Step's Foundation, Inc.
Legal name: Steps Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844017417
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Saint Cloud, FL, US
- Phone
- 407-279-0713
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,400
- Expenses
- $19,799
- Assets
- $1,498
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Abigail Ellis (President)
- Darlene Ellis (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Abigail Ellis (President)
- Darlene Ellis (Vice President)
- Ruchi Kapadia (Board Member)
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
Empowering Teens. Supporting Families. Strengthening Communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Together We Can program strengthened family engagement and community connections by serving more than 100 families through 10 in-person and virtual community events. These events provided opportunities for families to build stronger relationships, access community resources, and participate in meaningful shared experiences. The program also produced 36 Talk Tuesday episodes, bringing together community partners, students, and families to engage in conversations on topics selected by youth, promoting education, community awareness, and family engagement. Additionally, through partnerships with local organizations, the program participated in more than 10 community outreach events, connecting with over 6,000 community members by sharing information about available services, resources, and opportunities that support youth and families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 53.6%; rating input score 54
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: -37.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 56.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 53.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.