Florida · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC
COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,429 to it, the largest being SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ($182,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $305k
- Net assets
- $54k
What Community Stepping Stones Inc does
Mission
In one of the lowest income neighborhoods in Tampa Sulphur Springs the organization offers an out-of-school arts-integrated curriculum designed to inspire educate and mentor at-risk children to become successful adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Stepping Stones has multiple services in fulfilling our mission. Our classroom along the banks of the Hillsborough River in Sulphur Springs provides a tranquil environment to learn critical thinking skills craftsmanship and mentor youth. 1 Art Camp is for students 5-13. Its in session after-school during the school year and all day during the summer. Students learn essential artistic and life lesson techniques to build their character. Over 2,000 student days were recorded and is a free program. 2 First Jobs offers neighborhood teens who have aged out of Art Camp paid opportunities to gain work experience while assisting with classes. First Jobs students act as teacher aides while learning the basics of having a job. 16 teens participated. 3 Art Box delivers arts and crafts directly to youth in the neighborhood. Art Boxes comes with supplies for a pre-packaged craft and seasonal goodies. Over 600 Art Boxes were distributed. This is a free program. 4 Outreach provides our teaching artists to other organizations. We develop lesson plans that supports the theme the organization desires in engaging and developing their students. Over 1,600 participants. 5 Internships are…
$235,565 spent$6,250 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,565.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $12k to $56k (+376%).
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: 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Gary Gibbons
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $19k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2019 63% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 43% · 2023 58% — 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
20% of COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
96% of COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $1k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC?
- COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,429 to it, the largest being SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ($182,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $305,429 in grants to COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC?
- SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $182,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY STEPPING STONES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 14 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