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.
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
26 people listed on the 990; $195K paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2023 | FY2023 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Step Up Ministry 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 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.
Questions for Step Up Ministry
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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 reponsible as primary wage earners and parents.
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.
Employment
The jobs team empowers, encourages and equips individuals to obtain and maintain employment through extensive job training workshops, case managment 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.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.7M | $1.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $38K | $47K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $44K | $56K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.7M | $1.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $225K | $71K | $103K | $51K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $958K | $797K | $294 | $160K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $22K | $18K | $1K | $3K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $107K | $86K | $2K | $19K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $72K | $60K | $12K | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $300 | $300 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $14K | $14K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $39K | $39K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $20K | $10K | $10K | $1K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $40K | $21K | $17K | $2K |
| TravelLn 17 | $762 | $456 | $306 | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $53K | $53K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1K | $938 | $34 | $288 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $15K | $7K | $7K | $893 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $208K | $64K | $81K | $63K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $110K | $60K | $26K | $25K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.9M | $1.2M | $261K | $377K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 11, 2026 | $2.2M | $1.9M | $332K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 18, 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $109K | $1.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | Not on file | ||||
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 29, 2021 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $174K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,857,036 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,857,036 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,885,135 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,700,903 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,644,931 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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