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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WONDER INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$153,430
Total expenses
$236,765
Contributions and grants received
$147,094
Grants paid
$35,139
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,336
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$225,120
Total liabilities, end of year
$350
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$224,770
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$214,249
Management and general expenses
$9,531
Fundraising expenses
$12,985
Program service expenses (Part III)
$214,249

Program services were 90.5% 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

    $147,094

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,336 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $30,639 · program services $30,639

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,500 · program services $4,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,750 · program services $102,375 · management and general $0 · fundraising $11,375

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,407 · program services $9,366 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,041

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,818 · program services $0 · management and general $2,818 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,350 · program services $3,350 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,375 · program services $999 · management and general $376 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,922 · program services $38,402 · management and general $1,031 · fundraising $489

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,118 · program services $952 · management and general $1,166 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,614 · program services $0 · management and general $3,614 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Materials

    total $20,930 · program services $20,930 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Website Maintenance

    total $518 · program services $138 · management and general $300 · fundraising $80

  • 24c · Other expenses: TCMUN Program

    total $2,598 · program services $2,598 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges

    total $40 · program services $0 · management and general $40 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $186 · program services $0 · management and general $186 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25,096 · end of year $5,792

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $282,678 · end of year $208,325

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $625 · end of year $625

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

    $12,496

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

    $2,118

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $10,378

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $294 · end of year $350

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $308,105 · end of year $224,770

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Anchored in curiosity and wonder, we seek to empower the next generation of creative leaders by providing engaging community spaces and innovative programming.

  • THE WONDER LAB: The Wonder Labs are important community spaces. Our main WonderLab includes a digital media lab, a maker space and a robotics lab, and boasts state of the art equipment, including a CNC Router, a 3-D printer, digital filmaking cameras, and a drone. In partnership with the Teton School District, we have over 500 students involved in our robotics program. In addition, the Wonder Institute and the Teton County Library (TCL) have partnered to create a recording studio, a media editing station, and a Wonder Lab maker space at TCL. These partnerships allow the Wonder Institute to increase our reach and accessibility.

    Expenses $176,169 · Grants $23,607

  • CIVIC OUTREACH: Wonder Institute offers free engaging and effective education programs including live and virtual speaker programs, the We the People civic education program, and the National Stock Market game.

    Expenses $23,812

  • TETON COUNTY MODEL UNITED NATIONS: We facilitate high school student participation in the United Nations system simulation, enabling students to play the role of diplomats from countries worldwide with the aim of passing resolutions on pressing global issues.

    Expenses $2,598

  • CREATIVE LEADERS: We provide recognition and financial awards to honor teachers and creative leaders in Teton County, WY. The Educator Awards are awarded each year to teachers that are selected by students graduating from Middle and High School.

    Expenses $4,638 · Grants $4,500

  • GRANT PROGRAM: An important source of funding for arts and education organizations, designed to support creativity, artists-in-residence programs, partnerships to support artists, and creative education. Since the inception of this program, 193 grants have been awarded to over 67 artists and organizations, reaching 83,000 community participants. It is a seed-fund that nurtures creative leadership and visions.

    Expenses $4,500 · Grants $4,500

  • LIVE PERFORMANCE: The Live Performance Fund underwrites the cost to send Teton County School District students, grades K-12, to a live arts performance each year at the Center for the Arts. For many students, the Live Perforamance initiative is their first exposure to an arts performance.

    Expenses $2,532 · Grants $2,532

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

Listed in Part VII

  • VERONICA SILBERBERG

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • GARY SILBERBERG

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • GRACE HARTMAN

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHY KEHR

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BROUGHTON COBURN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE FAUPEL

    Director through 3/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN DYNIA

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM ROOKS

    Dir of Community Engagement until 6/23; Dir start 8/23

    Total calculated
    $21,875
    From this org
    $21,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • GARY DUQUETTE

    Director of Wonder Lab

    Total calculated
    $91,875
    From this org
    $91,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411549349300401

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