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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BISBEE SCIENCE EXPLORATION & RESEARCH CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$171,475
Total expenses
$160,510
Contributions and grants received
$161,475
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$78,671
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,545
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$77,126
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$135,471
Management and general expenses
$25,039
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$135,471

Program services were 84.4% 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

    $161,475

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $79,462 · program services $79,462

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,574 · program services $8,574

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $41,976 · program services $33,816 · management and general $8,160

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,940 · management and general $1,940

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $415 · management and general $415

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $182 · management and general $182

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,603 · program services $110 · management and general $4,493

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,201 · management and general $8,201

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXHIBITS, SUPPL

    total $12,085 · program services $11,000 · management and general $1,085

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,509 · program services $2,509

  • 24c · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $516 · management and general $516

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECONCILIATION DISCREPA

    total $47 · management and general $47

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,155 · end of year $32,171

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $47,500 · end of year $46,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,494 · end of year $1,545

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,161 · end of year $77,126

Mission and programs · 2024

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)

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO BUILD RESILIENCY IN OUR RURAL, BORDERLAND COMMUNITIES

  • BISBEE SCIENCE LAB - PROVIDES SCIENCE FRIDAYS, SCIENCE CAFES, MARKER/TINKER SPACE, PIE SKY ASTRONOMY EVENTS, AND MASTER NATURALIST PROGRAMS. OVER 1,800 PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN 2023.

    Expenses $35,766 · Revenue $1,500

  • SKY ISLAND STEAM EXPRESS MOBILE LAB - PROVIDES MULTIPLE MOBILE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO 22 RURAL SCHOOLS IN COCHISE COUNTY. OVER 5,000 PERSONS PARTICIPATED IN 2023.

    Expenses $58,780 · Revenue $8,500

  • BACKYARD PROJECT - REMAINS IN THE DESIGN PHASE FOR 2023 AND 2024. A COLLABORATION WITH THE BISBEE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRANSFORM 8 ACRES OF SCHOOL PROPERTY INTO A REGENERATIVE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM THAT WILL BE UTILIZED AS A COMMUNITY ASSET. BSERC IS THE PROJECT MANAGER.

    Expenses $40,925

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rita Lloyd Mills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason Macoviak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer McBeth

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Etta Kralovec

    BOARD CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Sharon Christie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Melanie Greene

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
2024
Filed
2 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501929349301210

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