Missouri · Nonprofit
NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC
NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,465 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($383,963). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $553k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Nextstep for Life Inc does
Mission
Part I, line 1, & part iii, line 1: the mission of nextstep for life, inc. Is to provide an array of services that assist individuals with disabilities to live fulfilled lives. Those supports include residential habilitation, community integration, vocational rehabilitation, and family supports/leisure services.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Residential services offers the opportunity to learn independent living skills in a caring environment. 21 people receive residential habilitation supports in settings that range from 10 hours per week to 24/7 oversight.
$2,744,230 spent$3,292,401 earned by the program56% of program spendingCommunity supports includes adult day habilitation (group and individual). The goal is to help individuals access community resources, develop natural supports, and play valued roles in their community. 44 people received group day habiliation supports.
$592,400 spent$972,150 earned by the program12% of program spendingEmployment services is a comprehnsive vocational rehabilitation facility providing employment related services including evaluation, assessment, placement, and coaching. 327 people received these supports.
$1,099,927 spent$1,333,747 earned by the program22% of program spendingFamily supports & leisure services offer family members opportunities to obtain some respite from their caregiver duties, and they offer recreational opportunities to people with developmental disabilities.
$467,321 spent$745,207 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,903,878.
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.
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 $3.0M to $4.1M (+40%).
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 2% · 2018 3% · 2019 0% · 2020 3% · 2021 20% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
John Lamping
Chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $132k → $202.
1 of 7 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 NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 79% · 2019 77% · 2020 60% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $787 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.
Organizations like NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE 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 NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC?
- NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,465 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($383,963). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $553,465 in grants to NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $383,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEXTSTEP FOR LIFE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 7 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