Stepping Stones for Life Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker McKinney, TX EIN: 75-2447336

Reaching the North Texas area and the world for Christ by planting churches that will lead people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. We accomplish this through church planting starting and assisting new churches; evangelism sharing Christ with others; and pastoral training providing training to pastors of new church plants.

Stepping Stones for Life Inc at a glance

In short: Stepping Stones for Life Inc gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $48K), mostly in Texas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$48,000
-50.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$48,000
-50.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$48,000
Total assets
$2,468,578
+6.7% vs 2024
Primary geography
Texas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Stepping Stones for Life Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Stepping Stones Church: $48KStepping Stones Church$48K

The largest 2025 recipient was Stepping Stones Church ($48K).

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 3 (67%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

McKinney

How Stepping Stones for Life Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+0%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100KTotal only2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 Total only2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2020) to $96K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $48K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Stepping Stones Church Mckinney, TXReligious$48,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,468,578$209,957$54,800$48,0001$107,586
2024$2,313,421$182,604$101,800$96,0001$90,202
2023$2,232,617$142,060$4,800$4,800Total only$68,325
2022$2,095,357$122,546$52,500$48,0001$65,187
2021$2,025,311$114,682$52,440$52,440Total only$60,857
2020$1,963,069$126,750$4,200$4,200Total only$60,814

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Stepping Stones for Life Inc

Based on IRS filings

Stepping Stones for Life Inc is a public charity focused on religion, based in McKinney, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $48K. Net investment income was $108K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Stepping Stones for Life Inc is led by Jeff Nyberg, President-Trustee on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jeff Nyberg

    President-Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Nyberg

    Secretary-Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Nyberg

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • G Hobart Miller

    Vice President-Treasurer-Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Stepping Stones for Life Inc

How much does Stepping Stones for Life Inc give each year?

Stepping Stones for Life Inc gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $96K across 1 grant.

How large is Stepping Stones for Life Inc?

Stepping Stones for Life Inc reported $2.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $210K.

What is Stepping Stones for Life Inc?

Stepping Stones for Life Inc is a public charity focused on religion, based in McKinney, TX. It holds $2.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Stepping Stones for Life Inc operate?

Stepping Stones for Life Inc has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Stepping Stones for Life Inc's EIN?

Stepping Stones for Life Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 75-2447336. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 6, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 11, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 29, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)

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