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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,607,574
Total expenses
$2,162,439
Contributions and grants received
$2,552,722
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$116,919
Other revenue
-$62,067
Total assets, end of year
$3,615,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$226,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,389,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,281,072
Management and general expenses
$461,728
Fundraising expenses
$419,639
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,281,072

Program services were 59.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $242,345

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $21,862

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,288,515

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,949

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $116,919 · excluded $116,919

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $29,885

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $242,345

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $91,952

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$62,067 · excluded -$62,067

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,166 · program services $42,650 · management and general $56,866 · fundraising $42,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,068,004 · program services $737,290 · management and general $93,085 · fundraising $237,629

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $94,631 · program services $71,351 · fundraising $23,280

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,799 · program services $28,102 · management and general $12,075 · fundraising $9,622

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,942 · program services $68,202 · management and general $13,278 · fundraising $24,462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $63,438 · management and general $63,438

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $17,500 · fundraising $17,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $142,985 · program services $63,708 · management and general $78,665 · fundraising $612

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,706 · management and general $330 · fundraising $1,376

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $67,051 · program services $21,270 · management and general $28,192 · fundraising $17,589

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $87,727 · program services $25,867 · management and general $21,837 · fundraising $40,023

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $159,847 · program services $89,277 · management and general $70,570

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,359 · program services $1,220 · management and general $416 · fundraising $4,723

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,726 · management and general $22,726

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM MATERIALS

    total $131,495 · program services $131,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,063 · program services $640 · management and general $250 · fundraising $173

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $265,510 · end of year $265,793

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,812,642 · end of year $2,772,346

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $89,875 · end of year $402,152

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,674 · end of year $17,657

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $276,924 · end of year $157,484

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $77,468 · end of year $67,397

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $277,036 · end of year $158,779

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,866,121 · end of year $2,876,056

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $78,000 · end of year $513,200

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS' MISSION IS TO FOSTER EXCITEMENT, CONFIDENCE AND LITERACY IN STEM FOR GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE YOUTH FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, BY PROVIDING FREE, EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS AND BY MAXIMIZING MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS WITH WOMEN-IN-STEM MENTORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS' MISSION IS TO FOSTER EXCITEMENT, CONFIDENCE AND LITERACY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS ("STEM") FOR GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE YOUTH FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING FREE, EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS AND BY MAXIMIZING MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS WITH WOMEN-IN-STEM MENTORS.

  • SCFG PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO GROW IN FY25 AS THEY HAVE SINCE FY19 WITH AN INCREASING RATE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND. WE HELD 2 TWO-WEEK SUMMER ROCKETRY PROGRAMS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024, AND SERVED OVER 960 PARTICIPANTS IN SCIENCE CLUBS DURING THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR THAT MET BOTH IN THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER WITH 48% HELD IN-PERSON AND 52% HELD VIRTUALLY OVER ZOOM. OUR STUDENTS ARE GIRLS AND GENDER-EXPANSIVE YOUTH IN GRADES K-12 FROM COMMUNITIES MOST UNDERREPRESENTED IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) (80%) AND COME FROM 190 SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND GATEWAY CITIES. SCFG HAS ENGAGED OVER 220 MENTORS IN FY25, WITH 55% COMING FROM THE SAME UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES AS THE STUDENTS. WE HELD A FEBRUARY VACATION WEEK CODING CLUB AND AN APRIL VACATION WEEK ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CLUB, BOTH SERVING MIDDLE-SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS (40, 20 PARTICIPANTS EACH, IN GRADES 6-8). AT THE END OF FY25, OUR ONLINE SCIENCE TV SHOW, SCFGLIVE! HAD BROADCAST ITS EIGHTH SEASON WITH OVER 107 EPISODES IN TOTAL, GARNERING OVER 420,000 VIEWS.

    Expenses $1,281,072

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bonnie Bertolaet

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,166
    From this org
    $138,147
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,019
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Rossi

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jessica Ho

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Chayla Freeman

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Abraham Abe J Ahumada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Stephanie Aronzon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Alejandra Carvajal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ruby Opara Collings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gretchen Fougere

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tulika Hainsworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Katherine Hardock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vinidhra Mani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cristiana Salgado-Braga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kaitlyn Webster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kelley M Borer-Miller

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $148,580
    From this org
    $118,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,116
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cristina Ullman

    SR. PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,143
    From this org
    $102,604
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,539
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502829349302130

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