A STEP TO FREEDOM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

L41

Classification

1000

Street

156 E 104TH 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

• INTERIM HOUSING A STEP TO FREEDOM'S INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAM PROVIDES CRUCIAL SUPPORT AND STRUCTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING STABILITY. OPERATING SIX FACILITIES WITH 202 BEDS, THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS IMMEDIATE SHELTER AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THOSE IN CRISIS. NOTABLY, IN 2024, A NEW SITE DEDICATED TO WOMEN OPENED, DELIVERING TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE THROUGH GENDER-RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM SERVES AS A VITAL FIRST STEP TOWARDS LONG-TERM WELL-BEING AND INDEPENDENCE.IN 2024, ASF PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE INTERIM HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO 303 JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS, WITH 85% ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, 80% MAINTAINING MEDICATION ADHERENCE, AND 20 PARTICIPANTS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, ILLUSTRATING ASF'S COMMITMENT TO STABILIZING LIVES AND BREAKING CYCLES OF HOMELESSNESS AND INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $4,106,834 · Grants $796

• PERMANENT HOUSINGA STEP TO FREEDOM'S PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SAFE, STABLE, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE EXITING HOMELESSNESS AND WORKING TOWARD LONG-TERM INDEPENDENCE. RECOGNIZING THAT HOUSING STABILITY IS A CRITICAL FOUNDATION FOR OVERALL WELL-BEING, THE PROGRAM COMBINES PERMANENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITH INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS NOT ONLY OBTAIN HOUSING BUT ARE EQUIPPED TO SUSTAIN IT.ASF SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED 21 PARTICIPANTS INTO SAFE AND STABLE PERMANENT HOUSING IN 2024, COMBINING LONG-TERM PLACEMENT WITH WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT, HEALTH SERVICES, AND FINANCIAL COACHING TO ENSURE SUSTAINED HOUSING STABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE.

  Expenses $19,500

• OUTREACHWARM THE STREETS: ASF STRIVES TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST VOICES FIGHTING TO END HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES WITH A FOCUS ON SOUTH LOS ANGELES. EACH YEAR, ASF HOLDS TWO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EVENTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS WHILE PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN SMALL ACTS OF COMPASSION THAT REACH THE UNHOUSED AND UNSUPPORTED, BUILDING TRUST AND CREATING PATHWAYS TO HEALTHY LIVING AND INDEPENDENCE. IN 2024, A STEP TO FREEDOM DISTRIBUTED OVER 10,000 BLANKETS AND PPE TO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LOS ANGELES, ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE.

  Expenses $4,512

• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTA STEP TO FREEDOM'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EQUIPS JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND CONFIDENCE. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO ENHANCE THEIR COMPETITIVENESS IN THE JOB MARKET, ENABLING THEM TO SECURE AND RETAIN STABLE, LIVING-WAGE EMPLOYMENT. THIS IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT IN TACKLING HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE SOUTH LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY.ASF EMPOWERED PARTICIPANTS THROUGH ITS FIVE-PILLAR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WITH 20% OF ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS SECURING AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT, AND AT LEAST 25% OF INTERIM HOUSING CLIENTS BECOMING WORKFORCE READY WITHIN 12 MONTHS - DEMONSTRATING ASF'S EFFECTIVENESS IN BUILDING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER RESILIENCE.

  Expenses $430

• COMMUNITY SUPPORTS PROGRAM (HOUSING NAVIGATION AND TIME-LIMITED SUBSIDY)A STEP TO FREEDOM'S COMMUNITY SUPPORTS PROGRAM OFFERS VITAL RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND GUIDANCE, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT, AND RESOURCENAVIGATION, TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD INSECURITY, AND LIMITED HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND ACHIEVE STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES HOUSING NAVIGATION AND TIME-LIMITED SUBSIDY SERVICES.A STEP TO FREEDOM'S (ASF) HOUSING NAVIGATION AND TIME-LIMITED SUBSIDY (TLS) PROGRAMS WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIESEXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. GUIDED BY A TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CLIENT-CENTERED APPROACH, THESE SERVICES OFFER A TRANSITION FROM HOUSING INSTABILITY TO PERMANENTHOUSING, FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, AND LONG-TERM STABILITY.ASF'S COMMUNITY SUPPORTS PROGRAM SUPPORTED 7 PARTICIPANTS IN 2024 AND GREW TO 17 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN 2025, PROVIDING INTENSIVE HOUSING NAVIGATION ANDFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT BRIDGES THE GAP FROM HOMELESSNESS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUPPORT.

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

  $5,281,925

  Expenses

  $4,962,195

  Contributions

  $5,278,858

  Grants paid

  $796

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,166,800

  Expenses

  $3,287,472

  Contributions

  $3,130,640

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,479,015

  Expenses

  $2,505,315

  Contributions

  $2,399,305

  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

  $2,274,278

  Expenses

  $2,068,269

  Assets (EOY)

  $454,968

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,863,457

  Expenses

  $1,884,097

  Assets (EOY)

  $159,138

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $25,537

  Expenses

  $20,908

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,427

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 2008

Tax period

1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008

Principal officer

Kenya Kirkland

Mailing address

1665 S Kingsley DriveLos Angeles CA 90006

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

• SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS LOS ANGELES

  $107,000

  2022 · SUPPORTING FONTLINE WORKERS GRANT

• UNITED WAY INC

  $100,830

  2023 · CRISIS SOLUTIONS

• UNITED WAY INC

  $92,460

  2022 · CRISIS SOLUTIONS

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · HEALTH

• THE WARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $27,500

  2022 · HEALTH

• SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS LOS ANGELES

  $20,000

  2023 · WELLBEING FUND 2023 GRANT

• SHELTER PARTNERSHIP INC

  $10,222

  2023 · TO ASSIST THE ENTITY WITH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS

• GOOD360

  $0

  2022 · TO ASSIST THOSE IN NEED.

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