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Step Up for Action

EIN 81-5237259 New Orleans, LA

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Revenue 2024
$227,758
Expenses 2024
$154,469

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
PO Box 19582

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Organizing for education and economic justice.

  • Policy Advocacy: Step Up for Action is committed to advancing meaningful change through our Policy Advocacy program. We actively engage with our members, policymakers, stakeholders, and the broader community to advocate for policies that promote education, climate, and economic justice. Our advocacy efforts encompass a wide range of issues, including workers rights, sustainable community schools, clean air and water, criminal justice reform, and local democracy. We engage in strategic advocacy, which may involve actions, coalition-building, and public awareness campaigns, to educate decision-makers and drive policy reforms that align with our mission and the best interests of the communities we serve.

    Expenses $46,341

  • Education, Economic, and Climate Justice: Step Up for Action's Education, Economic, and Climate Justice program is dedicated to creating an economy, environment, and public education system in Louisiana that serves all our residents. We organize with our members who are directly impacted by the issues they are trying to change for improved educational outcomes, clean air and water, and improved working conditions for all Louisianans. Our efforts involve collaborating with parents, educators, and community leaders to push for educational policy change. We also focus on initiatives that aim to enhance economic well-being by advocating for fair wages, workers' rights, and economic policies that uplift formerly incarcerated workers. We research and tell the stories of the front lines of the climate crisis. By addressing these intersectional issues, we strive to create a more just society that benefits all members of our community to thrive.

    Expenses $46,341

  • Integrated Voter Engagement: Step Up for Action is dedicated to fostering civic engagement and knowledge through our Integrated Voter Engagement program. We engage with individuals to promote voter participation and education around our issues. Our approach integrates comprehensive civic engagement strategies which include voter mobilization and year-round membership-led advocacy efforts to strengthen our organization to win good jobs and good schools and a healthy environment . We empower individuals to exercise their democratic rights by providing them with essential information about the electoral process, candidates, and issues. By doing so, we contribute to informed and active community, strengthening the foundations of our democratic system.

    Expenses $46,340

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Maria Harmon

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $8,077
    From this org
    $8,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ben Zucker

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $8,077
    From this org
    $8,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Arelene Madine

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Calhoun Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • D'anna Smith

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Richard

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Williams

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaitlyn Joshua

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corhonda Corley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $227,758
    Expenses
    $154,469
    Contributions
    $226,772
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $170,463
    Expenses
    $156,330
    Contributions
    $169,728
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $193,513
    Expenses
    $98,144
    Contributions
    $193,352
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Benjamin Zucker
Mailing address
2022 Saint Bernard AveNew Orleans LA 70116
Website
Something was entered that is not a web address, so it is not shown.

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.