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EIN 88-2408724 NORFOLK, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2023
$4,313,284
Expenses 2023
$1,314,882

Program services were 85.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
443 KEMPSVILLE RD

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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 · 2023

Mission

TO HELP YOUTH IN NORFOLK BUILD THE INDEPENDENT, RESILIENT CHARACTER THEY WILL NEED TO EARN SUCCESS AND ENJOY HAPPY, FULFILLING LIVES AS ADULTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NEXT STEP TO SUCCESS WAS FOUNDED IN 2021 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE JAMES BARRY ROBINSON INSTITUTE AS A HIGH-PRIORITY INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS CHRONIC POVERTY IN NORFOLK. EACH DAY AT NSTS IS UNIQUE WHERE YOUTH ARE EMPOWERED TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES. WE SEE OUR YOUTH AS OUR PARTNERS AND EMPOWER THESE STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS IN THEIR LIVES AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

  • FOR FAR TOO LONG, NORFOLK HAS BEEN MARKED BY CONCENTRATIONS OF CHRONIC, INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY AND DEPENDENCY, WITH A POVERTY RATE ALMOST TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE AND OVER 25% OF OUR CHILDREN GROWING UP IN POVERTY. EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS THAT "THEY" SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS (WHOEVER "THEY" ARE). WELL, WE DECIDED THAT WE AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE "THEY". NEXT STEP TO SUCCESS IS A FREE AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS TEENAGERS FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN NORFOLK TO BUILD THE INDEPENDENT, RESILIENT CHARACTER THEY WILL NEED TO EARN SUCCESS AND ENJOY HAPPY, FULFILLING LIVES AS ADULTS. BY INSPIRING OUR YOUTH TO ADHERE TO THE DATA-VALIDATED "SUCCESS SEQUENCE," OUR ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO CUT THE POVERTY RATE IN OUR CITY BY ONE-HALF WITHIN A GENERATION. WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY HONING THE CHARACTER STRENGTHS, LIFE SKILLS, SUCCESS STRATEGIES, AND HIGH SELF-EXPECTATIONS THAT WILL ENABLE OUR YOUTH TO REACH ESCAPE VELOCITY FROM THEIR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. THESE "SUCCESS STORIES" (AS WE CALL OUR YOUTH) WILL THEN BECOME THE "INFLUENCERS" OF THEIR PEERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE POVERTY IS MOST CONCENTRATED, GRADUALLY BUT STEADILY CHANGING THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, SOCIAL NORMS, CAREER EXPECTATIONS AND LIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT HAVE KEPT TOO MANY YOUNG FOLKS IN OUR CITY FROM REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

    Expenses $1,126,561 · Revenue $4,313,284

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Charles V McPhillips

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    14 + 16 related

  • Donald F Price

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 3.75 related

  • Wa Prince

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 6 related

  • Michael K Kerner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 5.5 related

  • Kevin Sweeney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $15,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75 + 3.5 related

  • Robert McCartney

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $316,632
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $291,071
    Other
    $25,561
    Hours/week
    12 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $291,071 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,561 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $316,632 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,313,284
    Expenses
    $1,314,882
    Contributions
    $4,313,284
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,589,640
    Expenses
    $1,372,901
    Contributions
    $1,589,640
    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.

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.