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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BISBEE SCIENCE EXPLORATION & RESEARCH CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$322,153
Total expenses
$191,739
Contributions and grants received
$322,133
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$20
Total assets, end of year
$91,446
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,253
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$102,859
Management and general expenses
$88,363
Fundraising expenses
$517
Program service expenses (Part III)
$102,859

Program services were 53.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,083

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $297,050

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $164,876

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc.

    total $20 · related or exempt $20

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $85,329 · program services $42,665 · management and general $42,664

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,096 · program services $13,096

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,530 · program services $4,292 · management and general $3,238

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $19,177 · management and general $19,177

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,990 · management and general $1,990

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,711 · management and general $4,711

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,035 · program services $1,759 · management and general $1,759 · fundraising $517

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,413 · program services $2,707 · management and general $2,706

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,390 · management and general $6,390

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,462 · management and general $3,462

  • 24a · Other expenses: Internships

    total $14,039 · program services $14,039

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program exhibits, supplies, postage, printing

    total $23,487 · program services $23,487

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues subscriptions

    total $1,628 · program services $814 · management and general $814

  • 24d · Other expenses: Meals

    total $1,452 · management and general $1,452

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $48,946 · end of year $43,917

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $46,529 · end of year $47,529

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,453 · end of year $11,193

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $88,022 · end of year $80,253

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Mission of the Bisbee Science Exploration and Research Center, Inc. is to foster the exploration, teaching, and practice of science for the development of scientific literacy by the public and the encouragement of the scientific inquiries needed for the betterment of our lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Education

  • Bisbee Science Lab - provides Science Fridays, Science Cafes, Maker/Tinker Space, Pie Sky astronomy events, and Master Naturalist programs. Over 1,200 persons participated in 2022.

    Expenses $31,199

  • Sky Island Steam Express Mobile Lab - provides multiple mobile science activities events to 22 rural schools in Cochise County. 5,062 persons participated in 2022.

    Expenses $54,844

  • Backyard Project - presently in the design phase - a collaboration with the Bisbe Unified School District to transform 8 acres of school property into a regenerative learning ecosystem that will bew utilized as a community asset. BSERC is the project manager.

    Expenses $16,816

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Sepp Sprietsma

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Macoviak

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer McBeth

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Etta Kralovec

    Board Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Robert Quinarar

    Vice Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Melanie Greene

    Secretary Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2022
Filed
16 March 2023
IRS schema version
2022v4.1
Source object
202340759349301229

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