Public Charity

FIRST STEP HOUSING

FIRST STEP HOUSING is a Public Charity headquartered in SACRAMENTO, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $8.0M revenue, $8.0M expenses, $2.9M total assets. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 352537631 SACRAMENTO, CA Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$8.0M
Total Expenses$8.0M
Total Assets$2.9M
Grant Records16
Funding Total$1.2M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

FIRST STEP COMMUNITIES WILL CREATE INTERIM HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. HERE THEY WILL LIVE IN SAFETY AND DIGNITY, RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY REQUIRE, AND TAKE A FIRST-STEP AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND PERMANENT HOUSING.

Where $100 goes at First Step Housing

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

$95 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $95 for programs

$95
The department of housing and urban development has established the housing first model calling for housing clients first and providing wrap around services
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 108 clients; 125 individuals
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

$11,273
2023
River District Expansion: Sanitation Program To Ad
$47,500
2020
FSC Homelesss Mental Health Clinician Program
$25,000
2019
Project Support
$15,000

Showing up to 5 of 16 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

VICE PRESIDENT Adam Berman
PRESIDENT Bill Knowlton
TREASURER Brian Ridgway
DIRECTOR (TIL NOV '24) Diane Wolfe
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Joseph Pacheco
SECRETARY Kerrin West

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Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$1,037,518 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$47,500 1 grant
General Support
$44,673 4 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$25,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $8.0M $8.0M $2.9M
2023 $7.1M $6.6M $2.1M
2022 $5.6M $5.3M $1.4M
2021 $4.5M $4.1M $1.1M
2020 $2.0M $1.9M $559K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.0M to $8.0M (+292%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.9M.

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