FRONT STEP INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $444K · expenses $305K · assets $586K

EIN
23-3058183
Address
PO BOX 91, ROYERSFORD, PA 19468-0091
NTEE code
P80
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2001 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

Front Step works with the community to provide services that contribute to the quality of life of those of the Stenton Park neighborhood of Philadelphia and beyond. Our mission seeks to accomplish positive impact for existing challenges including poverty societal pressures and educational deficiencies. Our main audience focus is children and youth but Front Step also provides compassionate assistance to people of all ages.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

6 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Richard W Tink Executive Director2025 $43,449$43,449 1
Freddie Perez Building Program Assistant2023-2025 $1,846$7,224 1
Kurt Velit Building Program Assistant2024-2025 $2,520$3,950 1
Rev R Wesley Tink (former) Executive Director2020-2024 $42,800$211,266 1
Rachelle Small (former) Director Assistance2020-2023 $15,000$69,922 1
Richard Hardie (former) Treasurer2020-2023 $5,100$18,948 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Mark Anderson Board Member2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Collette Butler Board Member2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Sandra Collazo-Lopez Board Member2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Tom Laymon Board Member2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Willie McFadden Board Member2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Byron Hannon Board Secretary2020-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Wesly Felix Board Member2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
David Bennett Chairman of the Board2025 1 $0 reported 1
Wesley Felix (former) Board Member2024 1 $0 reported 1
Wilfred Snell (former) Board Member2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Kerry Willis (former) Chairman of the Board2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sandra CollazoLopez (former) Board Member2023 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · 3 paid, $48K · 3 employees · 55 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Richard W Tink Executive Director40 $43,449$0$0 $43,4491
Kurt Velit Building Program Assistant11 $2,520$0$0 $2,5201
Freddie Perez Building Program Assistant11 $1,846$0$0 $1,8461
Mark Anderson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Collette Butler Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Tom Laymon Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Wesly Felix Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Sandra Collazo-Lopez Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
David Bennett Chairman of the Board1 $0$0$0 $01
Willie McFadden Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 12 people listed · 3 paid, $46K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rev R Wesley Tink Executive Director40 $42,800-$0 $42,8001
Freddie Perez Building and Program Assistant7 $1,560-$0 $1,5601
Kurt Velit Building and Program Assistant5 $1,430-$0 $1,4301
Mark Anderson Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Collette Butler Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Sandra Collazo-Lopez Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Wesley Felix Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Tom Laymon Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Willie McFadden Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Wilfred Snell Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Kerry Willis Chairman of the Board1 $0-$0 $01
Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 13 people listed · 4 paid, $66K · 4 employees · 55 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rev R Wesley Tink Executive Director40 $42,000$0$0 $42,0001
Rachelle Small Director Assistance40 $15,000$0$0 $15,0001
Richard Hardie Treasurer2 $5,100$0$0 $5,1001
Freddie Perez Building Program Assistant7 $3,818$0$0 $3,8181
Mark Anderson Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Collette Butler Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Sandra CollazoLopez Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Wesly Felix Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Tom Laymon Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Willie McFadden Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Wilfred Snell Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Rev Kerry Willis Chairman of the Board2 $0$0$0 $01
Rev Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · 3 paid, $69K · 3 employees · 75 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rev R Wesley Tink Executive Director40 $42,000$0$0 $42,0001
Rachelle Small Director Assistance40 $21,730$0$0 $21,7301
Richard Hardie Treasurer2 $5,100$0$0 $5,1001
Rev Kerry Willis Chairman of the Board2 $0$0$0 $01
Rev Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · 3 paid, $69K · 3 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rev R Wesley Tink Executive Director40 $42,000$0$0 $42,0001
Rachelle Small Administrative Assistance40 $21,730$0$0 $21,7301
Richard Hardie Treasurer2 $5,100$0$0 $5,1001
Rev Kerry Willis Chairman of the Board2 $0$0$0 $01
Rev Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · 3 paid, $58K · 3 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Rev R Wesley Tink Executive Director40 $42,466$0$0 $42,4661
Rachelle Small Administrative Assistance40 $11,462$0$0 $11,4621
Richard Hardie Treasurer2 $3,648$0$0 $3,6481
Rev Kerry Willis Chairman of the Board2 $0$0$0 $01
Rev Byron Hannon Board Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

State business registration

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2026-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$444,331$305,380 $585,749$583,840 $192,372$25,400 $47,815355
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$169,767$166,022 $451,370$444,889 $144,105$24,650 ---
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$254,541$253,004 $444,517$441,144 $229,539$23,500 $65,918455
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$187,649$354,702 $597,265$597,265 $166,996$20,600 $26,830375
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$144,944$178,028 $627,429$627,429 $124,329$20,400 $26,83030
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$130,066$146,310 $660,513$660,513 $110,963$18,159 $15,11130

