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← STEM GREENHOUSE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STEM GREENHOUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,481,056
Total expenses
$1,275,204
Contributions and grants received
$1,472,433
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,623
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$514,763
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,809
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$509,954
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,006,699
Management and general expenses
$231,538
Fundraising expenses
$36,967
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,006,699

Program services were 78.9% 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)

    $50,626

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,421,807

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,623 · related or exempt $8,623

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $619,167 · program services $527,189 · management and general $91,978

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,482 · program services $10,414 · management and general $18,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,457 · program services $38,718 · management and general $16,739

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $25,507 · management and general $25,507

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,814 · management and general $42,814

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $24,794 · fundraising $24,794

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,301 · program services $4,057 · management and general $3,071 · fundraising $12,173

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,942 · program services $3,005 · management and general $20,937

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,794 · program services $7,204 · management and general $590

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,521 · program services $42,709 · management and general $5,812

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,115 · program services $12,223 · management and general $2,892

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $119,675 · program services $117,820 · management and general $1,855

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,201 · program services $5,201

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,880 · program services $1,554 · management and general $326

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACTED SERVIC

    total $121,630 · program services $121,630

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM & STUDENT: TRAINI

    total $36,519 · program services $36,519

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM & STUDENT: BOOKS,

    total $31,583 · program services $31,583

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM & STUDENT: AWARDS

    total $20,114 · program services $20,114

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $27,708 · program services $26,759 · management and general $949

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $172,994 · end of year $481,584

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $133,091 · end of year $134

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3 · end of year $3

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

    $43,878

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

    $11,011

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,945 · end of year $32,867

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $175 · end of year $175

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,106 · end of year $4,809

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,826 · end of year $425,694

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $275,276 · end of year $84,260

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF STEM GREENHOUSE IS TO GROW STEM PROFICIENCY IN VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO CULTIVATE EDUCATION AND CAREER SUCCESS.

  • SAGE THE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, GARDENING AND ECOLOGY (SAGE) IS CREATED TO INSPIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BIPOC COMMUNITIES IN GRAND RAPIDS TO LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THE SAGE PROGRAM IS AN EIGHT WEEK STEM GREENHOUSE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH SELECTED SCHOOLS IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA.

    Expenses $163,132

  • SANKOFA STEM ACADEMY THE WORD "SANKOFA" IS DERVIED FROM THE TWI LANGUAGE OF GHANA, AND IT MEANS "TO RETRIEVE", BY LOOKING TO THE PAST TO TEACH ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE SANKOFA STM ACADEMY PROGRAM IS A CAREFULLY CURATED 5 - WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED FOR MINORITY STUDENT. WE TAKE A HOLISTRIC APPROACH TO EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO APPROACH STEM SUBJECTS AND EXCEL.

    Expenses $311,177

  • STEM SCHOLARS STEM SCHOLARS IS AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. WITH A CAREFUL SELECTION OF TOLLS AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROFICIENT IN SCIENCE AND MATH RELATED SUBJECTS. STEM SCHOLARS 2.0 STEM SCHOLARS 2.0 IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL WRAPAROUND SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS TUTORING, SPEAKERS, FIELD TRIPS, SUMMER CLASSES, COLLEGE INFORMATION, AND TEACHER SUPPORT. SELECT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR CORE CLASSES IN COHORTS.

    Expenses $530,439

  • KIDS COUNT KIDS COUNT IS AN AFTERSHCOOL PROGRAM SERVING KIDS IN THE 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADES. IT INSPIRES STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN STEM WITH A FOCAL POINT ON MATHMATICS BY OFFERING A COOL, CLUB CULTURE THAT INCLUDES FUN ACTIVITIES AND GAMES. KIDS COUNT IS A CATALYST FOR MAKING MATH FUN FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE OTHERWISE INTIMIDATED OR SCARED OF MATH.

    Expenses $1,951

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Keli Christopher

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $144,119
    From this org
    $144,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Neil Carlson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessa Challa

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alana Dachtler

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emil Delgado

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tarita D Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason R Joseph

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ovell Barbee Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ismalis Nunez

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stacy Paul

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cordell Zachery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513019349300141

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