STEP-STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: STEP-STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC (EIN 22-3879050)
Tax period: 2018-09-01 to 2019-08-31
Filed: 2020-01-19
IRS object ID: 202000199349300350
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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	2020-01-19T04:27:15-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

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	2018-09-01	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	5208678482	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6336 NORTH ORACLE ROAD 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	PRESIDENT FOUNDER	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2020-01-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KRISTINA MORGAN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	6022302700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-01-19	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	68.226.18.216	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-01-19	IPDt
IP Tm	22:34:13	IPTm
IP Timezone	MS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	9DF23E0F1646A68D5B7A96BF3F8BB77D18292F91	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	AE85F118FF4DB139F5F4296939BFED2C27E5138B	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-22 18:59:49Z	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 North Oracle Road 326-326	AddressLine1Txt
City	Tucson	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85704	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$644,550	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.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	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	60	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$461,584	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$481,411	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$14,770	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,376	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$476,354	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$483,787	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$265,254	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$280,460	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$73,959	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$121,419	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$195,418	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$386,673	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$475,878	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$89,681	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$7,909	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$698,891	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$706,078	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$7,197	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$927	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$691,694	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$705,151	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	STEPS MISSION IS TO EMPOWER UNDERSERVED ARIZONA STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. STEP CURRENTLY WORKS WITH OVER 200 LOW-INCOME ARIZONA STUDENTS YEARLY. A MAJORITY OF STEP STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST GENERATION IN THEIR FAMILY TO SEEK A COLLEGE DEGREE. TO DATE, OVER 90 OF STEP ALUMNI ARE ATTENDING OR HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$237,093	ExpenseAmt
Desc	COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM STUDENTS ENTER STEPS COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM IN THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATE IN MONTHLY COLLEGE-PREP WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THEIR SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR YEARS. THESE WORKSHOPS ARE DESIGNED TO GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE COLLEGE PREPARATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS AND EQUIP STUDENTS WITH THE CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ADVOCACY SKILLS TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE GUIDED THROUGH THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS. 11 ADVISING IS PROVIDED FOR EACH STUDENT THROUGHOUT THEIR TENURE IN STEP.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$134,172	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LEADERSHIP EXPEDITION PROGRAM RISING SENIORS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A TRANSFORMATIVE 3-WEEK LEADERSHIP EXPEDITION IN THE WILDERNESS OF ALASKA WITH STEPS EXPEDITION PARTNER - NOLS. STUDENTS ARE CONFRONTED WITH CONDITIONS THAT ARE TOTALLY FOREIGN TO THEM - MIRRORING THE ABRUPT CHANGE THEY WILL EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY LEAVE HOME FOR COLLEGE. BY THE END OF THE EXPERIENCE, THEY ARE THRIVING IN THEIR NEW ENVIRONMENT. STUDENTS RETURN HOME WITH INCREASED SELF-CONFIDENCE, AN ENHANCED ABILITY TO MEET UNFAMILIAR CHALLENGES, A GREATER SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND A RECOGNITION THAT THEY CAN TACKLE ANY CHALLENGE AHEAD OF THEM AS LONG AS THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND DO THE HARD WORK.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$371,265	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	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	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	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
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 (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Andrew White
Board Chair	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Diggs
Board Treasurer	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Debora Luna
Board Secretary	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joan Lowell
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Morris Scott
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christine Burton
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles Layne
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Erler
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Luzeo Osuna
Director	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tracy Baynes
President Founder	040.00		Yes (X)	$75,000	$0	$0
Les Smith
CEO	040.00		Yes (X)	$26,250	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$101,250	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$481,411	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$11,388	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$481,411	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,397	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,397	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$160,742	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$160,763	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$21	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$21	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$21	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$483,787	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,376	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	$151,946	TotalAmt
Program Services	$79,549	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,897	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$66,500	FundraisingAmt

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	$106,621	TotalAmt
Program Services	$99,535	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,086	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

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

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

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

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,893	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,756	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,510	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	$6,876	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,876	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	$190	TotalAmt
Management And General	$190	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,364	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,060	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,000	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,608	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,065	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,543	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,874	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,874	ProgramServicesAmt

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	$7,525	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,760	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$765	FundraisingAmt

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	$184	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$184	FundraisingAmt

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	$5,080	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,080	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,018	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,008	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,010	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
EXPEDITION PROGRAM TUITION TRAVEL	$133,164	$133,164
PROGRAM PREP TEST MATERIALS FOOD	$12,543	$12,543

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,992	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,992	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$475,878	TotalAmt
Program Services	$371,265	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,654	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$73,959	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,366	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,068	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$317,863	BOYAmt
EOY	$257,618	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$323,374	BOYAmt
EOY	$340,273	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$71,119	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,288	BOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$698,891	BOYAmt
EOY	$706,078	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$927	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,197	BOYAmt
EOY	$927	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$657,232	BOYAmt
EOY	$703,503	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,648	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$691,694	BOYAmt
EOY	$705,151	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$698,891	BOYAmt
EOY	$706,078	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$7,909	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$3,687	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$1,861	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
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)
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	$324,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$389,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$338,700	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$461,584	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$481,411	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,996,085	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$324,434	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$389,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$338,700	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$461,584	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$481,411	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,996,085	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$5,831	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$1,990,254	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,403	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,319	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,063	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,397	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,385	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,008,470	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99090	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.98850	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support CY509	0.00000	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part II Section B Line 11 NET CAPITAL GAINS OR LOSSES FROM THE SALE OF ASSETS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE PUBLIC SUPPORT CALCULATIONS OF SCH A . THE FOLLOWING GAINS LOSSES FROM THE SALE OF ASSETS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON THE FORM 990 PART VIII STATEMENT OF REVENUE BUT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN SCHEDULE A COLUMN D 2017 11,707 AND COLUMN E 2018 21.	FactsAndCircumstancesTestTxt

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II Section C Line 15	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	PRIOR YEAR PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE WAS RECALCULATED IT WAS DISCOVERED SOME DONORS PREVIOULSY BELIEVED TO BE PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS WERE IN FACT PUBLICLY SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS.	ExplanationTxt

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

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$34,462	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$10,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$42,814	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,648	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$14,750	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$46,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$26,288	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$34,462	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$20,000	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,250	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$14,750	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

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

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Credit Card Liabilities	$927
Payroll Liabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$927	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$605,548	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$3,687	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$118,074	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$121,761	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$483,787	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$483,787	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$594,557	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$118,074	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included	$605	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$118,679	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$475,878	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$475,878	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
V 4	THE ORGANIZATIONS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS WERE RESTRICTED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES SALESFORCE DATA MANAGEMENT BUILD-OUT ALL FUNDING USED DURING FISCAL YEAR AND SENIOR CELEBRATION.
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	OTHER CHANGE 605. ACCRUAL-TO-CASH ADJUSTMENTS TO REPORT TAX RETURN ON CASH BASIS OF ACCOUNTING FROM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCRUAL BASIS.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 B	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. AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD FOLLOWING THE FILING OF THE 990 WITH THE IRS, THE COMPLETE FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BY THE ORGANIZATIONS LEAD OFFICERS WITH RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE FORM 990S REVIEW THEREAFTER, QUESTIONS ARE TAKEN AND THE FORM, ITS PREPARATION, AND ITS PUBLIC RELATION IMPACT IS DISCUSSED.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12 C	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 A B	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND 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.