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Stepping Stone Emergency Housing

Tax-deductible

Anoka, MN501(c)(3)HousingEIN 20-3226868Revenue $2.5M in FY2024

On file with the IRSsteppingstoneeh.org3300 4th Ave Bldg 14, 55303-1185 · Anoka, MNTax-exempt since Dec 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide Emergency Housing and support services to adults experiencing homelessness

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 54 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $467K a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 67% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.5M
-29% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.5M
FY2024▼ -29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.5M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2024▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.8M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2024▼ -8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$2.8M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $2.3M Management & general 11% · $315K Fundraising 7% · $200K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

12 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Steven W Griffiths
Executive Director
$99,776Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kathi Stone
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Don McGuire
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Doug Rolle
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nick Bednarczyk
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Dempsey
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ray Danzl
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steven W Griffiths’s $100K as Executive Director is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steven W Griffiths$99,776$91,241$41,991——
Julie Jeppson——$62,383$93,476$93,430

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers emergency shelter and aid to homeless adults.

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3 programs · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Operation of a 66 bed emergency shelter which provides sleeping, meals, laundry, personal hygiene, life skills coach, and staff support for clients. In 2024, the number of unduplicated people served was 517.

$1.8Mprogram expense
02

Stepping stone provides supported housing in blaine, MN.

$502Kprogram expense
03

Stepping stone provides community-based case management to 16 individuals.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Connexus Energy FoundationFY2025$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$552K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$315K
Fundraisingcol D$200K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$887K
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$552K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$125K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$78K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Total revenueLn 12$2.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$15K
SavingsLn 2$872K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$887K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M
Other assetsLn 15$605K
Total assetsLn 16$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 554
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$887K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$4.2M$3.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$2.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$100K$74K$16K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.0M$768K$166K$104K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$148K$110K$24K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$92K$68K$15K$9K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$2K$527$329
Accounting feesLn 11c$42K$31K$7K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$61K$45K$10K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$16K$3K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$49K$36K$8K$5K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K$385$241
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$8K$2K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$212K$157K$34K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$22K$16K$3K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$886K$860K$14K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$81K$60K$13K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.3M$315K$200K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.5M$2.8M−$258K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.5M$2.3M$1.2M$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.1M$2.4M$677K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.5M$2.4M$175K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.1M$1.5M$542K$1.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,510,899 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,633,485$551,552
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,890,579$1,970,025
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,940$21,478
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $77−$32,156
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,535,081$2,510,899
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,342,636$1,378,039
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $992,421$1,390,442
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,335,057$2,768,481
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,200,024−$257,582
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,510,899 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,214 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$77,750
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$473,802
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$125,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$551,552
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,970,025$1,970,025
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,478$21,478
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$37,370−$37,370
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,975,239 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$15,892$2,510,899
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,768,481 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $73,834 · Management $15,964 · Fundraising $9,978$99,776
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $768,399 · Management $166,140 · Fundraising $103,837$1,038,376
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $109,610 · Management $23,700 · Fundraising $14,812$148,122
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $67,906 · Management $14,682 · Fundraising $9,177$91,765
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,435 · Management $527 · Fundraising $329$3,291
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $30,952 · Management $6,692 · Fundraising $4,183$41,827
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $44,950 · Management $9,719 · Fundraising $6,074$60,743
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,870 · Management $3,431 · Fundraising $2,144$21,445
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,235 · Management $7,835 · Fundraising $4,897$48,967
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,783 · Management $385 · Fundraising $241$2,409
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,385 · Management $1,812 · Fundraising $1,133$11,330
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $156,517 · Management $33,841 · Fundraising $21,151$211,509
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,126 · Management $3,487 · Fundraising $2,179$21,792
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $860,070 · Management $14,102 · Fundraising $11,754$885,926
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $60,089 · Management $12,993 · Fundraising $8,121$81,203
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,253,161 · Management $315,310 · Fundraising $200,010$2,768,481
Part X · Balance sheet $3,914,679 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $29,415$14,947
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,065,124$872,366
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $111,395$311,147
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,322,541$2,111,032
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $668,039$605,187
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,196,514$3,914,679
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $388,474$432,053
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $721,164$653,332
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,109,638$1,085,385
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,086,876$2,829,294
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,086,876$2,829,294
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,196,514$3,914,679
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,829,294 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,510,899
XI-2 Total expenses$2,768,481
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$257,582
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,086,876
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,829,294

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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