Maryland · Nonprofit
SECOND STEP INC
SECOND STEP INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being RUPA AND BHARAT B BHATT FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $-488863
What Second Step Inc does
Mission
To provide affordable housing to the chronically mentally disabled under section 811 of the national affordable housing act.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Second step, inc. Is a maryland corporation organized in february 1991 for the purpose of acquiring, developing and operating housing and related facilities for persons who suffer from chronic mental illness. It consists of 18 units located in montgomery county, maryland. The entity receives assistance under provisions of section 811 of the national affordable housing act. Such projects are regulated by the u.s. Department of housing and urban development as to rent charges and operating methods.
$98,026 spent$132,112 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $98,026.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $975k (−8%).
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: 2022 73% · 2023 56% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SECOND STEP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Cari Guthrie
President & board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SECOND 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
SECOND STEP INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
SECOND STEP INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SECOND 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- St Lukes Homes Inc · exempt
- Waterside Homes Inc · exempt
- Second Step II Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SECOND STEP 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 SECOND STEP INC?
- SECOND STEP INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being RUPA AND BHARAT B BHATT FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SECOND STEP INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to SECOND STEP INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SECOND STEP INC?
- RUPA AND BHARAT B BHATT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SECOND STEP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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