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Project Steps to Christ INC FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Ft Covington, NY501(c)(3)Since 1980ReligionEIN 36-3099713Revenue $1.1M in FY2020

On file with the IRSprojectstc.org302 Foster Rd, 12937-2416 · Ft Covington, NYTax-exempt since Aug 1981Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Our mission is to give every home in the united states the opportunity to receive the message of salvation as revealed in jesus Christ through the distribution of free christian literature. Additionally, we provide an abundance of other free materials available upon request that minister to the spiritual, physical, emotional, and social needs of the family and individuals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$57K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$57K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $50K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$37K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
Spent
$723K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$524K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$944K
FY2022$724K
FY2023$659K
FY2024$479K
FY2025$393K
Expenses
$723K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$723K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$748K
FY2023$597K
FY2024$562K
FY2025$462K
Net assets
$524K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$524K
FY2021$329K
FY2022$322K
FY2023$382K
FY2024$305K
FY2025$256K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1981.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $621K Management & general 4% · $32K Fundraising 10% · $70K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $57K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Steve Peden
Executive Di
$56,576Pt VII · Sec A
Joe Atchison
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Mark Murray
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Steve Peden’s $65K as Executive Di is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2132 $100K–1M religion 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steve Peden$64,800$62,400$64,080$62,400$61,504$56,576

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

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

Programs and updates

Distributes free Christian literature and other resources to meet spiritual and practical needs.

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1 program · $621K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

In 2020 our saturation mailings reached another 695,372 homes, our peacefinders website had over 62,747 visitors, and we reached 2,507,282 facebook users with our facebook ads. We added 59,346 new records to our interest database (people who requested our free resources), including 6,505 generated from our website, 6,173 from our mass…

$621Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Winifred Stevens FoundationFY2023$50K
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2023$52
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$50K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Money outPt IX
$723K
Ln 25
Programscol B$621K
Managementcol C$32K
Fundraisingcol D$70K
Owns and owesPt X
$524K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$327K
Total assetsLn 16$561K
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$28K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$327K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$327K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$86K
Total assetsLn 16$561K
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K
Net assetsLn 32$524K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$65K$327K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$48K$86K
Total assetsLn 16$208K$561K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K$37K
Net assetsLn 32$192K$524K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$57K$43K$5K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$75K$74K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$10K$516$715
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$11K$2K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$13K$10K$700$3K
OccupancyLn 16$5K$5K$248$345
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$307$307
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$6K$437$608
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$524K$464K$10K$51K
All other expensesLn 24e$335$335
Total functional expensesLn 25$723K$621K$32K$70K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $393K$462K−$69K$256K 990 PDF
FY2024 $479K$562K−$83K$305K 990 PDF
FY2023 $659K$597K$62K$382K 990 PDF
FY2022 $724K$748K−$25K$322K 990 PDF
FY2021 $944K$1.1M−$195K$329K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.1M$723K$332K$524K 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,055,184 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $382,491$1,022,185
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $29,292$27,858
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,162$5,141
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $416,945$1,055,184
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $122,342$142,593
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $321,578$580,722
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $443,920$723,315
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$26,975$331,869
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $1,055,184 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,022,185
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,022,185
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,858$27,858
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $2,724$2,724
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,417$2,417
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,858 · Excluded from tax $5,141$1,055,184
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $723,315 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,286 · Management $4,800 · Fundraising $8,490$56,576
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $73,614 · Management $1,320$74,934
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,852 · Management $516 · Fundraising $715$11,083
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,832$8,832
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,541 · Management $1,693 · Fundraising $3,840$16,074
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,671 · Management $700 · Fundraising $2,920$13,291
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,741 · Management $248 · Fundraising $345$5,334
IX-17 TravelFundraising $1,986$1,986
IX-20 InterestManagement $307$307
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,621 · Management $437 · Fundraising $608$6,666
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,583$3,583
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $463,930 · Management $9,534 · Fundraising $50,850$524,314
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $335$335
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $621,256 · Management $32,305 · Fundraising $69,754$723,315
Part X · Balance sheet $561,188 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $64,946$327,263
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $37,485$26,875
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $57,145$121,445
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $48,001$85,605
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $207,577$561,188
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $14,016$36,352
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,498$904
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,514$37,256
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $190,777$515,342
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,286$8,590
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $192,063$523,932
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $207,577$561,188
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $523,932 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,055,184
XI-2 Total expenses$723,315
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$331,869
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$192,063
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$523,932

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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