Ohio · Nonprofit
THE FIRST STEP HOME INC
THE FIRST STEP HOME INC (Ohio) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,280,222 to it, the largest being Trust Estate of George B Riley ($613,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What The First Step Home Inc does
Mission
To create compassionate pathways for women's addiction recovery through an integrated continuum of services to achieve self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential treatment: first step home is the only residential treatment facility for women in southwest ohio that allows women to undergo treatment while allowing their children, under the age of 12, to live with them. During fiscal year 2025, 159 women were admitted to fsh's residential program. Seven babies were born drug-free to clients during treatment.during this period, 45% of our clients were diagnosed with opiate addiction. This is a slight decrease from the past few years, but we are seeing increases in the use of stimulants such as methamphetamines, cocaine and alcohol. The average age of the women was 37 and we provided them with 3,631 nights of room and board. Additionally, we provided 394 nights of room and board to the children who accompanied their mothers during treatment. Our residential services included 169 hours of individual counseling and 523 hours of case management.
$1,689,428 spent$949,072 earned by the program63% of program spendingOutpatient treatment: our typical client begins their treatment in our residential program and then moves to outpatient as they are stabilized in their addiction treatment. Outpatient treatment: most fsh clients begin treatment in the residential program & move to outpatient once stabilized & appropriate for a lower level of care. There are two levels of care in outpatient treatment: intensive and non-intensive. During fiscal year 2025, 109 women received outpatient services, and supportive recovery housing is available for all women receiving outpatient treatment. Almost all women in the intensive program reside in on-site recovery housing. Women who receive non-intensive outpatient services may continue to live in one of our sober houses, though some choose to live off-site. The number of recovery housing bed days for women during this period was 16,684, while 6,627 bed days were provided for the children living with their mothers. Additionally, during fy 2025, the outpatient services provided 564 hours of case management and 479 hours of individual therapy to fsh clients, which helped them cope with their addiction and achieve long-term recovery.
$985,306 spent$949,072 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,674,734.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.9M to $7.1M (+20%).
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 6% · 2018 7% · 2019 5% · 2020 32% · 2021 50% · 2022 40% · 2023 25% · 2024 29% · 2025 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of THE FIRST STEP HOME INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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.
Board chair
Angie Hater
Trustee/chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $246k → $454k.
6 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 THE FIRST STEP HOME INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
THE FIRST STEP HOME INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
39% 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 THE FIRST STEP HOME INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 18% · 2019 14% · 2020 25% · 2021 13% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% — 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
43% of THE FIRST STEP HOME INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
88% of THE FIRST STEP HOME INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $602k 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
THE FIRST STEP HOME INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE FIRST STEP HOME INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78 on record.
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $78
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 THE FIRST STEP HOME 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- First Step Home Holdings LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FIRST STEP HOME INC?
- THE FIRST STEP HOME INC (Ohio) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,280,222 to it, the largest being Trust Estate of George B Riley ($613,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FIRST STEP HOME INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $4,280,222 in grants to THE FIRST STEP HOME INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FIRST STEP HOME INC?
- Trust Estate of George B Riley is the largest funder on record, with $613,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FIRST STEP HOME INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 79 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