Florida · Nonprofit
Step Up Suncoast Inc
Step Up Suncoast Inc (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,111,239 to it, the largest being FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY START COALITIONS ($10,102,055). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Step Up Suncoast Inc does
Mission
Step Up Suncoast empowers individuals and families to achieve long-term economic stability through education, support services, and community partnerships. The Agency's activities include combating poverty through community action programs and research projects by making every effort to mobilize the human and financial resources of the community, rallying local resources into community action programs for the benefit of all persons irrespective of age, race, color, or creed and facilitating these general purposes through combined representation of federal, state, and local governmental and community agencies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2025, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) made significant changes to its service delivery model at the direction of our statewide funder, FloridaCommerce. Rather than requiring residents to make an appointment with a caseworker to access utility assistance, they may now apply and submit all eligibility documents through a publicly accessible online portal. This change allows the program to receive, process, and distribute a higher volume of utility payments. The Weatherization Assistance Program and Family Self-Sufficiency Program also moved to a new online client portal, though the change had minimal impact on the client experience.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Early childhood education, voluntary pre-kindergarten and Head Start educational programs for over 1,382 participants. The programs received over $1,018,335 in donated services and use of facilities.
$10,869,129 spent53% of program spendingClient assistance services provide rental and utilities assistance, energy assistance, family emergency assistance, and community foundation services to over 5,461 participants through the LIHEAP, LIHWAP, Season of Sharing, Family Self-Sufficiency, Micro-Enterprise, and Community Block Grant programs. The programs received over $40,706 in donated services.
$4,580,418 spentof which $3,609,358 as grants23% of program spendingParents as Teachers - Training, home visit parenting services, and family support and referral services provide for developmental monitoring, parent training, child screening, intervention therapy, and educational programs for over 2,531 participants through various resource connection for families programs. The Parents as Teachers ("PAT") model is designed to provide support for families by making personal visits to the home, conducting group events, providing screenings, and a resource network to families. Through the integrated service, the PAT model goal is to increase parental knowledge of child and family development, increase school readiness, and provide early detection and intervention for possible developmental delays.
$3,385,131 spentof which $17,507 as grants17% of program spendingHousing assistance provides rental deposit and mortgage assistance, element intrusion services and housing counseling assistance to over 245 participants through the emergency housing, weatherization, and HUD programs.
$886,071 spentof which $50,732 as grants4% of program spendingFood services provide food vouchers and lunches to over 934 participants through the food distribution and USDA programs.
$598,476 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,319,225.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.2M to $5.6M (+74%).
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 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 96% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Step Up Suncoast Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Amy Yount
President & CEO
Board chair
Ivory Matthews
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $3.3M.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 Step Up Suncoast 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
Step Up Suncoast Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 Step Up Suncoast Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 73% · 2019 44% · 2020 50% · 2021 40% · 2022 37% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“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
58% of Step Up Suncoast Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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 Step Up Suncoast Inc's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Step Up Suncoast Inc's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 366 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Step Up Suncoast Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110.8M on record — $93.8M federal, $17.0M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$93.3M
- Department of the Treasury$345k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$133k
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $16.9M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $52k
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $112
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.
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Step Up Suncoast 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 Up Suncoast Inc?
- Step Up Suncoast Inc (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,111,239 to it, the largest being FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY START COALITIONS ($10,102,055). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Step Up Suncoast Inc have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $23,111,239 in grants to Step Up Suncoast Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Step Up Suncoast Inc?
- FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTHY START COALITIONS is the largest funder on record, with $10,102,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Step Up Suncoast Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 17 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing