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LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC

LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN HARVESTERS INC ($7,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$84k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$8k
Net assets
$644k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Laredo Stepping Stone Inc does

Mission

To provide temporary lodging for missionaires preparing to leave on humanitarian journeys and to assist them in procuring needed supplies and logistical help.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization was able to provide temporary lodging and supplies for numerous religious groups preparing to embark on humanitarian missions.

    $72,327 spent$32,456 earned by the program
    94% of program spending
  2. The organization was able to provide temporary lodging and supplies for numerous religious groups preparing to embark on humanitarian missions.

    $4,227 spent
    6% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,554.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($84k) Expenses 100 ($66k) Net assets 100 ($531k)2018 Revenue 106 ($90k) Expenses 90 ($60k) Net assets 106 ($561k)2019 Revenue 137 ($116k) Expenses 137 ($91k) Net assets 110 ($586k)2020 Revenue 146 ($123k) Expenses 160 ($106k) Net assets 114 ($604k)2021 Revenue 127 ($107k) Expenses 164 ($109k) Net assets 114 ($604k)2022 Revenue 195 ($165k) Expenses 129 ($85k) Net assets 129 ($683k)2023 Revenue 123 ($104k) Expenses 168 ($111k) Net assets 127 ($676k)2024 Revenue 100 ($84k) Expenses 174 ($115k) Net assets 121 ($644k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (174)Net assets (121)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 2021 to 2022, from $605k to $685k (+13%).

$593k
$608k
$616k
$622k
$605k
$685k
$678k
$648k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,675 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
$30k
’18
$25k
’19
$17k
’20
−$1k
’21
$79k
’22
−$7k
’23
−$31k
’24
18
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.

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Listed33332222
Joined·+0+0+0····
No longer listed·000····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income held at $0.

Funder
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'22
'23
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'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
2
2
3
1
2
2
2
1

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 6 funders by total. 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 LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC is better cushioned than half of the 10,158 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−37% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve17.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,158 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like LAREDO STEPPING STONE 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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC?
LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN HARVESTERS INC ($7,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $7,500 in grants to LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC?
VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN HARVESTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAREDO STEPPING STONE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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