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← STEPSTONE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STEPSTONE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,399,686
Total expenses
$1,132,134
Contributions and grants received
$1,372,413
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,285
Investment income
$10,493
Other revenue
$1,495
Total assets, end of year
$1,013,300
Total liabilities, end of year
$77,746
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$935,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$866,081
Management and general expenses
$152,742
Fundraising expenses
$113,311
Program service expenses (Part III)
$866,081

Program services were 76.5% 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)

    $1,030,632

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $341,781

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $15,285 · related or exempt $15,285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,339 · excluded $8,339

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $36,562

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

    securities $34,408

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,154

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,154 · excluded $2,154

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,495 · related or exempt $1,495

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,495

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $42,282 · program services $9,624 · management and general $24,866 · fundraising $7,792

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $586,998 · program services $493,287 · management and general $28,333 · fundraising $65,378

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $116,769 · program services $88,413 · management and general $13,556 · fundraising $14,800

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,526 · program services $35,994 · management and general $7,809 · fundraising $4,723

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,500 · management and general $12,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,563 · management and general $10,563

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,410 · management and general $1,410

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,367 · program services $120 · management and general $14,105 · fundraising $142

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,229 · program services $2,229

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,002 · program services $12,990 · management and general $18,012

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,919 · program services $14,919

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT ASSISTANCE

    total $115,581 · program services $115,581

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $54,392 · program services $33,338 · management and general $9,188 · fundraising $11,866

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $31,566 · program services $26,339 · management and general $3,580 · fundraising $1,647

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $14,205 · program services $11,536 · management and general $1,845 · fundraising $824

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,825 · program services $21,711 · management and general $6,975 · fundraising $6,139

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $29,722 · end of year $245,917

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $142,800 · end of year $122,662

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,545 · end of year $23,961

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

    $493,183

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

    $356,278

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $153,766 · end of year $136,905

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $273,578 · end of year $308,855

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $175,000 · end of year $175,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,784 · end of year $77,746

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $507 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $417,234 · end of year $630,297

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $253,886 · end of year $305,257

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN 1995, THE ADORERS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AND THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH COLLABORATED TO ESTABLISH NEW HOPE, NOW CALLED STEPSTONE, IN RESPONSE TO A DANGEROUS GAP IN SERVICES FOR WICHITA'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS LEAVING SHORT-TERM SHELTERS. WITHOUT HOUSING OR FINANCIAL RESOURCES, MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN FACED THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND RETURNING TO AN ABUSIVE PARTNER. STEPSTONE CREATED A SOLUTION: TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PAIRED WITH COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES. IN 2016, STEPSTONE EXPANDED FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WICHITA BY BUILDING BLUFFVIEW PLACE, A 28-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX. THIS MASSIVE UNDERTAKING SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED HOUSING CAPACITY AND ALLOWED SURVIVORS TO RECEIVE ON-SITE SUPPORT IN A SAFE, SECURE ENVIRONMENT. TODAY, STEPSTONE OFFERS 34 HOUSING UNITS. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE ADVOCACY, SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, DIRECT ASSISTANCE, AND SURVIVOR-FOCUSED EVENTS DESIGNED TO FOSTER COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STEPSTONE RESPONDS TO THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO NURTURE LIVES OF STABILITY AND HOPE. OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE MOTIVATED BY THE GOD-GIVEN DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON. STEPSTONE IS A COLLABORATIVE MINISTRY OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH AND THE ADORERS OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OIN FISCAL YEAR 2025, STEPSTONE PROVIDED 34,581 SAFE BED NIGHTS TO SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN HOUSING. 1,957 INSTANCES OF LEGAL AND VICTIMS' RIGHTS ASSISTANCE WERE PROVIDED BY OUR ADVOCATE AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE. IN ALL, 1,995 SURVIVORS WERE SERVED THROUGH HOUSING, ADVOCACY, SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING, DIRECT ASSISTANCE, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, AND OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $866,081 · Revenue $16,780

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sr Geraldine Riendeau Csj

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Snedden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Candace Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Giroux

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joshua Steward

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sr Therese Wetta Asc

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wesley Marr Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shi-Metri Slaughter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Hubbard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandon Moreno

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason West

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $94,519
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $74,563
    Other
    $19,956
    Hours/week
    32

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.

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.

  • DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC

    501(C)(3) · WORK TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF POOR, ABUSED AND NEGLECTED OF THE COMMUNITY. · KS

    Directly controlled by HILLTOP ASPIRES INC

  • HILLTOP ASPIRES INC

    501(C)(3) · OVERSEES THE GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS OF SPONSORED MINISTRIES. · KS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610899349301461

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