Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$3,655,351

Total expenses

$3,488,779

Contributions and grants received

$3,974,416

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$60,392

Other revenue

-$379,457

Total assets, end of year

$2,787,585

Total liabilities, end of year

$152,950

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,634,635

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,858,459

Management and general expenses

$218,048

Fundraising expenses

$412,272

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,858,459

Program services were 81.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• TEEN PROGRAMS: STEP UP SUPPORTS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND THOSE WHO IDENTIFY WITH GIRLHOOD AGES 14-18 THROUGH AN EVIDENCED BASED TWELVE-WEEK AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM OFFERS SPECIALIZED CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMMING AND LEVERAGES A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LENS TO HELP GIRLS EXPLORE CAREER INTERESTS, GAIN EXPOSURE TO VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND BEGIN TO BUILD A CAREER PATH. DURING THE SUMMER, STEP UP ALSO OFFERS THREE WEEKS OF POWERFUL CAREER PREP IN CONJUNCTION WITH STEP UP CORPORATE PARTNERS WHO HOST CAREER CONNECTED AND EXPERENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICPATION IN STEP UP, 83% REPORTED INCREASED CAREER-READINESS, 81% REPORTED INCREASED CONNECTEDNESS, AND 78% OF YOUNG ADULTS REPORTED INCREASED CONFIDENCE.

  Expenses $1,305,848

• YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS: STEP UP SUPPORTS YOUNG WOMEN AND THOSE WHO IDENTFY WITH WOMANHOOD AGES 18-29 AS THEY TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND NAVIGATE THEIR POST SECONDARY PURSUITS. WE FOCUS ON HELPING THEM TO FURTHER HONE THE SKILLS THEY WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE WORKFORCE, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE MENTORING MODEL PAIRS YOUNG WOMEN WITH PROFESSIONAL MENTORS FOR STRUCTURED INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER COACHING, OFFERED MENTOR SUPPORTED SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDED CAREER FOCUSED FLASH MENTORING. AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICPATION IN STEP UP, 100% REPORTED INCREASED CAREER-READINESS, 97% OF YOUNG ADULTS REPORTED INCREASED CONFIDENCE, AND 86% REPORTED INCREASED CONNECTEDNESS.

  Expenses $728,284

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: STEP UP'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPS AND FOSTERS SUSTAINED STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS THAT ARE BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL IN REACH. THEY ENSURE SUCCESSFUL ENGAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. IN THE COMING YEARS, STEP UP'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WILL SEEK TO ENGAGE MORE STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHILE DEEPENING OUR IMPACT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE AND SERVE. DURING THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR, STEP UP PARTNERED WITH 35 SCHOOLS AND LEVERAGED 43 TRAINED PROFESSIONALS TO DELIVER OUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS

  Expenses $458,182

• MEMBER PROGRAMS: STEP UP IS ABLE TO DELIVER A HIGH LEVEL OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, CAREER PREPARATION, AND MENTORSHIP THROUGH ITS NETWORK OF HIGHLY ENGAGED MENTORS. STEP UP UR MEMBER PROGRAMS HELP THE ORGANIZATION RECRUIT NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL LEVERAGE THEIR RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF STEP UP GIRLS. FUELED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL PEOPLE POWER, STEP UP ENSURES ALL GIRLS ARE ON THE PATHWAY TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCHOOL AND POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS AND HAVE THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION, OPPORTUNITIES, AND RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP THEM PURSUE AND ACHIEVE THEIR UNIQUE DREAMS OF SUCCESS. IN 2025, MORE THAN 600 STEP UP MENTORS REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES AND BACKGROUNDS BROUGHT A DEPTH AND DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO STEP UP GIRLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $366,145

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

20 July 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202632029349300048

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