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $30,266 in all, tax years 2011 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2011 1$30,000 2011$30,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FRONT STEP INC” 2020-2023 4$266 2023$79
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $305,380 spent · pay $62,082 · grants $0 · events $900
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Program expenses $97,438$97,438$0$0 31.9%
Other (as described)Building expenses $67,315$67,315$0$0 22.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $47,815$34,780$3,042$9,993 15.7%
Other (as described)Building Licenses & Inspections $42,027$42,027$0$0 13.8%
Insurance $15,140$15,140$0$0 5.0%
Other employee benefits $10,017$8,608$390$1,019 3.3%
Fees: accounting $9,100$4,050$1,000$4,050 3.0%
Office expenses $5,098$904$2,855$1,339 1.7%
Other salaries and wages $3,605$3,540$15$50 1.2%
Information technology $3,086$2,002$450$634 1.0%
Advertising and promotion $2,737$202$0$2,535 0.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $900$427$425$48 0.3%
Payroll taxes $645$645$0$0 0.2%
Fees: other services $290$0$200$90 0.1%
Travel $167$0$147$20 0.1%
Total$305,380100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $166,022 spent · pay $54,748 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $65,853 39.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $54,748 33.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $28,639 17.3%
Fees to independent contractors $14,835 8.9%
Printing, publications, postage $1,947 1.2%
Total$166,022100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $253,004 spent · pay $75,234 · grants $0 · events $564
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Program expenses $102,816$102,816$0$0 40.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $65,918$47,513$4,200$14,205 26.1%
Other (as described)Building expenses $48,233$48,233$0$0 19.1%
Insurance $8,344$8,344$0$0 3.3%
Other employee benefits $6,453$3,657$664$2,132 2.6%
Office expenses $5,988$3,524$522$1,942 2.4%
Fees: accounting $3,790$1,705$379$1,706 1.5%
Travel $2,877$0$0$2,877 1.1%
Other (as described)Hosting Mission teams $2,039$2,039$0$0 0.8%
Payroll taxes $1,846$1,329$243$274 0.7%
Fees: other services $1,702$171$1,531$0 0.7%
Other salaries and wages $1,017$757$55$205 0.4%
Information technology $941$0$536$405 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $564$315$249$0 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $476$421$0$55 0.2%
Total$253,004100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $354,702 spent · pay $46,044 · grants $0 · events $924
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Purchase of home $146,247$146,247$0$0 41.2%
All other expenses $50,929$40,000$9,929$1,000 14.4%
Other (as described)Ministers Housing Allowance $42,000$14,000$14,000$14,000 11.8%
Occupancy $35,345$25,345$8,000$2,000 10.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $26,830$0$26,830$0 7.6%
Payroll taxes $18,853$17,418$991$0 5.3%
Insurance $9,736$7,300$2,436$0 2.7%
Office expenses $8,630$5,324$1,860$1,445 2.4%
Other (as described)Mission teams $7,822$7,822$0$0 2.2%
Travel $4,570$3,914$55$601 1.3%
Advertising and promotion $2,170$1,418$0$752 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $924$182$582$160 0.3%
Other salaries and wages $361$361$0$0 0.1%
Fees: accounting $285$0$285$0 0.1%
Total$354,702100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $178,028 spent · pay $34,189 · grants $0 · events $979
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $47,442$47,442$0$0 26.6%
Other (as described)Ministers Housing Allowance $42,000$14,000$14,000$14,000 23.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $26,830$0$26,830$0 15.1%
All other expenses $19,027$9,514$9,513$0 10.7%
Other (as described)Kitchen Exp inprovements $10,761$10,761$0$0 6.0%
Insurance $8,409$8,409$0$0 4.7%
Office expenses $6,007$3,004$3,003$0 3.4%
Payroll taxes $5,988$2,994$2,994$0 3.4%
Travel $4,343$1,449$1,447$1,447 2.4%
Other (as described)Security $3,866$0$3,866$0 2.2%
Other salaries and wages $1,371$1,371$0$0 0.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $979$0$979$0 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $740$370$0$370 0.4%
Fees: accounting $265$0$265$0 0.1%
Total$178,028100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $146,310 spent · pay $24,145 · grants $0 · events $37
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)Ministers Housing Allowance $42,466$14,155$14,155$14,156 29.0%
Occupancy $24,182$24,182$0$0 16.5%
All other expenses $19,776$9,888$9,888$0 13.5%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $15,111$0$15,111$0 10.3%
Other (as described)Learning Center Kids $12,244$12,244$0$0 8.4%
Payroll taxes $7,596$2,532$2,532$2,532 5.2%
Insurance $7,177$7,177$0$0 4.9%
Other (as described)Covid 19 Compassion $5,683$5,683$0$0 3.9%
Office expenses $5,580$2,790$2,790$0 3.8%
Other (as described)Security $3,212$0$3,212$0 2.2%
Other salaries and wages $1,438$719$719$0 1.0%
Travel $1,004$502$0$502 0.7%
Advertising and promotion $704$352$0$352 0.5%
Fees: accounting $100$0$100$0 0.1%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $37$0$37$0 0.0%
Total$146,310100%

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