Connextsteps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922964996
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
The Woodlands, TX, USA
Phone
8039996398
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,542
Expenses
$99,294
Assets
$3,682
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Baldwin (President)

People named in this filing

  • Robert Baldwin (President)
  • Jason Daerr (Treasure)
  • Dario Vargas (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Primary Exempt Purpose: ConNEXT Steps' mission is to enhance the quality of life for immigrants in The Woodlands, Texas, through continuous training and education. The organization aims to help immigrants achieve an abundant life by offering programs that address real community needs. We offer programs that will equip them to be successful and help them in the assimilation process. These programs are the following: ESL, SSL, job acceleration, Financial Peace, and parenting classes.

What it reported doing in 2024

We served 300 new arrivals in ESL, SSL, job search, parenting classes, youth soccer, and Financial Peace, and we started a community group for 55+

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.9%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -63.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 112.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.9% of revenue deployed · 14.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.