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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by HEAVY METAL SUMMER EXPERIENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$971,702
Total expenses
$926,390
Contributions and grants received
$965,207
Grants paid
$295,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,495
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$214,295
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$206,970
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$779,888
Management and general expenses
$146,502
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$779,888

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $965,207

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $295,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,495 · related or exempt $6,495

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $295,000 · program services $295,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,800 · program services $64,800

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $56,055 · management and general $56,055

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,281 · management and general $68,281

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,365 · management and general $13,365

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $24,312 · program services $18,935 · management and general $5,377

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Camp Expenses

    total $274,461 · program services $274,461

  • 24b · Other expenses: Digital Program Resource Plat.

    total $117,327 · program services $117,327

  • 24c · Other expenses: Graduation Event Expenses

    total $6,417 · program services $6,417

  • 24d · Other expenses: Comm. Outreach and Engagement

    total $2,948 · program services $2,948

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,424 · management and general $3,424

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $157,611 · end of year $211,223

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $975 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $3,072

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,072 · end of year $3,072

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $7,324

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $1

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $101,170 · end of year $151,501

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,488 · end of year $55,469

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Heavy Metal Summer Experience exists to inspire students with real-world training showcasing dynamic career opportunities in the skilled trades, and to ensure the continued vitality of the union construction industry.

  • Camp Expenses - Heavy Metal Summer Experience is a non-profit workforce development organization that provides free summer camps across the US and in Canada to expose youth (ages 14-20) to careers in the building trades. In 2025, HMSE introduced 786 students to rewarding, high-paying careers in the construction trades.

    Expenses $569,461

  • Digital Program Resource and Application Platform supported HMSE's online platform, which provides camp hosts with access to the resource center, instructional materials, and program tools needed to deliver local camps. The platform also enables students to identifhy and apply for camps in their area while learning about skilled trades career pathways. These digital resources support program delivery, student access, camp administration, and broader engagement with HMSE's workforce development mission.

    Expenses $117,327

  • Expenses supported program management staffing responsible for coordinating HMSE camp operations, including support for students, camp hosts, instructional materials, supplies, and program logistics.

    Expenses $64,800

  • Industry Awareness and Camp Host Recruitment Initiatives - HMSE builds partnerships with Industry employers, labor organizations, and community stakeholders to recruit campt hosts, expand youth access to skilled trades careers, and strengthen future workforce pipelines. In 2025, 51 camp hosts partnered with HMSE, 40% increase from 2024.

    Expenses $18,935

  • Graduation Event Expenses - Expenses related to graduation events that recognize student accomplishments, celebrate camp host contributions, and connect participants, families, employers, and industry partners to skilled trades career opportunities.

    Expenses $6,417

  • Community Outreach and Engagement

    Expenses $2,948

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Angela Simon

    President

    Total calculated
    $64,800
    From this org
    $64,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Matthew Sanchez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Scott Teson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jon Howland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Darrell Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dushaw Hockett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Julie Muller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Richard Hermanson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jana Burbank

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
6 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601879349301185

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