Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$170,582

Total expenses

$146,621

Contributions and grants received

$91,087

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$78,701

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$794

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$81,827

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$81,827

Program service expenses (Part III)

$146,614

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• In 2024, over 370 children attended STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) summer camp at the Science Vortex in May, June and July. Camp themes included: Junior Botanists' Camp, Crazy Tech Camp, Animal Detectives Zoology Camp, Junior Engineers Camp, Ocean Exploration Camp w/ Arizona Science Center, Future Innovators' Coding Camp, and COCSD Camp Innovation. Grant money was used to offer discounts to families in need.

  Expenses $45,000 · Grants $1,000

• In 2024, there were 1,276 visits to Little Learners STEAM Time and 550 visits to Makerspace Family Night; both are programs that are free-of-cost to the public and occur weekly.

  Expenses $10,000 · Grants $5,000

• In 2024, there were 2,123 students who attended field trip visits (92 visits total) to the Science Vortex to learn topics related to STEAM. Students came from Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Cornville, Clarkdale, Sedona, and Beaver Creek schools.

  Expenses $14,000 · Grants $9,000

• Weekend Hours for the Public: The Science Vortex is an ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) site open to the public every Saturday and Sunday, 10AM to 1PM. In 2024, 591 visitors came to open weekend hours. Grant funds have been used to develop new stations and signage (gravity well, Lego wall, new metal signs that replaced hand-painted ones in disrepair).

  Expenses $15,000 · Grants $11,000

• Chief Science Officers: In 2024, the Science Vortex advised 15 middle and high-school students throughout the school year to serve as STEM ambassadors in the Verde Valley community. This program is spearheaded by the SciTech Institute in Phoenix. The Science Vortex CSO team was awarded Arizona CSO Team of the Year for the second time in a row in 2024.

  Expenses $13,130 · Grants $6,430

• Community Outreach: The Science Vortex engages in community outreach at a variety of community events including library visits, school visits, after school clubs, Dark Sky parties, and more. In 2024, the Science Vortex led 12 library workshops that served a total of 129 people and attended 7 community events with booth activities that impacted about 800 people.

  Expenses $5,000 · Grants $3,000

• School Visits: In 2024, Science Vortex led 58 STEAM lessons in preK-8th classrooms impacting 1,896 students.

  Expenses $8,000 · Grants $6,000

• Afterschool Clubs: 25 after school STEAM sessions with elementary students took place in 2024 in Cottonwood, Cornville, and Sedona.

  Expenses $3,000 · Grants $1,000

• Verde Valley SciTech Festival: The Science Vortex leads the annual regional SciTech Festival. In February 2024, 1,522 people participated in the Verde Valley-wide festival with 197 attending the Kickoff Event at the Science Vortex.

  Expenses $5,400 · Grants $5,400

• Verde Valley STEAM Mobile/Camp Verde STEAM Initiative: A big project in 2024 was expanding STEM education east of the I-17, particularly with Camp Verde Elementary School and at Camp Verde Community Library. This project will continue into 2025 with grant funds received in 2024.

  Expenses $17,584 · Grants $25,000

• Verde Valley BioBlitz: In 2024, seventeen fifth grade classes in the Verde Valley participated in the annual bioblitz (a community science project done in partnership with Friends of the Verde River where students learn about biodiversity and taxonomy). We purchased iPads in 2024 that will be used annually for this project.

  Expenses $6,000 · Grants $3,000

• Kids' Night Outs: There were 7 Kids' Night Out sessions in 2024 that benefited 105 participants.

  Expenses $2,500

• STEAM Birthday Parties: The Science Vortex hosted 10 birthday parties in 2024.

  Expenses $2,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

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

2024

Filed

21 April 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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