Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$155,094

Total expenses

$77,423

Contributions and grants received

$189,354

Grants paid

$42,220

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$9,305

Other revenue

-$43,565

Total assets, end of year

$430,610

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$430,610

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$68,039

Management and general expenses

$9,384

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$68,039

Program services were 87.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CONTRIBUTIONS/GRANTS: GRANTS GIVEN TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO AAUW NATIONALS.

  Expenses $42,220 · Grants $42,220

• SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATH (STEM) PROGRAMS INCLUDE: GIRLS LOVE SCIENCE (GALS): DURING THE GALS PROGRAM, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED GIRLS IN THE BELLEFONTE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPLORED STEM FIELDS TOGETHER IN THEIR CLASSROOM, THROUGH VIRTUAL SITE VISITS ARRANGED BY DISCOVERY SPACE STAFF. TOPICS INCLUDED: ARCHAEOLOGY, EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS, METEOROLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. PARTICIPANTS MET MANY DIFFERENT FEMALE STEM PROFESSIONALS AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK THROUGH PAIRED HANDS-ON EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS DONE IN THEIR CLASSROOM DURING THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM.MAKERSPACE FOR GIRLS: OFTEN, HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NEED TO WORK TO EARN MONEY; AND, THEY NEED RELEVANT EXPERIENCE FOR A RESUME. WHEN THESE TWO CAN BE COMBINED, IT IS A REAL WIN FOR THE STUDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STUDENT IS FEMALE. THESE FUNDS SUPPORTED HOURLY WORK FOR THREE INTERNS WHO DESIGNED AND LED ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN AND ASSISTED DISCOVERY SPACE EDUCATORS IN STEM PROGRAMS.VOICES ANNUAL CONFERENCE: VOICES IS A NETWORKING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE HOSTED ANNUALLY BY THE STATE COLLEGE CHAPTER OF GRADUATE WOMEN IN SCIENCE (GWIS) FOR STUDENTS, POSTDOCS, FACULTY, AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) FIELDS. THE VOICES CONFERENCE IS GEARED TOWARD PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. IT OFFERS THE DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OF BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO SHARE PRACTICAL IDEAS, SUCCESSES, AND STRUGGLES BASED ON THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND, THIS YEAR, TO BECOME INSPIRED TO TAKE ACTION.ENVISION: STEM CAREER DAY FOR YOUNG WOMEN: PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, YASHA DUGGAL AND LATISHA FRANKLIN, WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR INSPIRING JOURNEYS INTO SCIENCE AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THE YOUNG WOMEN. PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THREE, HANDS-ON, SCIENCE WORKSHOPS THAT FEATURED DIVERSE TOPICS SUCH AS WILD-LIFE CONSERVATION, VIROLOGY, 3-D PRINTING, ASTRONOMY, NEUROLOGY, AND ARCHEOLOGY TO NAME A FEW. THESE WORKSHOPS WERE DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED BY PENN STATE FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF, WHO EAGERLY SHARED THEIR RESEARCH AND CAREER INSIGHTS. THROUGHOUT THE DAY-LONG EVENT AT THE UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS, ATTENDEES NETWORKED WITH PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS, BONDED WITH COLLEGE AGED MENTORS, AND ENJOYED LUNCH AND GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED A FUN PHOTO BOOTH.STEMPOWERED GIRLS: STEMPOWERED IS OUR UNIQUELY DESIGNED PROGRAM TO IMMERSE 4TH, 5TH AND 6TH GRADES IN THINKING ABOUT AND TRYING OUT A VARIETY OF ELEMENTS FROM STEM CAREERS THEY MAY NOT LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL. THIS YEAR, THE PROGRAMS WERE ENTIRELY VIRTUAL. EACH THREE-DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTORY SESSION ABOUT THE CAREER, RELEVANT VOCABULARY AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE STEM PROFESSIONAL THEY WILL MEET. THE SECOND DAY INVOLVES MEETING THE STEM PROFESSIONAL, VIRTUALLY VISITING THEIR LAB OR PLACE OF WORK, AND PARTICIPATING IN EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CLOSELY TAILORED TO WHAT "A DAY IN THE LIFE" ENTAILS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL. THE THIRD DAY CONTINUES THE EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND CLOSES WITH TIME FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR INTEREST IN SUCH A CAREER. "COULD YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING THIS ONE DAY?" SIMPLY THE SUGGESTION THAT THEY CAN BE THAT ONE DAY HAS POWER FOR YOUNG LEARNERS. EACH SESSION IS 3 AFTERNOONS (MON-WED) OF 1.5HR AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES/VIRTUAL HOST VISIT. 10-14 KIDS PER SESSION.SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP: DISCOVERY SPACE HOSTED 14 UNIQUE STEM-THEMED, WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMPS IN PERSON AND HAD A BLAST! THE AAUW STATE COLLEGE BRANCH FUNDS HELPED TO SUPPORT THE COST OF MATERIALS AND HANDS-ON EQUIPMENT USED DURING THE SUMMER.STEM GRANT OFF SET: MICHELE APPLIED FOR AND SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED $500 FROM THE ENGINE STEM ECOSYSTEM OF CENTRAL PA TO HOST A ROBOTICS EVENT AT THE RIVET FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE EVENT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AAUW STATE COLLEGE BRANCH, DISCOVERY SPACE AND THE RIVET, REMAKE LEARNING DAYS OF PA, AND THE LOCAL 4H ROBOTICS CLUB. IN TOTAL, 344 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED THE MOSTLY-OUTDOOR EVENT WHERE THEY COULD SEE ROBOT DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRY VARIOUS HANDS-ON ROBOTS. A MINI BATTLE BOT STATION WAS SET UP WHERE PARTICIPANTS COULD BRING THEIR ROBOTS TO BATTLE FOR POINTS. THE EVENT SPECIFICALLY HAD A FOCUS ON FEMALES IN ROBOTICS AND THE WAYS IN WHICH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS COULD GET INVOLVED IF THEY WERE INTERESTED.OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: CHALLENGING SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS (CSI) AND GIRLS ACTIVE IN MATH, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (GAMES) DESIGNED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO WORK COOPERATIVELY ON PROJECTS IN SCIENCE.

  Expenses $21,005

• OFFICERS/COMMITTEES: LENDING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR ON-GOING PROGRAMS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS EVENTS, INCLUDING PRINTING AND MEETINGS.

  Expenses $4,814

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• MID-STATE LITERACY COUNCIL INC

  $11,000

  CENTRE COUNTY WOMEN'S SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY AND CURRENT MATERIALS PROGRAM

• CENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE

  $10,000

  DENTAL HYGIENE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN

• AAUW - GREATEST NEEDS FUND

  $7,500

  TO SUPPORT THE GREATEST NEEDS FUND

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• AAUW STATE COLLEGE BRANCH INC

  501(C)(4) · ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS · PA

• AAUW PENNSYLVANIA

  501(C)(4) · ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS · PA

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC

  501(C)(3) · ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS · DC

• AAUW ACTION FUND INC

  501(C)(4) · ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS · MA

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202401369349315855

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