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Next Step

Next Step’s CEO, Ashley Alfred Meza, was paid $45,125 for 2025, as the organization reported it on its Form 990-PF, the total compensation reported on the 990, including benefits and pay from related organizations. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.

Las Vegas, NV. EIN 35-2694796. Reported $200,623 of revenue for 2025 on its Form 990-PF.

The IRS record

Registered name: NEXT STEP; As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
Employer Identification Number: 35-2694796; The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
Recognized under: 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific; The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
Recognized in: 2024; The year of the IRS ruling.
Classification: Mental Health and Crisis Intervention; NTEE code F30, assigned at registration.
Gifts to it: Contributions are deductible; Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
Legal form: Corporation; How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
Location of record: Las Vegas, NV; The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
Most recent filing: Form 990-PF; For tax year 2025.

What it reported for 2025

What these figures are, and what they are not

Each figure is what the organization reported on its own return, as the IRS published it. The IRS does not audit the return before publishing it.

A private foundation reports its assets twice. Book value is what it paid for them; fair market value is what they are worth now. Rankings on this site use book value, because that is the only measure a Form 990 and a Form 990-EZ also report, which keeps a foundation comparable with the charities beside it.

Next Step reported paying Ashley Alfred Meza, CEO, $45,125 for 2025. That is $45,125 of compensation and $0 of contributions to employee benefit plans and deferred compensation, as the organization reported them. The Form 990-PF has no column for pay from related organizations, and its column (e), expense account and other allowances, is not counted in this total. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.

$200,623
Total revenue: Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.; $233,678
Total expenses: As reported on the return.; -$66
Total assets, book value: At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.; -$66
Total assets, fair market value: What they are worth now. Only a Form 990-PF reports this.; 8
People listed: Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.; $45,125
Largest reported compensation: Reported for Ashley Alfred Meza.; $45,125
Compensation: Column (c) of the officers’ list.; $0
Benefits and deferred pay: Column (d): contributions to employee benefit plans and deferred compensation.

How this compares

Total revenue: $200,623, 2025: By the revenue it reported, ranks 322,673rd of 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally, 1,856th of 4,217 in Nevada and 5,734th of 10,475 in Mental Health and Crisis Intervention. Larger than 53% of the 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally. It is < 0.1% of the $4,632,760,069,328 reported by every organization with a return on record.
Largest reported compensation: $45,125, 2025: By the largest compensation it reported paying, ranks 176,517th of 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally, 946th of 1,369 in Nevada and 4,398th of 5,561 in Mental Health and Crisis Intervention. Larger than 33% of the 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally.

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Sources

Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 14, 2026
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Data retrieved October 14, 2026