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Filing year 2024

FIRST STEPS INC

Nashville, Tennessee·EIN 62-0674974·NTEE B28Z · Education·3
Total revenue
$3.5M
Total assets
$4.5M
Total expenses
$3.4M
Reported officers
17
Mission

FIRST STEPS PROVIDES EDUCATION AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR SERVICES, CHILDREN MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS. WE CREATE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES THAT BUILD FOUNDATIONS FOR THEIR LONG TERM SUCCESS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$153k
$162k
Base
$141k
Bonus
$6k
Other
Benefits
$5k
Director of
director (operational)
$116k
$123k
Director of
director (operational)
$102k
$108k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 14 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Held roughly steady
over 2 years

From $160k in 2022 to $153k in 2024.

$160k
2022
$158k
2023
$153k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 11% in real terms$182k to $162k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

FIRST STEPS INC reported revenue and expenses across 3 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.3M
$3.1M
2022
$3.7M
$3.7M
2023
$3.5M
$3.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in Tennessee

Comparable education organizations in Tennessee pay their highest-earning executive a median of $102,768.

25th percentile
$52k
Median
$102,768
75th percentile
$228k
90th percentile
$401k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 176 organizations across 176 filings (2022 – 2023).

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