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STEPS TO HOPE INC

EIN 56-1484890 COLUMBUS, NC

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Revenue 2024
$3,346,341
Expenses 2024
$2,312,002

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
60 WARD ST

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

THE MISSION OF STEPS TO HOPE IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY FREE FROM THE VIOLENCE OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND VICTIM ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING EMERGENCY SHELTER TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, WE OFFER MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE PREVENTIVE IN NATURE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. THESE INCLUDE: 1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (DVIP) (SEPARATE CLASSES FOR MEN AND WOMEN)AND HOPE FOR YOUTH (SKILLS AND CHARACTER BUILDING AS WELL AS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH 12-17 YEARS OLD - GENDER SPECIFIC).

  • DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, WE PROVIDED 4,408 SERVICES TO 242 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THEIR FAMILIES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDED SAFE SHELTER, INFORMATION, ADVOCACY, REFERRAL, TRANSPORTATION, THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING, COURT ACCOMPANIMENT AND LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE NUMBER OF CALLS RECEIVED FROM THE HOTLINE FOR ASSISTANCE WAS 791. SHELTER WAS PROVIDED TO 49 PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO 18 ATTENDEES OF DVIP AND 18 YOUTH SKILLS/CHARACTER BUILDING ATTENDEES. 77 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 7,534.30 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

    Expenses $778,405

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A SECOND CHANCE THRIFT STORE AND THRIFT BARN TO PROVIDE LOW COST CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO THEIR CLIENTS AND ALSO TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,238,026

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

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.

  • Cecil Boyle

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Piper Close

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Chuck Elder

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Mary Greene

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Scott Hamby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sandra McCormack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sally McPherson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Debra Minnick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Carl Schoendorfer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Lisa Shelton

    ASST TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Karl Small

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Margaret Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sonya Twitty

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Larry Wassong

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sherry Johnson

    DIRECTOR RET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Diane Nelson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,346,341
    Expenses
    $2,312,002
    Contributions
    $3,030,518
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,263,029
    Expenses
    $2,147,656
    Contributions
    $2,957,440
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,932,207
    Expenses
    $1,934,154
    Contributions
    $2,623,289
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,135,795
    Expenses
    $1,443,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,657,411
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,104,895
    Expenses
    $930,460
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,211,627
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $786,797
    Expenses
    $895,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,772,401
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $848,015
    Expenses
    $789,983
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,802,121
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $935,174
    Expenses
    $762,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,725,224
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $781,640
    Expenses
    $748,136
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,497,829
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $858,275
    Expenses
    $700,461
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,385,242
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,120,825
    Expenses
    $730,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,230,387
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $673,002
    Expenses
    $686,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,884,077
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $652,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,899,610

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.