The Steady Collective INC

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Steady Collective is dedicated to promoting the wellness of people who use drugs through empowerment and respectful collaboration. Our goal is to improve overall community health by reducing the rate of drug overdose and the spread of infectious disease with education, advocacy, and direct services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 5 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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $57K a year · 19% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $25K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$355K
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$360K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$173K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$355K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$192K
FY2021$233K
FY2022$286K
FY2023$48K
FY2024$337K
FY2025$355K
Expenses
$360K
FY2025▲ +46%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$168K
FY2022$209K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$247K
FY2025$360K
Net assets
$173K
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$116K
FY2021$177K
FY2022$254K
FY2023$88K
FY2024$179K
FY2025$173K

From the FY2025 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 Dec 2016.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $298K Management & general 13% · $46K Fundraising 5% · $17K

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

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Hillary Brown’s $38K as Executive Director Through 10-05-2021 is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 902 $100K–1M diseases & disorders 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

NameFY2021FY2020
Hillary Brown$37,902$46,371

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowering people who use drugs for better wellness through collaboration.

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1 program · $298K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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2025 Statistics: - provided 246,490 syringes throughout Buncombe County - 86,315 used syringes were returned to us and disposed of properly - provided 8,594 doses of naloxone, and - provided 9,110 test strips to prevent overdose deaths in our community - arranged over 30 neighborhood clean-ups - provided over 50 narcan and safer use…

$298Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$25K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$355K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$355K
Investment incomeLn 3$89
Money outPt IX
$360K
Ln 25
Programscol B$298K
Managementcol C$46K
Fundraisingcol D$17K
Owns and owesPt X
$173K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$180K
Total assetsLn 16$180K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$355K
Government grantsLn 1e$107K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$81K
Investment incomeLn 3$89
Total revenueLn 12$355K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$177K
SavingsLn 2$3K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$180K
Total assetsLn 16$180K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
Net assetsLn 32$173K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$81K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$184K$180K
Total assetsLn 16$185K$180K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K$6K
Net assetsLn 32$179K$173K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$151K$109K$27K$15K
Payroll taxesLn 10$13K$9K$2K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$0$11K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$600$600$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$839$88
Information technologyLn 14$4K$789$3K$30
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$167$150$17$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$6K$697$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$169K$169K$365$0
All other expensesLn 24e$707$192$515$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$360K$298K$46K$17K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 28, 2026 $355K$360K−$5K$173K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 2, 2025 $337K$247K$91K$179K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 18, 2024 $48K$88K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 28, 2023 $286K$209K$77K$254K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 12, 2022 $233K$168K$64K$177K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 14, 2021 $192K$116K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $355,089 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $337,066$355,000
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $54$89
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $337,120$355,089
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $138,599$164,289
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $107,958$196,083
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $246,557$360,372
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $90,563−$5,283
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $355,089 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$107,499
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$247,501
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$80,750
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$355,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $89$89
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $89$355,089
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $360,372 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $108,909 · Management $27,227 · Fundraising $15,126$151,262
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,379 · Management $2,345 · Fundraising $1,303$13,027
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $10,543 · Fundraising $0$10,543
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $600 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$600
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,021 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,021
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,488 · Management $839 · Fundraising $88$2,415
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $789 · Management $3,436 · Fundraising $30$4,255
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $150 · Management $17 · Fundraising $0$167
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,274 · Management $697 · Fundraising $0$6,971
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $169,039 · Management $365 · Fundraising $0$169,404
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $192 · Management $515 · Fundraising $0$707
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $297,841 · Management $45,984 · Fundraising $16,547$360,372
Part X · Balance sheet $179,519 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $181,591$176,700
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,813$2,819
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $184,571$179,519
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,042$6,273
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,042$6,273
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $178,529$173,246
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $178,529$173,246
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $184,571$179,519
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $173,246 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$355,089
XI-2 Total expenses$360,372
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,283
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$178,529
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$173,246

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

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