Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SMALL STEPS FOR COMPASSION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 6 February 2023. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue: $958,653 changed to $1,008,738
Contributions and grants received: $958,653 changed to $1,008,738
Total assets, end of year: $126,546 changed to $176,631
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $88,351 changed to $138,436

Totals

Total revenue: $958,653
Total expenses: $1,006,136
Contributions and grants received: $958,653
Grants paid: $168,387
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $126,546
Total liabilities, end of year: $38,195
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $88,351
Program services expenses (Part IX): $977,721
Management and general expenses: $28,415
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $977,721

Program services were 97.2% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$958,653
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $168,387 · program services $168,387
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $7,800 · program services $7,800 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $63,649 · program services $63,649 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $679 · program services $0 · management and general $679 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $18,000 · program services $0 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $1,404 · program services $0 · management and general $1,404 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $7,801 · program services $0 · management and general $7,801 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $74,534 · program services $74,534 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $16,457 · program services $16,457 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $531 · program services $0 · management and general $531 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Tanzania Operations and Capital Projects

total $640,547 · program services $640,547 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Bank Service Charge

total $2,863 · program services $2,863 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24c · Other expenses: Merchandise

total $3,484 · program services $3,484 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $155,830 · end of year $126,546
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $3,314 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $373
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $37,822
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $159,144 · end of year $88,351
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

We are dedicated to empowering individuals to transform their community through compassionate action. We accomplish this by rescuing children into a loving home for a lifetime and providing entrepreneurial focused education that transforms lives for generations to come in Tanzania, Africa. We do this through a children's home, education, and community outreach efforts.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Small Steps for Compassion inspires global change through community transformation. We do this through rescuing children into a loving home for a lifetime and providing entrepreneurial focused education that transforms lives for generations to come in Tanzania, Africa.

during 2022, we continued to operate our school in the Tanzania community; providing a loving home and education to children in our care. We also built a new secondary school, including 13 buildings and a dining hall, and installed solar and well.

Expenses $977,721 · Grants $168,387

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

Corrinne Pickle

Vice-President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Shannin Pickle

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

25
Paul Pickle

Director of Compliance and Business Development

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Doug Spinella

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Elisabeth Spinella

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

8
Ashton Pickle

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5

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.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2022
Filed: 6 February 2023
IRS schema version: 2022v4.0
Source object: 202340459349300414

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