Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,668,522
- Total expenses
- $1,384,413
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,439,944
- Grants paid
- $120,000
- Program service revenue
- $67,833
- Investment income
- $137,977
- Other revenue
- $22,768
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,618,649
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,515,179
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,103,470
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,131,943
- Management and general expenses
- $110,457
- Fundraising expenses
- $142,013
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,131,943
Program services were 81.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,439,944
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2a · Program service revenue: Programs
total $67,833 · related or exempt $67,833
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3 · Investment income
total $137,977 · excluded $137,977
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$22,768
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $22,768 · excluded $22,768
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $120,000 · program services $120,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $411,045 · program services $276,065 · management and general $62,001 · fundraising $72,979
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $238,999 · program services $160,516 · management and general $36,050 · fundraising $42,433
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11b · Fees: legal
total $24 · program services $12 · management and general $6 · fundraising $6
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $56,704 · program services $48,198 · fundraising $8,506
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,011 · program services $2,784 · management and general $1,392 · fundraising $835
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14 · Information technology
total $25,120 · program services $18,840 · fundraising $6,280
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16 · Occupancy
total $9,389 · program services $7,042 · management and general $1,408 · fundraising $939
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17 · Travel
total $10,240 · program services $5,120 · fundraising $5,120
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,886 · program services $1,138 · management and general $2,170 · fundraising $2,578
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20 · Interest
total $1,984 · program services $1,488 · management and general $99 · fundraising $397
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $11,082 · program services $8,311 · management and general $2,771
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23 · Insurance
total $8,424 · program services $5,054 · management and general $1,685 · fundraising $1,685
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24a · Other expenses: Direct Program Expenses
total $469,005 · program services $469,005
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and subsriptions
total $10,480 · program services $7,860 · management and general $2,620
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24c · Other expenses: Misc expenses
total $1,020 · program services $510 · management and general $255 · fundraising $255
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,032,859 · end of year $3,040,272
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $153,108 · end of year $330,980
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $210,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $231,137 · end of year $22,038
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$57,868
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$43,009
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $24,431 · end of year $14,859
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $500
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $22,967 · end of year $52,371
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $789,207 · end of year $1,462,808
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,977,861 · end of year $2,103,470
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $456,500 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To advance workforce and talent development within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") sectors by fostering excellence in education, expanding access to opportunities, and delivering transformative resources to empower underrepresented and underserved communities.
Activities or mission (Part I)
San Diego Squared is dedicated to advancing workforce development and talent development in STEM through four key areas of engagement. Firstly, our Community Activation initiative focuses on fostering a vibrant community that champions the belief that workforce diversity is integral to STEM. This is achieved through compelling storytelling, accessible on our website sd.org, and dynamic events such as our affinity dinners, ERG leaders' gatherings, and SD2 All Hands events. Secondly, our Squared Fellows Program offers a year-long mentorship-based experience for approximately 60 high school students from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds. This program connects them with STEM-driven companies, facilitates career exploration, and helps them envision their future roles in STEM. Thirdly, our Squared Scholars Program provides multi-year college scholarships to students from underrepresented backgrounds pursuing STEM degrees. This comprehensive program includes personalized 1:1 mentor
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Squared Scholars: San Diego Squared invests directly in the success of underrepresented high school and college students and their educators. The Organization partners with innovative companies, foundations, and community leaders who take action and send a clear message: You belong in STEM. The Organization's scholarships are either direct financial support or pay for the fees to STEM-centered programs offered throughout San Diego County by one of the Organization's partners
Expenses $658,355
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Events: In partnership with other organizations, San Diego Squared hosts life science camps, coding camps, panel discussions, and other opportunities for students, educators, and their families to engage in STEM-related fields.
Expenses $159,662
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Squared FellowsA year long, rotation-based mentorship program for underrepresented high school 10th-12thgraders in San Diego County who are interested in STEM. In this immersive program, studentsconnect with a network of advocates and have front row access to some of San Diego's mostinnovative companies, all to help students design their unique roadmap to get where they want togo in STEM.
Expenses $154,466 · Revenue $67,833
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Squared Interns: Internships can provide a gateway to full-time employment in STEM-driven companies. The Organization has identified opportunities for interns and has recruited champions within some of San Diego County's most innovative companies that are ready to help interns succeed. San Diego Squared matches promising underrepresented undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students pursuing STEM-centered degrees to paid internships.STEM CapsulesThe San Diego Squared STEM Capsules are short videos that aim to build awareness,inspiration, and STEM representation for underrepresented students. Working in partnership witha video production company, the Organization created a display of videos highlighting committedSTEM professionals sharing their stories, challenges, and advice with the aim to strengthen theSTEM identity in students.SD2 Qtrly All HandsA quarterly event beginning in 2022 where San Diego Squared brings together students, parents,educators, STEM professionals, and student organizations to strengthen the community thatbelieves that diversity belongs in STEM. San Diego Squared shares best practices andopportunities for collaboration and champion thesuccesses throughout the community.
Expenses $159,460 · Grants $120,000
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Alexander Bolante
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Anne Marbarger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Arvind Kush
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Bill Rastetter PhD
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
carlos ramirez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Chad Urie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Charles Theuer MD PhD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Darin Lippoldt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gentry Patrick PhD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Julie Cooke
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Linda Sierra
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Mike Hird
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Pantea Khodami
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Patricia Leckman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Paul Vaden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Harid Puentes
Co-Founder
- Total calculated
- $215,763
- From this org
- $215,763
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,763
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $215,763
-
Karmin Noar
COO
- Total calculated
- $195,283
- From this org
- $195,283
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $195,283
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $195,283
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3
- Compensation of CEO is approved by the board of directors.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
-
$120,000
Undergraduate scholarships to students participating in PATHways to STEM program at UC San Diego
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523219349305907
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