Organizations Filed Purposes:
STEPS MISSION IS TO EMPOWER UNDERSERVED ARIZONA STUDENTS TO ENROLL IN AND GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE. STEP CURRENTLY WORKS WITH OVER 200 LOW-INCOME ARIZONA STUDENTS YEARLY. A MAJORITY OF STEP STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST GENERATION IN THEIR FAMILY TO SEEK A COLLEGE DEGREE. TO DATE, OVER 90 OF STEP ALUMNI ARE ATTENDING OR HAVE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.
TO EQUIP MOTIVATED LOW-INCOME ARIZONA STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE DEGREE AND BREAK THE CHAIN OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY.
STEP PROVIDED ITS COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM TO OVER 250 LOW-INCOME ARIZONA HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS. STEPS GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020 GAINED ACCEPTANCES TO AZ STATE UNIVERSITIES AND TOP-RANKED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NATIONWIDE INCLUDING BROWN, COLUMBIA, CORNELL, HARVARD, PRINCETON, AND STANFORD. STEPS CLASS OF 2020 RECEIVED OVER 4 MILLION IN 1ST-YEAR GIFT AID FROM THE SCHOOLS THEY ARE ATTENDING, CORRESPONDING TO OVER 16 MILLION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. OVER 96 OF STEPS COLLEGE-PREP PROGRAM ALUMNI ARE IN COLLEGE OR HAVE ATTAINED A COLLEGE DEGREE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tracy Baynes | President Founder | 40 | $86,238 |
| Les Smith | CEO To 3/2020 | 40 | $70,128 |
| Luzeo Osuna | Director To 1/2020 | 1 | $0 |
| Sandra Grijalva | Director From 1/2020 | 1 | $0 |
| Fred Pakis | Director From 11/2019 | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Erler | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Morris Scott | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Joan Lowell | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Burton | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Charles Layne | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Debora Luna | Board Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| David Diggs | Board Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew White | Board Chair | 1 | $0 |
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