Indiana · Private foundation
Steps Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $675k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Steps Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $11k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $9k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $5k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Christs Hands Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| True Life Church | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ's Starfish Foundation Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carpenters House | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Gsd Rescue Indy Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Beams in Guatemala | $270 | 1 | n/a |
| Northside Church of Christ | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Red-Tail Land Conservancy Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Christs Hands Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| True Life Church | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ's Starfish Foundation Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $400 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carpenters House | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Gsd Rescue Indy Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Beams in Guatemala | $270 | 1 | n/a |
| Northside Church of Christ | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Red-Tail Land Conservancy Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Willow Tree Ministries Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Springs Church Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Brian Essary Ministries Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Gideons International | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Randolph County YMCA Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesley United Methodist Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($32k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steps Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Steps Inc
- How much does Steps Inc give?
- Steps Inc reported 15 grants totaling $10,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Steps Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Religion (19%), Animals (4%).
- Who are Steps Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: In Christs Hands Inc ($500), True Life Church ($400), Christ's Starfish Foundation Inc ($400).
- Does Steps Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steps Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Steps Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Steps Inc based?
- Steps Inc is based in IN.
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