Riverside First Step Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823404485
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8138372451
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,883
Expenses
$72,072
Assets
$52,031
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD T COLEY SR (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • THOMAS B VANDERKLIPP (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD T COLEY SR (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • THOMAS B VANDERKLIPP (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KELSEY VANDERKLIPP (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Almost 24 million americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs. The effect addiction has on families and loved ones multiplies the problem exponentially. The first step foundation, inc. Was formed in 2017 as a Florida not-for-profit and 501 c3 federally tax-exempt corporation to help newly recovering alcoholics and addicts to move into sober living after treatment by paying for rent, security deposits and administrative fees. We require the client have a job and we cover the basic costs of shelter until they receive their first paycheck as they take the "first step" back to a productive and sober life. Through your generous support we can help provide much needed financial help that can mean the difference between success and further heartbreak in the lives of those affected by alcoholism and addiction, as well as in the lives of their families and loved ones.

What it reported doing in 2025

To help alcoholics and addicts take their "first step" toward sober and productive lives, the first step foundation provides financial assistance for sober housing as they leave treatment and start the road to recovery.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.