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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UTAH STEM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$751,746
Total expenses
$1,043,091
Contributions and grants received
$751,746
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,103,532
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,103,532
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,043,091
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,043,091

Program services were 100.0% 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

    $751,746

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,820

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $332,455 · program services $332,455

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $108,582 · program services $108,582

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,048 · program services $8,048

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,468 · program services $3,468

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,155 · program services $20,155

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,834 · program services $6,834

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $854 · program services $854

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTS

    total $281,666 · program services $281,666

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVI

    total $100,509 · program services $100,509

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION & RECREATION

    total $83,042 · program services $83,042

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICA

    total $42,560 · program services $42,560

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $54,918 · program services $54,918

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,375,630 · end of year $1,084,285

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

    $12,000

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $12,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,247 · end of year $7,247

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,394,877 · end of year $1,103,532

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE UTAH STEM FOUNDATION IS A PART OF THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HERITAGE AND ARTS (DHA), WHICH IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (CCE). THE FOUNDATION'S MAIN PRIORITY IS TO HELP ENHANCE THE EFFORTS OF THE STEM ACTION CENTER, WHOSE MISSION IS TO PRODUCE A STEM COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE TO ENSURE UTAH'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC SUCCESS IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. THE UTAH STEM FOUNDATION WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE ENGAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY ALIGNMENT AND DELIBERATELY ALLOCATE VALUABLE FUNDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY BY ASSISTING THE UTAH STEM ACTION CENTER TO BUILD INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS AND PROVIDE STEM RESOURCES TO THE STATE OF UTAH.

  • THE UTAH STEM BUS PROGRAM RECEIVED CONTINUTED SUPPORT FOR YEAR FIVE OF THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE CONTINUED SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR STAFFING NEEDS AND EQUIPMENT. THE STAFF DRIVE THE BUS TO SCHOOLS IN UTAH TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON STEM INSTRUCTION. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A WAITING LIST OF OVER 100 SCHOOLS THAT ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE THE STEM BUS TO COME AND INSTRUCT AT THEIR SCHOOL.

    Expenses $1,043,091

  • THE UTAH STEM FOUNDATION CREATED AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE FOR GIRLS WHO CODE (GWC) CLUBS IN UTAH. THIS CHALLENGE IS AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT GIRLS IN CODING AND BRIDGE THE GENDER GAP IN CAREERS. AWARDS ARE GIVEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN THE FORM OF FUNDING THROUGH DONATIONS OF VARIOUS CORPORATE PARTNERS. THESE AWARDS ARE FOR MARKETABLE, SUSTAINABLE, CREATIVE PROJECTS CREATED THROUGH THE GWC CURRICULUM. AWARDS ARE ALSO GIVEN TO PEER MENTORS AND FACILITATORS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THEIR CLUB MENTORING ABILITIES, AND AWARDS ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR ESSAY CHALLENGES FROM 3-5 GRADE CLUB MEMBERS WHO READ THE GWC BOOK. THE FUNDING AWARDED WILL BE USED TO ENHANCE MORE STEM RELATED ACTIVITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE GIRLS INVOLVED IN GWC. THE AWARDS ARE PRESENTED AT AN ANNUAL CEREMONY HELD AT THE END OF THE GWC CLUB FOR THE YEAR.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Allison Spencer

    EX-OFFICIO MEMBER/STAFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Angela Mastaloudis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Schafer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Parker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vanessa Perez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Pope

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lee McCullough

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tami Goetz

    EX-OFFICIO MEMBER/STAFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511369349301406

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