Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LIFESTEPS INC
LIFESTEPS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,821,889 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($3,550,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Lifesteps Inc does
Mission
Helping individuals and families with life's changing needs by providing programs and services which will improve their quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct residential servicesresidential community homes are provided and staffed to support individuals with intellectual disabilities in residential neighborhoods. Each of lifesteps 51 homes are staffed to meet the needs of each individual and to support their independence as outlined in the individual's supports plan. Lifesharing / family living is a program for individuals with intellectual disabilities to reside in the private home of a host family or participant. The host family provides food, shelter, personal care, transportation, and comprehensive supports for one or two individuals.supported living is a program lifesteps is qualified to provide for individuals with intellectual disabilities to help them reside in the private home they own or rent. Staff assists individuals with greater independence in food preparation, shelter, personal care, transportation, and comprehensive supports for one or two individuals.
$22,045,886 spent$25,514,384 earned by the program75% of program spendingDirect children & family serviceschild care (integrated) for children with and without special needs ages six weeks to school-age. Child check is a free developmental screening for children from birth to 5 years old that evaluates a child's development including talking, seeing, hearing, moving, thinking, and living skills. An autism screening is also available for children 18 months to 5 years of age along with hearing, social/emotional, speech and language by request or referral. Choic assists families at risk for drug use or abuse to remain healthy and safe by providing in-home family skills training, child development screening and education, and connects families to the social determinants of health within their community. Crisis child care is provided at no charge to eligible families to help alleviate stress thus reducing the potential for child abuse and neglect. Early care and education council (ecec) is a county-wide collaboration of organizations and individuals who are united to increase the quality of early care and education in our community and administered locally by lifesteps. Early head start provides services to low-income pregnant women and families with…
$3,972,095 spent$1,303,756 earned by the program14% of program spendingDirect intellectual and developmental disability day program servicesadult training facility-basic education & socialization training (best) provides learning opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities, and medical challenges. Programs focus on assisting individuals with intellectual disabilities in becoming more active members of their community through employment exploration, assessment and training; participation in community events; and social interaction within the community. Adult training facility-community outreach center (cor) focuses on assisting individuals with intellectual disabilities in becoming more active members of their community through employment exploration, assessment and training; participation in community events; and social interaction within the community. Transition the next step is a program designed for high school students and young adults with intellectual/ developmental disabilities, including autism, to assist in reaching their personal potential in independent living, employment, and secondary education. A themed daily schedule allows for participation tailored to the students' needs by utilizing technology, simulation, hands-on…
$3,097,902 spent$3,517,328 earned by the program11% of program spendingAdult day health services is a medically-monitored day program serving clients who are medically fragile and/or socially isolated or have a functional impairment who are 60 years of age or older, or who are 18 years of age or older and have post stroke or dementia, parkinsonism, or a dementia-related disease such as alzheimer's or other organic brain syndrome. The program provides daily activities, socialization, nutritious meals and snacks, medication management, daily exercise, and transportation. Behavioral support services provides specialized trainings and supports for families and professionals who care for children and adults with challenging behaviors to implement positive support strategies that will help them achieve their fullest potential.
$263,975 spent$86,321 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,379,858.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $13M to $17M (+33%).
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: 2017 8% · 2018 7% · 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 11% · 2024 14% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of LIFESTEPS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Karen Sue Owens
President & CEO
Board chair
Brenda M Dare
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 9 funders, grant income rose $173k → $396k.
3 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 LIFESTEPS 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
LIFESTEPS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 27% · 2019 30% · 2020 42% · 2021 40% · 2022 28% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
63% of LIFESTEPS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of LIFESTEPS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k 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
LIFESTEPS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding LIFESTEPS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$11.2M
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 LIFESTEPS 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Accessabilities Inc · exempt
- All Abilities Inc · exempt
- Accessabilities Foundation Inc · exempt
- Accessabilities Children's Services Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFESTEPS 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFESTEPS INC?
- LIFESTEPS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,821,889 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($3,550,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFESTEPS INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,821,889 in grants to LIFESTEPS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFESTEPS INC?
- MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA is the largest funder on record, with $3,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFESTEPS 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.
Play a game about who funds Lifesteps →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 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