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Step Up Ministry

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Raleigh, NC501(c)(3)Human Services EIN 56-1655255Revenue $2.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSstepupministry.org1701 Oberlin Rd, 27608-2041 · Raleigh, NCTax-exempt since May 1990Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Stepup Ministry is a community of diverse faiths that partner with adults and children in the shared goal of stable lives through job and life skills training.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
66¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 307 volunteers and 22 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
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $205K a year · 11% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
66%
of spending
Fine: 66% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$230K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $106K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$41K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
26
of 26 voting members
Looks good: 26 of 26 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.2M
+20% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
66%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2025+0.5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2025$1.9M
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.3M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2025$2.0M

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 May 1990.

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

Where the money goes

66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 66% · $1.2M Management & general 13% · $238K Fundraising 21% · $407K

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

28 people listed on the 990; $230K 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
Kelly L Hunter
Chief Development Officer
$115,113Pt VII · Sec A
Colisha Stanford
Chief Executive Officer
$114,521Pt VII · Sec A
Jim Shearin
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Stacie Walker
Development Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Haven Powell
Program Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ed McCarthy
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kelly L Hunter’s $115K as Chief Development Officer is at the 49th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2023FY2021
Kelly L Hunter$115,113———
Colisha Stanford$114,521$107,542$87,270—
Linda Nunnallee——$85,396$99,080
Jennifer Beichner—$87,663——

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 job and life skills training to adults and children for stable lives.

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3 programs · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Life Skills

Children: our children's program provides age-appropriate life skills training tailored to their specific needs to grow and develop into the next stages of their life. Our baby and little steps equip children ages 0-5 with the essential building blocks and foundational tools to take life's next steps.

$501Kprogram expense
02

Life Skills

Adults: once employed, stepup participant adults and their children can attend a yearlong incentivized program that equips the whole family with the life skills necessary to live stable lives. Our adults may lack community support, but are responsible as primary wage earners and parents.

$459Kprogram expense
03

Employment

The jobs team empowers, encourages and equips individuals to obtain and maintain employment through extensive job training workshops, case management and compassionate accountability. We uniquely invest in the needs of those facing long-term unemployment while also investing in the needs of, and enlisting the support of, area businesses.

$289Kprogram 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
Mead Family FoundationFY2025$100K
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INCFY2025$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$106K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$238K
Fundraisingcol D$407K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a26
IndependentVI 1b26
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$2K
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$943K
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$45K
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6307
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$1.6M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$47K$45K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$56K$41K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$131K$52K$26K$52K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$822K$89K$162K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$20K$16K$1K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$99K$75K$9K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$94K$68K$9K$16K
Legal feesLn 11b$350$350
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$20K$20K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$50K$50K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$2K$6K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$16K$16K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$315K$198K$64K$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$52K$15K$3K$34K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.2M$238K$407K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.2M$1.9M$332K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023 $1.7M$1.6M$109K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $1.5M$1.3M$174K$1.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,225,525 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,819,603$2,198,536
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $37,430$26,989
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,857,033$2,225,525
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 $1,383,367$1,416,324
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$19,500
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $501,765$457,945
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,885,132$1,893,769
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$28,099$331,756
Part VI · Governance 26 of 26 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body26
VI-1b Independent voting members26
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 $2,225,525 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$29,416
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,169,120
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,198,536
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28,629$28,629
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,640−$1,640
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,989$2,225,525
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,893,769 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $52,264 · Management $26,133 · Fundraising $52,264$130,661
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $822,424 · Management $88,771 · Fundraising $161,645$1,072,840
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,510 · Management $1,476 · Fundraising $2,644$19,630
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $75,150 · Management $8,583 · Fundraising $15,735$99,468
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $68,409 · Management $8,855 · Fundraising $16,461$93,725
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $350$350
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,629$14,629
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $19,500$19,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $50,248$50,248
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,573 · Management $6,168 · Fundraising $2,210$9,951
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $15,817$15,817
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $198,451 · Management $64,402 · Fundraising $52,478$315,331
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,071 · Management $2,741 · Fundraising $33,807$51,619
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,248,852 · Management $237,925 · Fundraising $406,992$1,893,769
Part X · Balance sheet $2,018,029 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $358,665$942,603
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,290,469$1,005,020
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$18,348
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $47,139$45,252
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,630$6,806
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,700,903$2,018,029
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $55,972$41,342
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $55,972$41,342
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,526,301$1,349,081
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $118,630$627,606
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,644,931$1,976,687
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,700,903$2,018,029
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,976,687 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,225,525
XI-2 Total expenses$1,893,769
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$331,756
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,644,931
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,976,687

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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