Vermont · Nonprofit
STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC
STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,219,389 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($424,082). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc does
Mission
Assist in transition to a safe, independent life for those who have been affected physically, sexually, emotionally, or economically by domestic abuse and to promote a culture that fosters justice, equity and safety.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The emergency housing program (ehp) meets the immediate need for safe housing as well as advocacy and support for those fleeing domestic violence. The staff provides safety planning and advocacy for safe housing if the agency's emergency shelter is not available or appropriate. The staff refers to other social service providers as needed. Advocates provide referrals for basic needs such as food, clothing, medical assistance, financial assistance, parenting support, follow-up services, and ongoing support including education on the causes and effects of domestic abuse. Staff also assist in the search for safe and affordable housing using individualized housing search plans.
$2,476,886 spentof which $1,229,600 as grants72% of program spendingThe education and prevention program (epp) provides information and awareness about domestic abuse and steps to end domestic violence, inc. Programs and services offered to a wide audience in the community, through public events and presentations for area high schools, colleges, community organizations, and businesses. The organization also works to develop ongoing internal resources on topics including domestic violence in underserved populations, current trends in domestic violence, and ongoing educational opportunities in the community.
$231,758 spent7% of program spendingThe children and youth program (cyp) offers crisis intervention and advocacy for the rights and needs of children in the shelter and in the community. Other services include childcare, recreational activities and educational/therapeutic playgroups for preschool and school-aged children. Groups are open to children referred through the steps to end domestic violence, inc. Hotline, school social workers and other service providers.
$234,853 spent7% of program spendingThe economic justice program (ejp) is a programmatic response to the reality that the path to safety and violence-free lives for those who have experienced domestic violence must include access to economic resources. Lack of access to affordable, safe housing, stable income and employment, health insurance, transportation, and other basic needs narrows the options for many people. The economic justice program works with individuals and systems to break down the barriers that prevent access to crucial economic resources. Staff help service users regain confidence in personal finance, build employment readiness, and secure transitional and permanent housing. Within the economic justice program is the transitional housing program (thp). Steps to end domestic violence, inc. Provides transitional housing in a scattered site model in which rental assistance may be provided for those living in housing units throughout the community. Advocates work with participants as they stabilize housing, while also connecting them to community resources such as financial literacy programming, job training and other resources. The hotline functions 24/7 as the first response to those in need. Hotline…
$500,551 spentof which $166,041 as grants15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,444,048.
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 $1.1M to $1.7M (+51%).
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 46% · 2018 54% · 2019 60% · 2020 61% · 2021 62% · 2022 56% · 2023 67% · 2024 78% · 2025 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Ana Burke
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $75k → $305k.
6 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
47% 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 STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 45% · 2019 25% · 2020 26% · 2021 20% · 2022 21% · 2023 28% — 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
35% of STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $492k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.4M on record — $2.6M federal, $9.8M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.4M
- Department of Justice$1.2M
- Homeless Assistance HOP$6.1M
- Grants$3.5M
- Emergency Solutions Grants$100k
- Temp Housing$91k
- ESG CARES$42k
- Home/Rent$23k
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 STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 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 STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC?
- STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC (Vermont) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,219,389 to it, the largest being THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION ($424,082). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,219,389 in grants to STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC?
- THE WATERWHEEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $424,082 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEPS TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC 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.
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 48 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