Massachusetts · Nonprofit
FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC
FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $476,284 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($210,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $500k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $476k
- Net assets
- $204k
What Follow My Steps Foundation Inc does
Mission
Opposing social-economic conditions faced by youth, in under resourced communities, by providing mentorship, career skills, and financial resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Thrive over survive program - we impacted over 300 youth. Mentored youth are 55% more likely to enroll in college and 78% more likely to volunteer in their communities. Our mentors provided over 700 hours of one-on-one guidance. Mentored youth are 46% less likely to use illegal drugs and 27% less likely to begin drinking, contributing to healthier lifestyle choices. We awarded over $15,000 in scholarships, helping youth overcome financial barriers to higher education. Data shows that scholarships increase college enrollment by up to 30%, ensuring long-term academic and career success.
$274,155 spent97% of program spendingNeighborshare donations - we partner with neighborshare to provide financial assistance to those in needs in our community. Through neighborshare we have helped 24 families with financial assistance around $7,000.
$7,375 spent3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,530.
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 2023 to 2024, from $46k to $175k (+281%).
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: 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION 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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Kashawn J Sanders
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $27k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION 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
FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 40% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION 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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$100k
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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION 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 FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC?
- FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $476,284 to it, the largest being HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC ($210,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $476,284 in grants to FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC?
- HEALTH RESOURCES IN ACTION INC is the largest funder on record, with $210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOLLOW MY STEPS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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