Front Steps Inc

Analysis

Front Steps Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2026. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 September 2021, Front Steps Inc reported income of $9.8m and spending of $10.3m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2021, income grew from $7.4m to $9.8m (+33%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Front Steps Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Residents in Academy Homes II Inc ($9.8m), Affordable Homes of South Texas Inc ($9.8m) and Operation Fuel Inc ($9.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $5.0m. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $3.2m, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 202 employees.