STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 04-3086666 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2024: $11,421,793
Expenses 2024: $7,915,902

Program services were 71.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B280
Classification: 2100
Street: 200 HIGH STREET SUITE 210

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

STEPPINGSTONE PREPARES STUDENTS TO ACCESS, NAVIGATE, AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. IN BOSTON, WE PROVIDE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, AND COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAMMING FROM AS EARLY AS FIFTH GRADE AND CONTINUING THROUGH COLLEGE GRADUATION. NATIONALLY, WE CONNECT THE PEOPLE, PRACTICES, AND INNOVATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STEPPINGSTONE PREPARES STUDENTS TO ACCESS, NAVIGATE, AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.

THE STEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS PROGRAM IN BOSTON ADMITS MOTIVATED FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTENSIVE AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP THEM GAIN ADMISSION TO AN INDEPENDENT OR PUBLIC EXAM SCHOOL IN THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADE.AFTER COMPLETING THE ACADEMIC COMPONENT, SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS MENTORING, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND COLLEGE GUIDANCE ARE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENTS SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND ULTIMATELY GRADUATE FROM A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE, CAREER READY. EACH YEAR, THE STEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,250 SCHOLARS IN GRADES 5 - COLLEGE. OF THE SCHOLARS WHO COMPLETE THE ACADEMIC PREPARATION COMPONENT, APPROXIMATELY 90% ARE PLACED IN A SCHOOL THAT LEADS TO COLLEGE, 99% GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND 91% ENROLL AT FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES. 80% GRADUATE FROM FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES WITHIN SIX YEARS.

Expenses $4,787,272 · Revenue $40,261
THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS (NPEA), WHICH THE STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION FORMALLY LAUNCHED IN 2007, IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS WORKING TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS. AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, NPEA HAD 232 MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL NONPROFITS, SCHOOLS, AND COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, AND MORE THAN 850 EDUCATORS IN THE NETWORK. NPEA MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO BEST PRACTICE SHARING, NETWORKING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE, REGIONAL GATHERINGS, A CAREER CENTER, NEWSLETTERS AND DIGESTS, AND PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH NPEA'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHERS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.

Expenses $678,959 · Revenue $493,691
THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOLARS TO TO FILL A FINANCIAL NEED OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE FAMILY'S FINANCIAL AID GAP. THERE IS A ROBUST SELECTION PROCESS EACH YEAR FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS. WE LOOK AT FINANCIAL IMPACT, ACADEMIC READINESS/EFFORT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH STEPPINGSTONE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. SCHOLARSHIP INFO IS SHARED WITH THE ENTIRE SCHOLAR COMMUNITY. ALL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE PRE-SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY AND AWARDS ARE DETERMINED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE.

Expenses $207,200 · Grants $207,000

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.

ROBERT HENDERSON

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
DONAVAN BROWN

CLERK

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JENNIFER FULTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KATE GILBANE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ISABELLE LORING

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DR STEPHANIE PINDER-AMAKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DARIEN REID

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RAFAEL COFINO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARY DRISCOLL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN SIMON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RACHEL SKERRIT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SOFIA TEIXEIRA MISTRETTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PERRY TRAQUINA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALEX SACERDOTE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BETSY LIND DANZIGER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DOUGLASS WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ERIN CONDRON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JENNY WEYMOUTH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID CHANG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALIXE CALLEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SUSAN JEFFERSON BONEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JENNIFER BLOCK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TODD BLAND

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOANNE JACQUET ARAUJO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

The first 25 listed. 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

$11,421,793

Expenses

$7,915,902

Contributions

$9,382,884

Grants paid

$207,000
2023

Revenue

$17,275,470

Expenses

$7,018,636

Contributions

$16,274,336

Grants paid

$198,100
2022

Revenue

$7,376,797

Expenses

$6,310,945

Contributions

$6,013,904

Grants paid

$2,000

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$11,421,793	$7,915,902	$9,382,884	$207,000
2023	$17,275,470	$7,018,636	$16,274,336	$198,100
2022	$7,376,797	$6,310,945	$6,013,904	$2,000

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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$16,364,119

Expenses

$5,552,574

Assets (EOY)

$21,511,521
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$9,798,943

Expenses

$4,738,089

Assets (EOY)

$13,331,148
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$5,072,274

Expenses

$4,878,670

Assets (EOY)

$7,361,021
2018 · 990

Revenue

$6,004,280

Expenses

$5,008,135

Assets (EOY)

$6,321,522
2017 · 990

Revenue

$7,202,759

Expenses

$4,848,517

Assets (EOY)

$5,423,626

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$16,364,119	$5,552,574	$21,511,521
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$9,798,943	$4,738,089	$13,331,148
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$5,072,274	$4,878,670	$7,361,021
2018	990	$6,004,280	$5,008,135	$6,321,522
2017	990	$7,202,759	$4,848,517	$5,423,626

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

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$2,397,400

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$1,717,365

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$1,092,237

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

$1,002,000

2024 General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$616,333

2023 ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$402,833

2024 ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$257,000

2022 EDUCATION
BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

$247,500

2022 Operating Support/Annual Fund
FORGOOD INC

$201,122

2022 UNRESTRICTED
BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

$186,000

2023 Operating Support/Annual Fund

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 GROUP.

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