Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,709
- Total expenses
- $210,158
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,709
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- not reported
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- not reported
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $210,361
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $506,322
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$295,961
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $206,964
Program services were 98.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
TO INSPIRE STUDENTS TO LEARN THROUGH MENTORING AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, TO EXPAND STUDENTS' VISION OF THE FUTURE AND TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE COMMUNITY.
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PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL STEM FOCUSED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING TO OVER 150 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AROUND THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES STUDENTS WHO NEED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION AND LACK ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAMS USE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND ADULT-TO-STUDENT MENTORING RATIOS OF 1:2 AS THE BACKBONE OF THE PROGRAM TO TEACH PROBLEM SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND COLLABORATION THROUGH MATH, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND COMMUNICATION. PROGRAM AREAS INCLUDE AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN RESTORATION AND FABRICATION, DIGITAL ARTS, DESIGN, ACCELERATE CAREER READINESS, DRONE AND ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY, AND WELDING.
Expenses $206,964
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Mary EsselmanMARY ESSELMAN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin BoyerKEVIN BOYER
CFO/COO/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris GoodeCHRIS GOODE
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Richard WinstonRICHARD WINSTON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Nathan BenjaminNATHAN BENJAMIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Bridgette JonesBRIDGETTE JONES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Jolie JustusJOLIE JUSTUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Jon OttoJON OTTO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Tanner WycoffTANNER WYCOFF
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 22 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202522069349200232
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