Ohio · Nonprofit
FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL
FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $231,243 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($231,243). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $231k
- Net assets
- $66k
What First Steps Preschool does
Mission
provide Christian preschool services for children ages 2.5 to 5.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The preschool had an enrollment of approximately 65 students on December 31, 2025 and provided educational services based on Ohio Department of Education pre-K learning standards.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $18k to $154k (+742%).
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: 2022 60% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $127k.
From the IRS filings of FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $201k on record.
- DE$199k
- NJ$2k
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 FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL: 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 FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL?
- FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $231,243 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($231,243). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $231,243 in grants to FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL?
- OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $231,243 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRST STEPS PRESCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing