Wisconsin · Nonprofit
NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC
NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,713 to it, the largest being THE MISSION 316 FOUNDATION ($21,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Next Step Ministries Inc does
Mission
Next step ministries provides opportunities for students to explore their faith, experience god, and extend service to others, in the name of jesus christ.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Next step ministries is a christ-centered, 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a heart to do youth missions differently. We are passionate about the experience students can have on a mission trip - serving others while encountering a living god who offers freedom and grace.we want to see people thriving, developing from within, and restoring dignity. To this end, we lead thousands of youth on one-week mission trips that connect them with sustainable community-led initiatives we support on a year-round basis.through years of intentional listening and learning we have been inspired to create a space where the beauty and power of short-term trips can connect to real sustainable community development. It's a tall task, and one we are continually learning and growing in, but it's also one that when done right, can provide an incredible god-sized experience for both students and communities alike.films - next step ministries provides original video series and study guides. Every year an original film series is produced that coincides with the evening messages. The film series is meant to reach others in yet another way with powerful stories of christ in action. While everyfilm series is different,…
$890,638 spentof which $12,950 as grants$1,948,301 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $890,638.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $444k to $722k (+62%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 18% · 2023 9% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $11k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NEXT STEP MINISTRIES 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
NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 58% · 2018 94% · 2019 68% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 91% — 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
0% of NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $531 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
NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NEXT STEP MINISTRIES 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEXT STEP MINISTRIES 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 NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC?
- NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,713 to it, the largest being THE MISSION 316 FOUNDATION ($21,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $33,713 in grants to NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC?
- THE MISSION 316 FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEXT STEP MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 9 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