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A STEP BEYOND

EIN 46-2857532 ESCONDIDO, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,246,471
Expenses 2024
$1,565,768

Program services were 67.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A62
Classification
1200
Street
340 N ESCONDIDO BLVD

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

TO PREPARE UNDERSERVED YOUTH FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER, AND LIFE THROUGH DANCE EDUCATION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND FAMILY SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ASSIST LOW INCOME YOUTH FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND CAREER THROUGH A PROVEN 10-YEAR PROGRAM.

  • DANCE TRAINING IS AT THE CORE OF THE PROGRAM. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT LEARNING DANCE IMPARTS AN ARRAY OF LIFE SKILLS: SELF-AWARENESS, CONCENTRATION, DISCIPLINE, RESPECT, GOAL SETTING WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, TO NAME A FEW. A STEP BEYOND (ASB) HAS A TOTAL OF 245 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12, AND WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 45 STUDENTS EACH YEAR UNTIL IT REACHES A SITE CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 350 STUDENTS. DANCE TRAINING IS CONDUCTED BY HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL ON-STAFF DANCE INSTRUCTORS. EACH YEAR STUDENTS PERFORM IN A CONCERT ATTENDED BY PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS. THEY ALSO PERFORM IN NUMEROUS OTHER VENUES.

    Expenses $480,404 · Revenue $37,319

  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE TUTORING FOR EVERY STUDENT, ENRICHMENT EXERCISES, INTENSIVE LITERACY SUPPORT AND SUMMER CAMPS, AS WELL AS A ROBUST COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAM. STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A LIBRARY, COMPUTERS, MAKERSPACE, AND A DAILY "HOMEWORK CAFE." STUDENTS RECEIVE WORLD OF WORK CAREER EDUCATION EXPERIENCES IN STEAM INDUSTRIES AND COLLEGE PREPARATION SERVICES INCLUDING FINANCIAL LITERACY AND WEEKLY COUNSELING TO SUPPORT ENTRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION AND/OR OTHER CAREER PROGRAMS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

    Expenses $335,295

  • FAMILY SERVICE PROGRAMS SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IN ADDITION TO TREATING CHILDREN IN CRISIS, ASSISTING FAMILIES IN CRISIS, CONDUCTING GROUP THERAPY FOR STUDENTS, AND PROVIDING PARENT TRAINING. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE DAILY MENTORING FROM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AND ENGAGE REGULARLY IN COUNSELING GROUPS THAT PROMOTE ESSENTIAL SKILLS TO MEET SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS, AS WELL AS BUILD A SENSE OF BELONGING. FAMILIES ALSO RECEIVE CRISIS INTERVENTION SUPPORT AS NEEDED.

    Expenses $238,406 · Grants $1,230

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.

  • JAMES WRIGHT

    CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,732
    From this org
    $155,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,523
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,209
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,523
    Filer's total
    $188,732

  • JENNIFER OLIVER

    CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,341
    From this org
    $96,209
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,132
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOSE VILLARREAL

    CHAIRMAN / DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • VISHAL MEHTA

    VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JEFFRE SEGALL

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • BONNIE PLATT

    SECRETARY (PART YEAR)/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JONATHAN FIKSE

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CLAUDIA BRISENO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY CULBERTSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE CULBERTSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANK FOSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET FOSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE GINN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE GOSSELIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIORA GUBKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE PATNOE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN PLATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNA PUNZALAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STAR RIVERA-LACEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHEENA SALTALAMACCHIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANEAN STRIPE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKI ZEIGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CANDISE HOLMLUND

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACQUELINE LOIAZA

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER OSTERGREN

    DIRECTOR (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,246,471
    Expenses
    $1,565,768
    Contributions
    $1,170,523
    Grants paid
    $1,230
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,433,739
    Expenses
    $1,682,842
    Contributions
    $1,370,003
    Grants paid
    $6,551
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,305,881
    Expenses
    $1,587,394
    Contributions
    $1,296,247
    Grants paid
    $18,514

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
    $1,426,568
    Expenses
    $1,333,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,065,690

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,242,678
    Expenses
    $1,239,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,957,071

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,105,577
    Expenses
    $992,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,936,161

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,011,823
    Expenses
    $794,448
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,826,234

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $975,986
    Expenses
    $617,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,466,128

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $748,469
    Expenses
    $461,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $887,367

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $457,630
    Expenses
    $309,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $600,692

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $367,850
    Expenses
    $198,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $452,068

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.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.