Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 2016.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
15 people listed on the 990; $344K paid to officers and key staff.
David McGhee’s $197K as Executive Director Thru 8/9/24 is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tia Dole | — | — | $214,986 | — | — |
| David McGhee | $197,372 | $134,389 | — | — | — |
| Janet Wormack | $146,273 | — | — | — | — |
| Anuja Khemka | — | — | $135,300 | — | $86,275 |
| Sandra Timmons | — | — | — | — | $111,998 |
| Brittany Merrit | — | — | — | $32,995 | — |
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.
See Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Supports young people of color's mental health through programs, research, and resources.
Questions for Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation
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Transforming Environments
The steve fund transforms educational, organizational, and workplace environments so that they enhance the mental health and emotional wellbeing of all young PEOPLE.THROUGH this work, over 500k+ young people and mental health and educational professionals were reached through programs and workshops.
Providing resources and skillbuilding directly to young people and their families:the steve fund provides resources and skill building directly to underserved young people and their families to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing so they can attain personal, academic, and career success and achieve their full…
Shaping the Field
We shape the field to drive improvements and broad delivery of high-quality supports for the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people, especially underserved young PEOPLE.THOSE in a position to help young people (E.G., higher ed, nonprofit, and workplace leaders and staff, mental health providers, families, caregivers…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $7.9M | $1.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $5.2M | $12.0M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $7K | $5K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $13.8M | $13.9M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $3.7M | $2.7M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $10.1M | $11.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $344K | $268K | $67K | $9K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $664K | $509K | $144K | $11K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $5K | $2K | $3K | $48 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $67K | $29K | $38K | $665 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $93K | $39K | $52K | $916 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $103K | $103K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $210K | $210K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.6M | $2.2M | $224K | $94K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $5K | $5K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $192K | $191K | $964 | |
| Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18 | $93K | $89K | $4K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $143K | $123K | $20K | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $10K | $7K | $3K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.5M | $3.5M | $873K | $116K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 30, 2025 | $5.6M | $4.5M | $1.1M | $11.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $8.3M | $5.0M | $3.3M | $10.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 26, 2023 | $10.3M | $5.3M | $5.1M | $6.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 4, 2022 | $4.2M | $2.9M | $1.4M | $1.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 26, 2021 | $1.4M | $1.6M | −$133K | $159K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,579,124 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,579,124 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,500,591 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $13,879,931 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,167,734 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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