Vermont · Nonprofit
Stepping Stones Preschool
Stepping Stones Preschool (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,300 to it, the largest being LET'S GROW KIDS INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Stepping Stones Preschool does
Mission
The purpose of Steppings Stones Preschool is to promote the social, emotional, and intellectual development of children in the preschool and kindergarden age group. We provide a high-quality, play-based curriculum designed by integrating with the Vermont Early Learning Standards.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Preschool for children ages 1 to 6 years from Ludlow, Cavendish, and Mount Holly area.
$185,440 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $185,440.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $41k to $766 (−98%).
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.
30% of Stepping Stones Preschool’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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 → 2019: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $800 → $27k.
From the IRS filings of Stepping Stones Preschool’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
Stepping Stones Preschool leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% 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 Stepping Stones Preschool.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 74% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Stepping Stones Preschool's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Stepping Stones Preschool runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 625 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Government funding Stepping Stones Preschool receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Child Care Subsidy Employ/Trai$1.0M
- Child Care Subsidy Protect SVC$49k
- Child Care Subsidy Family Supp$31k
- CC Stabilization ARPA - Grants$30k
- CCFAP Expansion Readiness$25k
- Grants to Municipalities$21k
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.
Organizations like Stepping Stones Preschool
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Stepping Stones Preschool: 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 Stepping Stones Preschool?
- Stepping Stones Preschool (Vermont) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,300 to it, the largest being LET'S GROW KIDS INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Stepping Stones Preschool have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,300 in grants to Stepping Stones Preschool, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Stepping Stones Preschool?
- LET'S GROW KIDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Stepping Stones Preschool find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2019–2026), and the filings of 3 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