Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC
THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,021 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($58,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $135k
- Net assets
- $701k
What The Next Step Programs Inc does
Mission
Established in 2015, the next step programs (tns) was founded with a clear purpose: to bridge the gap between high school and adulthood for young adults with disabilities. We believe that every individual, regardless of ability, deserves the opportunity to live a full, engaged, and meaningful life. 10 years later, tns introduced adam's way, the first-of-its-kind inclusive housing community in doylestown, pa. Adam's way is an innovative housing project bringing people with and without disabilities together to live full, connected lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The next step programs is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating inclusive communities where young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) are empowered to lead meaningful, connected lives. Founded in 2015, our organization provides person-centered programs that promote independence, community participation, employment readiness, and lifelong learning.in the past year, the next step programs has continued to grow in impact and reach: - in august, tns began providing in home and community supports, growing the service from one participant to 13 participants served by the end of the year.- the employment services division experienced significant growth, increasing from two initial participants to 19 participants served and securing six new competitive integrated employment opportunities.core services: tns provides social programming and waiver-funded services, including community participation supports (cps), employment services, and in home & community supports (ihcs): - social groups operate in four seasonal sessions and focus on peer interaction, community engagement, and skill building.- overnight programming, which falls under the social groups…
$1,257,245 spent$1,190,309 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,257,245.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $43k to $887k (+1955%).
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: 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS 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. 1 of the last 4 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
Josh Fields
Executive director
Board chair
Paula Fasciano
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 NEXT STEP PROGRAMS 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
THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 44% · 2023 83% — 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 NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 55% 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
71% of THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $40k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS 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 THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC?
- THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,021 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($58,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $135,021 in grants to THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC?
- THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $58,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NEXT STEP PROGRAMS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 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