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NEXT STEP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT

EIN 01-0482508 ELLSWORTH, ME

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Revenue 2024
$2,215,269
Expenses 2024
$1,797,203

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P430
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 1466

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

THE NEXT STEP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT SUPPORTS AND EMPOWERS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHILE STRIVING TO PREVENT AND END THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE.

  • HELPLINE: THE NEXT STEP OPERATES A FREE, CONFIDENTIAL 24-HOUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE THAT PROVIDES CRISIS INTERVENTION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, SAFETY PLANNING, INFORMATION, REFERRALS, AND CONNECTIONS TO SHELTER, LEGAL ADVOCACY, AND OTHER SERVICES. THE HELPLINE SERVES VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, AS WELL AS CONCERNED FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ENSURING TRAINED ADVOCATES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES TO RESPOND WITH COMPASSIONATE, TRAUMA-INFORMED SUPPORT. LEGAL SERVICES: THE NEXT STEPS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAUMA- INFORMED CIVIL LEGAL ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, STALKING, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HANCOCK AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SERVICES INCLUDE LEGAL CONSULTATION, COURT ADVOCACY, PROTECTION ORDER REPRESENTATION, FAMILY LAW ASSISTANCE, SAFETY PLANNING, AND REFERRALS, HELPING SURVIVORS NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM, INCREASE THEIR SAFETY, AND ACHIEVE GREATER STABILITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. SHELTER: THE NEXT STEP PROVIDES EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OFFERING A SAFE, CONFIDENTIAL PLACE TO STAY WHILE SURVIVORS STABILIZE AND PLAN FOR LONG-TERM SAFETY. SHELTER RESIDENTS RECEIVE ADVOCACY, SAFETY PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESOURCE NAVIGATION, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND CONNECTIONS TO LEGAL, MEDICAL, COUNSELING, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IN AN ACCESSIBLE, TRAUMA- INFORMED ENVIRONMENT THAT WELCOMES SURVIVORS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS.

    Expenses $1,574,257 · Revenue $61,582

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.

  • Kelly Brown

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $109,155
    From this org
    $93,649
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,506
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracey Dwyer

    DEPUTY EXECU

    Total calculated
    $97,162
    From this org
    $81,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,444
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christie Anastasia

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Dietshe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darlene Donahue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mindy Gerrish

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Hess

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Hughs

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Wales

    VICE-CHAIR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,215,269
    Expenses
    $1,797,203
    Contributions
    $2,148,448
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,642,700
    Expenses
    $1,658,176
    Contributions
    $1,576,053
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,461,030
    Expenses
    $1,509,121
    Contributions
    $1,415,603
    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
    $1,497,599
    Expenses
    $1,492,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,912,374

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,653,580
    Expenses
    $1,479,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,746,252

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,516,988
    Expenses
    $1,397,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,546,371

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,289,485
    Expenses
    $1,318,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,628,633

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,714
    Expenses
    $1,178,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,672,838

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,484
    Expenses
    $1,206,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,705,836

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,153,293
    Expenses
    $1,129,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,715,008

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,072,633
    Expenses
    $984,081
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,703,031

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,276,787
    Expenses
    $911,830
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,625,184

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $902,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,279,586

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

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 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.