FIRST STEP HOUSING

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A20

Classification

1000

Street

1455 RESPONSE RD STE 190

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

• 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 APPLICATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GAP BETWEEN SECURED FUNDING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE DEMAND PERSISTED AGAIN THROUGH 2024. 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 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 2024 INCLUDE:FSC EMPHASIS AND GROWTH DURING 2024 FOCUSED ON EXPANDING COLLABORATIVE SERVICES AND PURSUING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED SHELTERING PROGRAMS. HOWEVER, AN ONGOING EFFORT REMAINED TO PROVIDE ALL CLIENTS WITH INCREASED ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, A MAJORITY MEDICALLY VULNERABLE. 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 NORTH A STREET CAMPUS, BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL COLLABORATIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPING IN-HOUSE TRAINING WORKSHOPS CONTINUED TO BE A PRIORITY. FSC CONDUCTED OUR ANNUAL FSC HEALTH FAIR DURING 2024 AND INCLUDED FOUR 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 CONTINUED 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. THE WILLOW CLINIC NOW PARTNERS IN THE ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR AT NORTH A STREET CAMPUS.AT THE GROVE - EMERGENCY BRIDGE HOUSING FOR TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, COMPLETED AN EXPANSION OF THE SITE FROM 24 CABINS TO 50. AN ADOPT-A-CABIN PROGRAM DESIGNED TO RAISE FUNDING FOR ONGOING CABIN MAINTENANCE AND SITE BEAUTIFICATION SUCCESSFULLY RAISED OVER $50,000. AN ONGOING 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. IN 2024 A TOTAL OF 108 CLIENTS ACHIEVED PERMANENT HOUSING IN THE 50-CABIN GROVE PROGRAM.AT THE ROSEVILLE ROAD CAMPUS FACILITY WAS DEVELOPED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE MILLER PARK FACILITY, CHANGING THE MODE OF SHELTER FROM TENTS TO CABINS FOR OVER 125 INDIVIDUALS. DURING 2024, FSC EFFORTS TO HELP THE COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO ESTABLISH AN ONGOING WEATHER DRIVEN SOLUTION CONTINUED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE WEATHER RESPITE PROGRAM AT BOTH A BRANCH CENTER ROAD SITE AND AT THE NORTH A STREET CAMPUS AND 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 PROGRAM WITH SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT AND EXTENSIVE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS SUPPLEMENTING FSC SERVICES. ALL SITES PROVIDE MEALS, SHOWERS, AND SANITATION.

  Expenses $7,207,964 · Grants $891,692 · Revenue $7,968,910

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.

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

  $7,968,910

  Expenses

  $8,024,463

  Contributions

  $7,943,581

  Grants paid

  $891,692

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,102,829

  Expenses

  $6,577,678

  Contributions

  $7,085,436

  Grants paid

  $611,222

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,567,940

  Expenses

  $5,255,587

  Contributions

  $5,566,940

  Grants paid

  $683,588

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

  $4,450,714

  Expenses

  $4,102,960

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,058,195

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,030,609

  Expenses

  $1,895,849

  Assets (EOY)

  $559,450

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $916,118

  Expenses

  $940,613

  Assets (EOY)

  $150,261

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $684,644

  Expenses

  $651,311

  Assets (EOY)

  $135,171

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $331,296

  Expenses

  $289,879

  Assets (EOY)

  $90,413

• 2016 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $125,789

  Expenses

  $96,214

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,045

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period

1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015

Principal officer

Stephen Watters

Mailing address

PO Box 188228Sacramento CA 95818

Website

www.firststepcommunities.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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

• VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

  $891,692

  2024 · MEAL SERVICE FOR HOMELESS

• VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

  $683,588

  2022 · MEAL SERVICE FOR HOMELESS

• VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

  $611,222

  2023 · MEAL SERVICE FOR HOMELESS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $47,500

  2023 · River District Expansion: Sanitation Program To Ad

• SHELTER PROVIDERS OF SACRAMENTO INC

  $0

  2023 · BLANK DRIVE - SPREAD THE WARMTH

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