Sensory Theatre Endless Possibilities Inc Step Va Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463919345
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Phone
7575351963
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,795
Expenses
$161,818
Assets
$78,886
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jan Monroe (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jan Monroe (Executive Director)
  • Corey Holmes (Chair)
  • Carolyn McKinney (Vice Chair)

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

Empower people with disabilities, and their families, through creative expression and sensory exploration. STEP VA leads with values and beliefs that recognize that all people can develop to their full potential and engage in a just, equitable community when supported with the appropriate accomodations. Through the arts, all people can be heard and seen regardless of perceived barriers; the possibilities are endless.

What it reported doing in 2025

Seasonal Camps 2025. Since 2013, STEP VA has served the Fredericksburg region through classes and summer camps, which include instruction in art, dance, theater, music, social skills, and yoga for children, teens, and adults with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% 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: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.2%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 19

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.2% of revenue deployed · 19.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.