Arizona · Nonprofit
STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC
STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being Frankel Family Foundation ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Step One Foundation Inc does
Mission
Briefly describe the orgs mission: 1) generate revenue operating mission-based social enterprises that support the operation of a 24/7/365 shelter serving women & child victims of homelessness, neglect, exploitation or any victimization. 2) operate nfp multi-tenant community center serving 12-step self-help & nfps. 3) paid job training program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Employment enhancement opportunities program in 2025 provided paid employment training & placement services to 3 women in our local domestic violence/sexual assault advocacy programs & 10 community re-entry workers recently out of prison or drug/alcohol rehab needing transitional employment while preparing for community employment integration. Retail sales/pos systems, computer publishing, & library science are just a few of the employment training opportunities this program offers. Of those 13 people, 0 secured employment, 4 are still in the paid training program (2024 carryover) & 9 relocated out of the area or we have no info from after they completed their eeop program. Over 234 hours of personal growth & development training were provided & paid for through this program.
$1,843,427 spent$846,701 earned by the program84% of program spendingMission-based social enterprises to generate revenue to support local domestic violence shelter & services to women & children in west yavapai county. $84,000 directly supported our local dv/sa emergency services program.
$340,976 spentof which $84,000 as grants16% of program spendingNot-for-profit multi-tenant resource/community center 2023 states: 10 step self-help meetings per week (222 people per week). Recovery & self-help library & bookstore provided over 1,315 recovery-based medallions, books, workbooks, & tools to help people on their path toward healing & sobriety.
$1,749 spent$4,004 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,186,152.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $635k to $1.0M (+63%).
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.
67% of STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $585k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Be Better Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of STEP ONE FOUNDATION 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
100% of STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
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
STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like STEP ONE FOUNDATION 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% 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 4 related entities
- Stepping Stones Foundation Inc · exempt
- Be Better Foundation Inc · exempt
- Gratitude Foundation Inc · exempt
- Saddle Horn Consulting · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STEP ONE FOUNDATION 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 STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC?
- STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,000 to it, the largest being Frankel Family Foundation ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,000 in grants to STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC?
- Frankel Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEP ONE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), 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