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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by PHILOSOPHIC SYSTEMS INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$0
Total expenses
not reported
Contributions and grants received
not reported
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
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

To provide empowering transformational learning practices for a more just society through higher learning programs that integrate philosophy, arts, humanities, and scientific inquiry. The organization's programs integrate advanced research with best learning practices to aim to serve the community of learners, but with a focus on those economically and academically disadvantaged.

  • Lighstream Project:Juvenile Diversion, Reentry, and Incarceration Transformative Education ProgramContinued development of LS as part of the Juvenile Probation Department (JPD) of El Paso CountyDesigned, developed and implemented a new version LS for youth in detention and at Challenge Academy at JPDContinued the collaboration to implement LS as part of El Paso ISDs Alternative School and Alternative programs for students in Alternative and those justice involved Continued the development of social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work team

  • Artstream Project: program geared to train educators on the implementation of Design as Innovation transformative higher learning techniquesContinued design and development of Artstreams teacher training program (Innovative Teacher Fellowship Program) in collaboration with EPCF, CREEED, Bank of America, served over 45 educatorsDesigned and developed several programs in collaboration with artists, including El Paso Border Art Resident artists, to support PSI programsContinued to work with PSI Fellowship recipients, Ph.D. students at UTEPs College of Education, to support ArtstreamContinued the development of social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work team

  • Shadows to Light: (S2L) - Adult Diversion, Reentry, and Incarceration Transformative Education Program Education ProgramContinued development and implementation of S2L as part of the Federal Courts in the Western District of Texas of the Adelante and Sendero program, served over 50 individualsDesigned and implemented a 3+ month S2L program at FCI La Tuna, Bureau of Prisons, served over 60 individualsContinued the collaboration to implement S2L as part of El Paso Community Colleges primer program for justice involved individuals, served over 50 individualsContinued the development of social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work team

  • El Paso Science Festival ('EPSF") Collaborative - Annual STEM festival service the El Paso and Juarez region, showcasing to youth and families, the power of scientific inquiry and of STEM fieldsPSIs ED is one of the 3 founders of EPSF, also a non-profit orgStarting in May 2023, PSI collaborated closely with EPSFs team to design, develop and bring to fruition the first annual EPSF on April 6-7, 2024 at the El Paso Convention centerWe served over 10,000 individuals!Continued the collaboration with EPSF to enhance future iterations of the festival

  • Alamito STREAM Center (Alamito) - a family and community focused center, at the heart of one of the poorest zip-codes in the USA, for developing co-designed innovative solutions to actual problems and challenges as part of our Transformative Learning Communities, using the best of STREAM (Science, Technology, Reasoning/Logic, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics)Continued design and development of Alamito in collaboration with HOME, formerly know as the Housing Authority of El PasoDesigned and developed several programs in collaboration with UTEP, EPCC, Borderplex Connect, EPIH for when Alamito opens on December 2024Continued to work with community and an advisory board to combat poverty, inequity, and lack to access to real opportunitiesContinued the collaboration with HOME to implement programming at several HOME sites in preparation with the opening of Alamito, served over 250 individuals and familiesHired a full time Vista Scholar, in partnership with UTEP, to spearhead the programReceived an MCAD grant to work with local and NY artists to implement a collaborative arts program in 2024-2025Continued the development of social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work team

  • Atlas Prime (Atlas) - Adult, specially focused on Opportunity youth, professional, life, and logical skills Higher Learning programDesigned, developed, and implemented an 8-week pre-apprenticeship program in collaboration with EPCF, Microsoft, the El Paso Innovation Hub (EPIH), served 16 individualsDesigned, developed, and implemented a 16+ week apprenticeship program with same partners, served 3 individualsEstablished social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work teamDesigned, developed, and implemented a shortened Atlas summer program with same partners, named Coding by DesignCollaborated to be key design partners as part of EPIH

  • Digital Fluency - Adult digital literacy program for low-income and underserved communities in the El Paso regionCollaborated with FabLab and EPIH in the design, development, and implementation of a tech up-skills programs at EPIH, served over 100 individualsDesigned, developed, and implemented an 8-week basic digital skills yet transformative education program in collaboration with Borderplex Connect, served over 85 individualsDesigned, and developed a series of future progressive digital skilling programs with same partnerEstablished social systems supports with our innovative embedded social work team

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • John McClure PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Nathaniel Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Andrs Muro PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Stephanie Otero

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5.5
  • Sean Ihorn

    Director/Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Juan Ferret PhD

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kim Daz PhD

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    14
  • Mika Cohen

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    40
  • Maggie Snchez-Mercado

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349202410

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