Public Charity

STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION

Based in MORGAN HILL, CA, STEP FORWARD FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.7M in revenue, $2.5M in expenses, $1.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 24 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.1M.

EIN: 208172439 MORGAN HILL, CA Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.7M
Total Expenses$2.5M
Total Assets$1.5M
Grant Records24
Funding Total$2.1M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE LOW AND NO-COST LEGAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

Where $100 goes at Step Forward Foundation

How Step Forward Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $87 for programs

$87
To provide specialized legal services to low income communities
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Secretary Carlota Montes
Executive Dir. Dieu-My Mimi Nguyen
Chairman Robert Defilipis
Director Toan Nguyen
Director Vish Soroushian

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$412,705 2 grants
General Support
$354,750 9 grants
Health & Medicine
$220,000 1 grant
Human & Social Services
$89,228 4 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$40,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.7M $2.5M $1.5M
2024 $2.4M $2.3M $1.2M
2023 $2.5M $2.2M $1.2M
2022 $2.0M $1.7M $885K
2020 $1.4M $1.3M $568K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $2.7M (+95%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5M.

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