St Stephens Community House

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Columbus, OH501(c)(3)Since 1919Human ServicesEIN 31-4379568Revenue $8.9M in FY2025

On file with the IRSsaintstephensch.org1500 E 17th Ave, 43219-1002 · Columbus, OHTax-exempt since Mar 1946Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To strengthen families and empower our Community

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 700 volunteers and 261 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $635K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$498K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 75% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $153K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$945K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
25
of 25 voting members
Looks good: 25 of 25 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.9M
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$7.0M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$4.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.9M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$5.2M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$6.1M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$8.9M
Expenses
$7.0M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$6.2M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$7.0M
Net assets
$4.8M
FY2025▲ +42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$3.4M
FY2025$4.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $5.6M Management & general 15% · $1.1M Fundraising 4% · $298K

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

31 people listed on the 990; $498K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President an
$154,924Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$129,214Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$117,856Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$96,153Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at La
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marilyn Mehaffie’s $155K as President an is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marilyn Mehaffie$154,924$147,025$143,140$134,167$128,402$126,959
Latisha Lewis$129,214$123,137$120,542$112,547$90,316—
Kristin Giger$117,856$112,230$117,638$106,413$97,805$97,615
Trevel Balser$96,153$91,500$87,414$50,251——
Latisha Addo—————$83,447
Christina Collins————$73,068$71,093

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

Provides food, homelessness prevention, and community resources to help local families and individuals meet their basic needs.

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3 programs · $4.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Youth services- the youth services department provides out of school time programming for youth ages 5-13 years, focusing on enhanced academics, stem-related activities and SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL learning. Teen programming focuses on leadership, workforce development and pathways to high school graduation.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Family services- family services engages participants with comprehensive case management services with a focus on stabilizing, strengthening and supporting families. In fiscal year 25, 555 unduplicated families participated in the family services department.

$2.0Mprogram expense
03

The neighborhood services- neighborhood services provides the programming and services to assist individuals and households to meet their basic needs - food, homelessness prevention and linkage to community resources. In fiscal year 25, 43,266 unduplicated individuals were served.

$477Kprogram expense

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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$258K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K
Money outPt IX
$7.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.6M
Managementcol C$1.1M
Fundraisingcol D$298K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$945K
PeoplePt VI, VII
31
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a25
IndependentVI 1b25
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$8.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$2K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$78K
Other incomeLn 4–11$258K
Total revenueLn 12$8.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
SavingsLn 2$897K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M
Other assetsLn 15$226K
Total assetsLn 16$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$945K
Net assetsLn 32$4.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5261
VolunteersI 6700
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M$5.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M$945K
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$4.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$498K$332K$166K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.3M$2.9M$207K$149K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$486K$401K$56K$29K
Accounting feesLn 11c$478K$180K$188K$110K
Office expensesLn 13$692$81$611
OccupancyLn 16$247K$36K$211K
TravelLn 17$83K$53K$30K
InterestLn 20$24K$3K$20K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$102K$102K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.6M$92K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.0M$5.6M$1.1M$298K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $8.9M$7.0M$1.9M$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.7M$6.5M$1.1M$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.1M$6.2M−$29K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.2M$6.2M−$18K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.2M$4.8M$412K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.4M$4.0M$381K$2.3M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,888,416 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,391,488$8,552,282
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $66,552$78,313
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $192,927$257,821
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,650,967$8,888,416
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,108,087$4,272,389
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,412,049$2,682,481
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,520,136$6,954,870
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,130,831$1,933,546
Part VI · Governance 25 of 25 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body25
VI-1b Independent voting members25
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 $8,888,416 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$130,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$2,191
VIII-1e Government grants$8,420,091
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,552,282
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $78,313$78,313
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $181,380$181,380
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$76,441
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $78,313 · Excluded from tax $181,380$8,888,416
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,954,870 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $331,777 · Management $166,370$498,147
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,931,856 · Management $207,462 · Fundraising $148,598$3,287,916
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $401,207 · Management $56,176 · Fundraising $28,943$486,326
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $180,139 · Management $187,727 · Fundraising $109,784$477,650
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $81 · Management $611$692
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,163 · Management $210,573$246,736
IX-17 TravelPrograms $52,725 · Management $29,862$82,587
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,905 · Management $20,050 · Fundraising $1,000$23,955
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $102,417$102,417
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,642,679 · Management $92,392 · Fundraising $9,543$1,744,614
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $3,830$3,830
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,579,532 · Management $1,077,470 · Fundraising $297,868$6,954,870
Part X · Balance sheet $5,730,769 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $634,743$1,345,843
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $423,162$897,229
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $483,897$470,559
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,260,928$775,796
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,898$38,084
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,763,488$1,977,436
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $203,526$225,822
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,785,642$5,730,769
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $843,350$492,572
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $450,563$343,238
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,425,728$944,709
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,600,945$2,887,679
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $758,969$1,898,381
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,359,914$4,786,060
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,785,642$5,730,769
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,786,060 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,888,416
XI-2 Total expenses$6,954,870
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,933,546
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,359,914
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$525,435
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$18,035
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,786,060

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