STEP-STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: STEP-STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC (EIN 22-3879050)
Tax period: 2024-09-01 to 2025-08-31
Filed: 2026-07-01
IRS object ID: 202611829349301006
Schema version: 2024v5.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-07-01T06:40:59-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	822851604	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SECHLER MORGAN CPAS PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2418 W BARROW DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	CHANDLER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85224	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	223879050	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STEP STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	STEP	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5206091149	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6336 NORTH ORACLE ROAD STE 326-326	AddressLine1Txt
City	TUCSON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85704	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TRACY BAYNES	PersonNm
Person Title	FOUNDER PRESIDENT AND CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5206091149	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-07-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KRISTINA MORGAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01370742	PTIN
Phone	6022302700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-06-09	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Tracy Baynes	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6336 N Oracle Rd Ste 326	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tucson	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85704	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$859,690	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	STEPEXPEDITION.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO EQUIP MOTIVATED LOW-INCOME ARIZONA STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, CONFIDENCE, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE AND BREAK THE CHAIN OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	92	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$834,570	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$832,711	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$25,834	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$24,018	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$860,404	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$856,729	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$457,827	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$484,520	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$85,914	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$397,089	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$404,877	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$854,916	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$889,397	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,488	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$32,668	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,143,410	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,229,286	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,462	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$8,688	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,138,948	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,220,598	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	EMPOWER UNDERSERVED ARIZONA STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. STEP CURRENTLY WORKS WITH OVER 300 LOW-INCOME AZ HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS YEARLY. A MAJORITY OF STEP STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST GENERATION IN THEIR FAMILY TO SEEK A COLLEGE DEGREE. TO DATE, 96 OF STEPS COLLEGE-PREP ALUMNI ARE IN COLLEGE OR HAVE ATTAINED A COLLEGE DEGREE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$750,502	ExpenseAmt
Desc	COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM STEP PROVIDED ITS COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM TO OVER 300 LOW-INCOME ARIZONA HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS LAST YEAR. STEPS GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024 ARE ATTENDING THE THREE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS TOP-RANKED SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE INCLUDING BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BROWN UNIVERSITY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, DUKE UNIVERSITY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, POMONA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS TO NAME A FEW. STEPS CLASS OF 2024 RECEIVED OVER 4 MILLION IN 1ST-YEAR GIFT AID FOR THE SCHOOLS THEY ARE ATTENDING, CORRESPONDING TO OVER 16 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$750,502	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BOOKSTIME	PersonNm
Phone	6176319856	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	539 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEWTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02459	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
TRACY BAYNES
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, AND CEO	040.00	Yes (X)	$110,687	$0	$6,144
ANDREW WHITE
BOARD CHAIR	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
FRED PAKIS
BOARD TREASURER	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DEBORA LUNA
BOARD SECRETARY	001.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GEORGE FIGUEROA
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
CHRISTY BURTON
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JAMIE ROSENTHAL
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JESUS RAMIREZ
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOAN LOWELL
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JOE SCHENK
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MORRIS SCOTT
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
PATTI PARRA
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SANDRA GRIJALVA
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SUSAN ERLER
DIRECTOR	001.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$110,687	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$6,144	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$832,711	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,961	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$832,711	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,073	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$24,073	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,906	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,961	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$55	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$55	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$55	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$856,729	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$24,018	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$106,799	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,866	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$314,359	TotalAmt
Program Services	$260,399	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$53,960	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,660	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,003	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$657	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,836	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$863	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,150	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,103	TotalAmt
Management And General	$25,103	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,888	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,075	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,366	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$6,303	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,925	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,612	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,648	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$18,842	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,389	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,389	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$216	TotalAmt
Management And General	$216	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,868	TotalAmt
Program Services	$360	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,508	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
EXPEDITION PROGRAM TUITION EXPENSES	$135,000	$135,000
PROGRAM EVENTS FOOD	$129,671	$127,671	$2,000
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	$961	$961

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$889,397	TotalAmt
Program Services	$750,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$52,981	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$85,914	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$70,965	BOYAmt
EOY	$86,569	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$484,854	BOYAmt
EOY	$444,607	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$25,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$8,080	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$2,595	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$216	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,379	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$587,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$662,651	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,143,410	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,229,286	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,820	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,868	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,688	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,138,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,174,164	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$46,434	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,138,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,220,598	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,143,410	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,229,286	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$32,668	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$64,947	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$49,371	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$560,551	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$728,391	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$848,171	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$834,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$832,711	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,804,394	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$560,551	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$728,391	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$848,171	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$834,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$832,711	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,804,394	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$165,084	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,639,310	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$749	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,817	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,535	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$26,341	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$24,073	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$68,515	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$3,872,909	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.93970	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96350	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,595	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$216	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,379	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,379	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Credit Card Liabilities	$5,868

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$5,868	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,056,676	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$64,947	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$135,000	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$199,947	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$856,729	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$856,729	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,024,399	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$135,000	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$2	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$135,002	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$889,397	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$889,397	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

X 2

MANAGEMENT OF STEP CONSIDERS THE LIKELIHOOD OF CHANGES BY TAXING AUTHORITIES IN ITS FILED TAX RETURNS AND RECOGNIZES A LIABILITY FOR OR DISCLOSES POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IF MANAGEMENT BELIEVES IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT FOR A CHANGE TO OCCUR, INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATIONS STATUS AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT STEP MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AND HAS NO INCOME SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX, THEREFORE, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

XII 2d

ROUNDING ADJUSTMENT.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES A PDF COPY OF THE 990 RETURN TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT PRIOR TO BEING FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	ANNUALLY, THE ORGANIZATION REVIEWS AND DISCUSSES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REQUESTS THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER LIST AND ACKNOWLEDGE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS. ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF ARE COVERED UNDER THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. AT EACH BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETING, IF THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF SELECTING OR ENGAGING A VENDOR OR SERVICE PROVIDER, ALL IN ATTENDANCE ARE ASKED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THIS DISCUSSION IF THERE COULD BE A PERCEIVED CONFLICT.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT / CEO BY COMPARING THEIR COMPENSATION TO THE COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN LIKE POSITIONS, IN COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS USING FORMS 990, COMPENSATION STUDIES, AND OTHER AVAILABLE DATA. THE BOARD THEN APPROVES ANY CHANGES IN COMPENSATION BASED ON THIS INFORMATION. THE ORGANIZATION HAS NO PAID OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES MEETING THE IRS DEFINITION OF A KEY EMPLOYEE.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MAY BE MADE IN WRITING OR IN PERSON AT THE ORGANIZATIONS MAIN BUSINESS LOCATION. ALL SUCH REQUESTS ARE FULFILLED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR RECORDED ADJUSTING ENTRIES TO CONVERT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE CASH BASIS TO THE ACCRUAL BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GAAP. THE DIFFERENCE REPORTED REPRESENTS THE IMPACT ON THE BEGINNING NET ASSETS OF THIS CASH-TO-ACCRUAL CONVERSION ADJUSTMENT.