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FIRST STEP A RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC

EIN 51-0243177 HARRISONBURG, VA

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Revenue 2024
$705,807
Expenses 2024
$853,640

Program services were 76.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P43Z
Classification
1200
Street
129 FRANKLIN 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

EMPOWERING SURVIVORS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN THEIR LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FIRST STEP: A RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'S MISSION IS EMPOWERING SURVIVORS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE IN THEIR LIVES. THE VISION OF FIRST STEP: A RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A COMMUNITY FREE OF ABUSE. FIRST STEP PROVIDES FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN. FIRST STEP'S SERVICES INCLUDE: 24-HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE, PLANNING FOR SAFETY, EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION AND SHELTER, LEGAL ADVOCACY AND COURT ACCOMPANIMENT, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, HOUSING ADVOCACY, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, SUPPORT GROUP, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, AND CHILDREN'S SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY.

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SHELTER: FIRST STEP PROVIDES EMERGENCY, TEMPORARY SHELTER TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR MINOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE NO OTHER SAFE PLACE TO STAY. INDIVIDUALS BEING SHELTERED BY FIRST STEP ARE PROVIDED A SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP AND LIVING AREA, LINENS/TOWELS, BATHROOM, TELEVISION, COMPUTER, INTERNET/WIFI ACCESS, LAUNDRY FACILITY, KITCHENS (FOOD STORAGE AND PREPARATION). GUESTS ARE PROVIDED ITEMS TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS (E.G. FOOD, CLOTHING, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, PERSONAL ITEMS, GIFT CARDS AND DISINFECTING/CLEANING/HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES). CASE MANAGEMENT, ADVOCACY, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE OFFERED TO ALL ADULT AND CHILD GUESTS. ALL OF FIRST STEP'S SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND CONFIDENTIAL. 60% OF DIRECT SERVICES EXPENSES WENT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, FIRST STEP PROVIDED SHELTER SERVICES TO 38 ADULTS AND 39 CHILDREN.

    Expenses $369,824

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES: FIRST STEP PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN (BOTH RESIDENTS OF THE SHELTER AND NON-RESIDENTS). THESE SERVICES INCLUDE; CRISIS HOTLINE, SAFETY PLANNING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADULT SUPPORT GROUP, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY AND HOMEWORK GROUPS, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, COURT ACCOMPANIMENT/LEGAL ADVOCACY SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE FINDING AND OBTAINING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING. FIRST STEP ALSO OFFERS FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT SERVICES. FIRST STEP SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND CONFIDENTIAL. FOR YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 FIRST STEP PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES TO 214 ADULT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND 40 CHILDREN, 31% OF DIRECT SERVICE EXPENSES WENT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Expenses $184,913

  • RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENT DEPOSITS, UTILITY DEPOSITS, RENTAL APPLICATION FEES, AND/OR SHORT-TERM RENT TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERED BY THE PROGRAM TO EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING. ASSISTANCE CAN CONTINUE FOR NO MORE THAN 24 MONTHS AND IS PAID DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORDS, PROPERTY MANAGERS AND/OR UTILITY COMPANY. RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE STAFF TIME ON THE PROJECT. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTED 11 HOUSEHOLDS (12 ADULT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND 21 CHILDREN) THROUGH THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 9% OF DIRECT SERVICE EXPENSES WENT TO HOUSING ADVOCACY SERVICES AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $101,142 · Grants $39,505

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.

  • Thea Campbell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ashley Dunlap

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leda Werner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Robinson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ry Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roy Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melinda Walton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Strunk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Momoh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diana Degner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Resto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Candy Phillips

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $62,571
    From this org
    $62,571
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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
    $705,807
    Expenses
    $853,640
    Contributions
    $702,132
    Grants paid
    $39,505
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $773,052
    Expenses
    $771,781
    Contributions
    $768,098
    Grants paid
    $49,204
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $724,826
    Expenses
    $757,926
    Contributions
    $723,986
    Grants paid
    $34,142

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
    $911,121
    Expenses
    $794,388
    Assets (EOY)
    $360,708

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $920,287
    Expenses
    $878,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $322,595

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $682,638
    Expenses
    $815,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,914

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $614,410
    Expenses
    $645,173
    Assets (EOY)
    $319,708

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $682,366
    Expenses
    $634,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $354,860

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $640,275
    Expenses
    $620,298
    Assets (EOY)
    $365,729

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $402,206
    Expenses
    $412,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $337,631

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $372,483
    Expenses
    $394,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,517

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $414,714
    Expenses
    $379,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $388,169

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $367,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,139

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.