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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2198379

The Second Step Foundation

A private foundation in Minneapolis, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 29 grants and $600,400 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $600,400

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $2,253,549

  • Tax year 2024

    $300,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $2,152,316

  • Tax year 2023

    $290,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $1,683,859

  • Tax year 2022

    $320,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,385,632

  • Tax year 2021

    $270,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $930,824

  • Tax year 2020

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $701,128

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $60,260

  • Tax year 2018

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $70,285

Grants paid in 2025

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Feeding South DakotaSioux Falls, SD

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $40,000
  2. Great Plains Food BankBismarck, ND

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $40,000
  3. Billings Food BankBillings, MT

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  4. Dicsa - Nutritional ServicesIron Mountain, MI

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  5. Edible Prairie Project - Summer Weekend Meals for KidsGillette, WY

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  6. Food Bank of IowaDes Moines, IA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  7. Food Bank of LincolnLincoln, NE

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  8. Food Bank of SiouxlandSioux City, IA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  9. Food Bank of the HeartlandOmaha, NE

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  10. Friends in Need Food ShelfCottage Grove, MN

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  11. Friends with FoodWaukesha, WI

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  12. Great Falls Community Food BankGreat Falls, MT

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  13. Great Plains Food BankFargo, ND

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  14. Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  15. Horizons Meals on WheelsCedar Rapids, IA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  16. Meals on Wheels of NW IndianaMerriville, IN

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  17. Montana Food Bank NetworkMissoula, MT

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  18. Needs Inc Food PantryCheyenne, WY

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  19. North Country Food BankE Grand Forks, MN

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  20. Now Nutrition on WeekendsMarshfield, WI

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  21. River Bend Food BankDavenport, IA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  22. Rock River Valley PantryRockford, IL

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  23. Rocori Area Food ShelfCold Spring, MN

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  24. Sacramento Food BankSacramento, CA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  25. Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern WisconsinMadison, WI

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  26. Second Harvest HeartlandBrooklyn Park, MN

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  27. St Mary's Food BankPhoenix, AZ

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  28. The Hope MarketGardner, KS

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $20,000
  29. Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal EmpireSavannah, GA

    Program support to reduce hunger

    $400

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture10 grants $220,00079% of the total
  2. Human services3 grants $60,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa4 grants $80,000
  2. North Dakota3 grants $80,000
  3. Minnesota3 grants $60,000
  4. Montana3 grants $60,000
  5. Wisconsin3 grants $60,000
  6. Illinois2 grants $40,000
  7. Nebraska2 grants $40,000
  8. South Dakota1 grant $40,000
  9. Wyoming2 grants $40,000
  10. Arizona1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Travis PenrodCHAIR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Debra PenrodDIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Aaron M JohansenDIRECTOR & TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Mary JohansenDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Brittany DomierDIRECTOR, CO-LEAD OF FOOD SHELF VALID Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Dana DomierDIRECTOR, CO-LEAD OF FOOD SHELF VALID Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Samantha RainsDIRECTOR & SECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Benjamin RainsDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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