Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$7,102,829

Total expenses

$6,577,678

Contributions and grants received

$7,085,436

Grants paid

$611,222

Program service revenue

$17,384

Investment income

$9

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,059,864

Total liabilities, end of year

$710,721

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,349,143

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$6,306,842

Management and general expenses

$270,836

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$6,306,842

Program services were 95.9% 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 · 2023

• 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 DEMAND PERSISTED AGAIN THROUGH 2023. THE OVERALL MISSION OF FIRST STEP COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO BE TO PROVIDE LOW BARRIER SHELTER AND SERVICES TO THIS VULNERABLE HOMELESS POPULATION. IN DOING THIS, FSC AND ITS NUMEROUS 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 REHOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL AND PRIORITIZE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING. ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2023 INCLUDE:FSC EMPHASIS AND GROWTH DURING 2023 FOCUSED ON EXPANDING COLLABORATIVE SERVICES AND PURSUING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED SHELTERING PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, AN ONGOING EFFORT REMAINED TO KEEP ALL CLIENTS, A MAJORITY MEDICALLY VULNERABLE, SAFE FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE LINGERING PANDEMIC OUTBREAKS AND PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. FSC HAS INCREASED ITS EMPHASIS ON BRINGING SHELTER AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES MODELS TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE GROWING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CRISIS. AT THE NORTH A STREET CAMPUS, BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPING IN-HOUSE TRAINING WORKSHOPS CONTINUED TO BE A PRIORITY. FSC CONDUCTED OUR FIRST FSC HEALTH FAIR DURING 2023 AND INCLUDED TWO DOZEN COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS INCLUDING NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. FSC ADMINISTERED THE HEALTH FAIR OUR NORTH A STREET CAMPUS IN THE RIVER DISTRICT, TARGETING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SHELTER AND LIVING ON THE STREETS OF THE RIVER DISTRICT. FSC ALSO STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH UC DAVIS, BRINGING THE WILLOW CLINIC TO THE NORTH A STREET CAMPUS, WHO ADMINISTER A WEEKLY FREE CLINIC ON SITE PROVIDING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE, OBGYN, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT.AT THE GROVE - EMERGENCY BRIDGE HOUSING FOR TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, STAFF DEVELOPED PLANS EXPANDING THE SITE FROM 24 CABINS TO 50. THIS SECOND PHASE AT THE GROVE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT ISSUE AND THE EXPANDED SITE VERY QUICKLY FILLED. A PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFE PRACTICES BROUGHT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY TO THE GROVE CLIENTS AND DATA GATHERED QUICKLY DEMONSTRATED A DOUBLING OF THE PERCENTAGE OF CLIENTS ACHIEVING PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THERAPY SESSIONS. AT THE SAFEGROUND SACRAMENTO FACILITY, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN THE MILLER PARK LOCATION AFTER STORMS HAD PREVIOUSLY FORCED THE CLOSING OF THE SITE AND A TEMPORARY MOVE TO CAL EXPO. THIS TEMPORARY SANCTIONED TENT ENCAMPMENT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO FILL LONG-TERM, PERMANENT SHELTERS IN THE VICINITY. DURING 2023, FSC EFFORTS TO HELP THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO ESTABLISH AN ONGOING WEATHER DRIVEN SOLUTION RESULTED IN THE WEATHER RESPITE PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A BRANCH CENTER ROAD SITE OPERATING 24 HOURS PER DAY DURING WEATHER EXTREMES. AT ALL FSC FACILITIES EXCEPT THE WEATHER RESPITE PROGRAM, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE A 24-HOUR X 365 PROGRAMS WITH SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT AND EXTENSIVE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SUPPLEMENTING FSC SERVICES. ALL SITES PROVIDE MEALS, SHOWERS, AND SANITATION.

  Expenses $6,306,842 · Grants $611,222 · Revenue $7,102,829

As filed on the 2023 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.

Grants on this return

• VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

  $611,222

  MEAL SERVICE FOR HOMELESS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

3 October 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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