First Step Womens Center

Analysis

First Step Womens Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, First Step Womens Center reported income of $592k and spending of $411k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $467k to $592k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, First Step Womens Center sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Childrens Mental Health ($592k), Capitol Area Reentry Program Inc ($593k) and Dignity Health Foundation ($592k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $181k. At year end it held assets of $780k against liabilities of $237k, net assets of $542k. It reported 5 employees.