIVE IN SAFETY AND DIGNITY, RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY REQUIRE, AND TAKE A FIRST-STEP AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND PERMANENT HOUSING.

  • THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAS ESTABLISHED THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL CALLING FOR HOUSING CLIENTS FIRST AND PROVIDING WRAP AROUND SERVICES. THE HUD RECOMMENDED EMPHASIS REMAINS PLACING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN PERMANENT HOUSING AND COORDINATING ACCESS TO REQUIRED SERVICES.FIRST STEP COMMUNITIES (FSC) CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE HUD MODEL AND ENDEAVORS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE PRACTICAL APPLICATION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GAP BETWEEN SECURED FUNDING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PERSISTED AGAIN THROUGH 2022. OUR TARGETED POPULATIONS, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ADULTS, PROVE TO BE THE LEAST LIKELY TO LOCATE HOUSING AND SERVICES. THE OVERALL MISSION OF FIRST STEP COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO BE TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND SERVICES TO THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION. IN DOING THIS, FSC AND ITS MANY COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS WILL HELP THE TARGET GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE INTERIM SERVICES PROVIDED. OUR DESIRED OUTCOME REMAINS TO PREPARE THIS POPULATION FOR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL AND PRIORITIZE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING. FSC HAS INCREASED ITS EMPHASIS ON BRINGING SHELTER AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES MODELS TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE GROWING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CRISIS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2022 INCLUDE:FSC EMPHASIS AND GROWTH DURING 2022 WAS IN THE AREA OF EXPANDING COLLABORATIVE SERVICES AS THE COVID PANDEMIC STARTED TO WIND DOWN. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER ONE EFFORT WAS TO KEEP ALL CLIENTS, MANY MEDICALLY VULNERABLE, SAFE FROM THE PANDEMIC. PLANS TO TEST, HANDLE OUTBREAKS AND WORK WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES WERE IN EFFECT AND CONSTANTLY MONITORED FOR NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS. AT THE NORTH A STREET CAMPUS, SHELTER AND SERVICES (COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO DHA CONTRACT), BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPING SOME IN-HOUSE TRAINING WORKSHOPS CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY. AT THE GROVE - EMERGENCY BRIDGE HOUSING FOR TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, PLANS WERE INITIATED TO EXPAND THE SITE FROM 24 CABINS TO 50 BY 2023. GROUND WAS BROKEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND EFFORTS BEGAN ON DEVELOPMENT. AT THE SAFEGROUND SACRAMENTO FACILITY, THE SITE WAS RELOCATED TO A MORE APPROPRIATE SITE IN MILLER PARK. THE SANCTIONED TENT ENCAMPMENT WAS FENCED AND GATED, PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM UNWELCOME GUESTS. AT ALL FSC FACILITIES, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE A 24-HOUR X 365 PROGRAMS WITH SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS. ALL SITES PROVIDE MEALS, SHOWERS AND SANITATION.

    Expenses $5,081,521 · Grants $683,588 · Revenue $5,566,940

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Knowlton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Bob Erlenbusch

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brian Ridgway

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kerrin West

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Diane Wolfe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Watters

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,318
    From this org
    $111,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $443
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joseph Pacheco

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $72,666
    From this org
    $72,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $443
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343189349312784

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