Nonprofit · EIN 95-3111169
SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC
Also known as S T E P S INC
Tax-exempt · BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,315,350 | $1,745,918 | $569,432 | $2,745,627 | $329,827 | $2,415,800 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,729,069 | $1,789,828 | $939,241 | $2,191,242 | $344,874 | $1,846,368 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,709,618 | $1,630,554 | $79,064 | $1,177,481 | $318,247 | $859,234 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $743,274
- of which government grants
- $743,274
- Program service revenue
- $1,522,333
- Investment income
- $49,743
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,056,641
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,267,507
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $720
- Accounting fees
- $30,015
- Program services (functional)
- $1,567,575
- Management and general (functional)
- $178,343
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,191,242
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,745,627
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $329,827
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,415,800
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $855,230
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,415,800
- Gross receipts
- $2,315,350
- Employees
- 31
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1977
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DON FOWLER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| URIEL PACHECO | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL WELLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TOM STEWART | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOE BRADFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY JOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GERALD OLDFIELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE VAN HOUTEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRYAN BURROW | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVE KENDRICK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $28,053 |
| DON FOWLER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| URIEL PACHECO | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOE BRADFORD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY JOY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GERALD OLDFIELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL WELLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TOM STEWART | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRYAN BURROW | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVE KENDRICK | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $100,863 |
| DON FOWLER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOE BRADFORD | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GERALD OLDFIELD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM STEWART | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL WELLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| URIEL PACHECO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRYAN BURROW | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 40 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3533 MOUNT VERNON AVE, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306-1545
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- BRYAN BURROW, PO BOX 81014, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93380
- Signed the 990
- BRYAN BURROW, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (661) 871-3535
- Website
- WWW.STEPS-INC.COM
- Return prepared by
- DANIELLS PHILLIPS VAUGHAN & BOCK
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-3111169 or by the name SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE MISSION OF STEPS IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY THROUGH SAFETY, EDUCATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. STEPS PROVIDES EDUCATION, GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING TO HELP THE PARTICIPANTS AVOID DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND RE-OFFENDING. STEPS ALSO OFFERS TRAFFIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED A TRAFFIC CITATION.A VARIETY OF PREVENTION SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED, INCLUDING EDUCATION INCLUDING FOCUSING ON UNDERAGE DRINKERS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE OVER-SERVED ALCOHOL. THE RESPONSIBLE BEVERAGE SERVICE TRAINING PROVIDES SERVICES AT A VARIETY OF SITES THROUGHOUT KERN COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
Program accomplishments
- THIS ORGANIZATION WORKS TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WHETHER ALCOHOL OR DRUGS. PROVIDING EDUCATION, GROUP ANDINDIVIDUAL COUNSELING HELPS THE PARTICIPANTS TO AVOID DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND RECIDIVATING. STEPS ALSO WORKS WITH TRAFFIC VIOLATORS, THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED A TRAFFIC TICKET. THE TRAFFIC VIOLATOR SCHOOL CAN EITHER BE TAKEN ON-SITE OR THROUGH THE INTERNET TRAFFIC SCHOOL. STEPS ALSO PROVIDES A VARIETY OF PREVENTION SERVICES, INCLUDING FOCUSING ON UNDERAGE DRINKERS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE OVER-SERVED ALCOHOL. THE RESPONSIBLE BEVERAGE SERVICE TRAINING PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOTH KERN AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES.Expenses $1,004,793 · revenue $1,521,671
- THE OUTPATIENT DRUG-FREE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO CLIENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES. THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF TREATMENT, LEVEL 1.0 ALLOWS CLIENTS TO ATTEND 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK FOR 1.5 HOURS EACH, WHILE ALSO HAVING NO LESS THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSION PER MONTH. THE 2.1 PROGRAM HAS CLIENTS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 9-12 HOURS PER WEEK OF INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN ADDITION TO NO LESS THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL SESSION MONTHLY. ALL CLIENTS RECEIVE REGULAR DRUG TESTING. WHILE MOST CLIENTS ARE REFERRED BY EITHER PROBATION OR CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES, SOME CLIENTS ARE SELF REFERRED. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE CO-OCCURRING, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE BOTH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. CLIENTS UNDERGO AN INTAKE, ASSESSMENT, AND WORK WITH THE THERAPIST TO DEVELOP A TREATMENT PLAN THAT WORKS WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. CLIENTS RECEIVE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS CRISIS SERVICES WHEN NECESSARY. CLIENTS ARE DRUG TESTED REGULARLY.Expenses $562,782
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-3111169
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1978
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I23Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,745,627
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,315,350
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,315,350 | $1,745,918 | $2,745,627 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,729,069 | $1,789,828 | $2,191,242 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,709,618 | $1,630,554 | $1,177,481 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,640,953 | $1,753,670 | $1,104,666 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-3111169).
Questions about SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC
- What is the EIN of SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC is 95-3111169.
- Is SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.
- Are donations to SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names BRYAN BURROW.
- Who are the officers and directors of SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 9 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does SPECIAL TREATMENT EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,315,350, expenses of $1,745,918 and total assets of $2,745,627 at year end.
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