Tennessee · Nonprofit
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,732,532 to it, the largest being THE ELSA & PETER SODERBERG CHARITABLE ($729,574). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $969k
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What A Step Ahead Foundation Chattanooga Inc does
Mission
To remove barries to contraception through education, outreach, and access to free preventive birth control. We partner with medical providers throughout our 18 county region. Individuals visit these providers to receive contraceptive care. A step ahead foundation chattanooga pays for everything that is not covered by other means (insurance). We also provide reproductive health education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Plan ahead program - provided community education regarding reproductive health and contraceptive use with the goal of helping individuals avoid unintended pregnancies. Provided assistance to those seeking information and access to birth control for preventing unintended pregnancies; provided access to clinical services through medical providers.
$131,038 spent19% of program spendingCovered clinical services at partner medical providers for contraceptive care, conducted outreach about programming to increase access to services, and provided transportation support as needed to individuals seeking clinical services.
$553,652 spentof which $340,807 as grants$1,401 earned by the program81% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $684,690.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $542k to $1.1M (+100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 62% · 2022 38% · 2023 39% · 2024 38% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Amanda Cowley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $112k → $520k.
12 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
39% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 64% · 2019 45% · 2020 64% · 2021 40% · 2022 36% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $881k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC?
- A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,732,532 to it, the largest being THE ELSA & PETER SODERBERG CHARITABLE ($729,574). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $2,732,532 in grants to A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC?
- THE ELSA & PETER SODERBERG CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $729,574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 33 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing