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← BIOBUS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BIOBUS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,515,528
Total expenses
$4,259,586
Contributions and grants received
$4,914,727
Grants paid
$136,366
Program service revenue
$597,844
Investment income
$2,957
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,637,103
Total liabilities, end of year
$180,058
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,457,045
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,303,953
Management and general expenses
$499,058
Fundraising expenses
$456,575
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,303,953

Program services were 77.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $915,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,999,227

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $597,844 · related or exempt $597,844

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,957 · excluded $2,957

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $136,366 · program services $136,366

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $297,116 · program services $242,175 · management and general $21,665 · fundraising $33,276

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,320,077 · program services $1,887,672 · management and general $176,675 · fundraising $255,730

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $246,033 · program services $206,183 · management and general $5,457 · fundraising $34,393

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $198,676 · program services $146,946 · management and general $31,303 · fundraising $20,427

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $45,220 · program services $18,810 · management and general $18,110 · fundraising $8,300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $85,877 · management and general $85,877

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $48,050 · fundraising $48,050

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $263,145 · program services $128,512 · management and general $111,340 · fundraising $23,293

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $102,416 · program services $71,076 · management and general $17,291 · fundraising $14,049

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $73,567 · program services $43,516 · management and general $19,341 · fundraising $10,710

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $56,508 · program services $53,677 · management and general $1,348 · fundraising $1,483

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $134,413 · program services $134,413

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $84,331 · program services $75,030 · management and general $6,737 · fundraising $2,564

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL AND MEETINGS

    total $96,157 · program services $93,034 · management and general $955 · fundraising $2,168

  • 24b · Other expenses: LAB. SUPPLIES AND MAINT

    total $64,972 · program services $59,881 · management and general $2,959 · fundraising $2,132

  • 24c · Other expenses: MOBILE LAB OPERATION

    total $6,662 · program services $6,662

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $327,511 · end of year $510,610

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $688,601 · end of year $546,499

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,310,209 · end of year $2,325,439

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $6,600

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69,490 · end of year $38,402

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,220,308

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,016,803

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $672,695 · end of year $1,203,505

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,048 · end of year $12,648

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $130,562 · end of year $180,058

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,790,347 · end of year $2,734,692

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,160,245 · end of year $1,722,353

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO HELP MINORITY, FEMALE, AND LOW-INCOME K-12 AND COLLEGE STUDENTS IN NEW YORK CITY DISCOVER, EXPLORE, AND PURSUE SCIENCE. THROUGH THIS WORK, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A FUTURE IN WHICH ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF MAKING A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

  • BIOBUS OFFERS THE HIGHEST-QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. OUR TWO MOBILE SCIENCE LABS CARRY STATE-OF-THE-ART MICROSCOPES ACROSS THE NYC METROPOLITAN AREA WHILE OUR COMMUNITY SCIENCE LABORATORIES SERVE HARLEM, THE SOUTH BRONX, AND LOWER EAST SIDE. TRAINED SCIENTISTS EMPLOY INNOVATIVE CURRICULA, SCIENTIFIC MENTORSHIP, AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS TO DEVELOP STUDENTS' IDENTITIES AS SCIENTISTS AND BUILD INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES OF SCIENCE PRACTICE THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS A PATHWAY TO LONG-TERM SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS.

    Expenses $3,303,953 · Grants $136,366 · Revenue $597,844

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Susan A Meisel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Foster

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jared Fox

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Jan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Wang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jayne Raper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joel Oppenheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Laetitia Minier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mande Holford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Preston C Demouchet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Benjamin J Dubin-Thaler

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,185
    From this org
    $147,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,012
    Hours/week
    60
  • Latasha Wright

    CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $140,098
    From this org
    $127,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,671
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sasha Chait

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,437
    From this org
    $121,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $825
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert Horrace

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $119,482
    From this org
    $107,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,330
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christine Marizzi

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $101,763
    From this org
    $101,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349317495

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