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STEP AFRIKA U S A INCORPORATED

EIN 52-2118391 WASHINGTON, DC

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Revenue 2024
$3,786,366
Expenses 2024
$3,604,550

Program services were 67.5% 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
1333 H ST NE

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).

Other organizations at this address

6 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE TRADITION OF STEPPING AND IT'S CONNECTIONS TO ART FORMS AROUND THE WORLD.

  • PERFORMANCES AND ART EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: STEP AFRIKAS PERFORMANCES ARE IDEAL FOR THEATRES, OUTDOOR FESTIVALS, CONCERT HALLS, UNIVERSITY AND HOTEL FACILITIES, COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTERS AND SCHOOLS. THE LOAD-IN IS SMALL AND THE PRODUCTION CAN BE QUICKLY ADAPTED TO PRACTICALLY ANY PERFORMANCE VENUE.

    Expenses $2,214,634 · Revenue $1,353,482

  • STEPPING INTO SCHOOLS ARTS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: STEP AFRIKA IS A MODEL IN THE USE OF STEPPING AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO YOUTH AND FAMILY AUDIENCES SINCE ITS INCEPTION. OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH TRAINING AND CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. STEP AFRIKA HAS BEEN A KENNEDY CENTER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SINCE 1998.

    Expenses $129,343

  • OTHER PROGRAM

    Expenses $90,673

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.

  • C Brian Williams

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $289,092
    From this org
    $263,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,770
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $25,322
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $289,092
  • Lamar Lovelace

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $173,869
    From this org
    $157,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,293
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,576
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $16,293
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $173,869
  • Lamont Akins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Belkov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dyonicia Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Canada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiane Doman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maia Hunt Estes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marlissa Hudson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey D Kennerly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Montgomery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kebharu Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kym Taylor

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brandon Todd

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Trottman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natasha Watkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $3,786,366
    Expenses
    $3,604,550
    Contributions
    $2,354,873
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,843,485
    Expenses
    $3,861,581
    Contributions
    $2,251,389
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,072,947
    Expenses
    $3,225,250
    Contributions
    $1,135,541
    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
    $3,530,288
    Expenses
    $2,484,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,695,908
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,992,440
    Expenses
    $1,422,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,149,016
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,229,689
    Expenses
    $2,195,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,167,506
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,169,432
    Expenses
    $2,167,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,142,698
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,505,934
    Expenses
    $2,317,292
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,042,755
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,935,859
    Expenses
    $1,850,859
    Assets (EOY)
    $930,250
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,531,088
    Expenses
    $1,510,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $676,085
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,497,038
    Expenses
    $1,425,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $620,185
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,467,561
    Expenses
    $1,365,580
    Assets (EOY)
    $515,780
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,164,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $416,990

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