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FRONT STEP INC

FRONT STEP INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $266 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($266). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$444k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$266
Net assets
$584k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Front Step Inc does

Mission

Front Step works with the community to provide services that contribute to the quality of life of those of the Stenton Park neighborhood of Philadelphia and beyond. Our mission seeks to accomplish positive impact for existing challenges including poverty societal pressures and educational deficiencies. Our main audience focus is children and youth but Front Step also provides compassionate assistance to people of all ages.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Operation of buildings for programs and compassionate assistance

    $124,482 spent
    45% of program spending

  2. Winter Clothing event

    $80,092 spent
    29% of program spending

  3. Mentoring program

    $4,826 spent
    2% of program spending

  4. Program administration

    $7,585 spent
    3% of program spending

  5. Program Salaries

    $47,573 spent
    17% of program spending

  6. Afterschool program evangelism special events

    $3,889 spent
    1% of program spending

  7. Homeschooling program

    $1,979 spent
    1% of program spending

  8. Host mission teams

    $499 spent
    0% of program spending

  9. Summer Day Camp

    $3,214 spent
    1% of program spending

  10. Compassionate Ministries

    $2,939 spent
    1% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $277,078.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($130k) Expenses 100 ($146k) Net assets 100 ($661k)2022 Revenue 111 ($145k) Expenses 122 ($178k) Net assets 95 ($627k)2023 Revenue 144 ($188k) Expenses 242 ($355k) Net assets 90 ($597k)2024 Revenue 196 ($255k) Expenses 173 ($253k) Net assets 67 ($441k)2025 Revenue 131 ($170k) Expenses 113 ($166k) Net assets 67 ($445k)2026 Revenue 342 ($444k) Expenses 209 ($305k) Net assets 88 ($584k)
202120222023202420252026
Revenue (342)Expenses (209)Net assets (88)Peer revenue range

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 $597k to $445k (−26%).

$661k
$627k
$597k
$445k
$451k
$586k
202120222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

43% of FRONT STEP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$16k
’21
−$33k
’22
−$167k
’23
$2k
’24
$4k
’25
$139k
’26
9.2
months of
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

Richard W Tink

Executive Director

Board chair

David Bennett

Chairman of the Board

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.

20212022202320242026
Listed5551311
Joined·+0+0+8·
No longer listed·000·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $44 → $79.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FRONT STEP 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.

Where its funders are

100% of FRONT STEP INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $266 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRONT STEP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 274 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin31% · top quartile
Months of reserve9.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)28% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like FRONT STEP 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 Pennsylvania

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc74%Family Promise of Philadelphia74%Step by Step Foundation Inc74%Steppingstone Scholars Inc74%New Day Inc73%People for People Incorporated73%St Martin Center73%First Start Partnerships for Children and Families Inc73%

Nationally

Front Steps Inc79%Solutions That Empower People Inc77%Step Onward Foundation75%Front Porch Housing75%Front Porch Community Development Association Inc75%Front Steps Housing and Services Inc75%First Step Day Care Inc75%Frontline Outreach Inc75%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 3%Fundraising 6%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRONT STEP INC?
FRONT STEP INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $266 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($266). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRONT STEP INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $266 in grants to FRONT STEP INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRONT STEP INC?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $266 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRONT STEP INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), 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