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Screen a listFirst Step Incorporated
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$28krevenue
FY2025 · +114% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin48.1%
Revenue growth (annualized)+5.8%
Middle half of peersMedianFirst Step
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
Lee & Bob Peterson Foundation Inc Dba Sunshine From Darkness gave about $28k a year for two years.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$2k in FY2023 and −$780 in FY2024.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 6% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort4funders
$23ka year, last 3 years
79%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22Lee & Bob Peterson Foundation Inc Dba Sunshine From DarknessOn and off$20k$35kMaxi Fuxjager FoundationStopped after FY2020$10k$10k–American Legion No Vel Post 159 IncOn and off$10kChippie FoundationStopped after FY2021$4k$1k–
FundedStopped