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ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOUNDATION

EIN 20-1185167 PHOENIX, AZ

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Revenue 2024
$2,614,485
Expenses 2024
$2,431,576

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
2800 N CENTRAL AVE STE 1530

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ENGAGE A CONNECTED COMMUNITY TO TRANSFORM LIVES WITH ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM)

  • THE CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER (CSO) PROGRAM GOALS ARE TO CREATE A GLOBAL NETWORK OF DIVERSE STEM LEADERS, FOSTER COLLABORATION AMONG CSO'S ENRICH STEM CULTURE AND CAREER AWARENESS AND AMPLIFY STUDENT VOICE IN STEM CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. CSO'S CONSISTS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12 WHO SERVE AS STEM AMBASSADORS AND LIASONS FOR STEM OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. DURING THEIR TIME AS CSOS, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ENHANCE THEIR WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; JOIN A GLOBAL NETWORK OF DIVERSE STEM LEADERS PREPARED FOR COLLEGE, CAREERS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY AND GLOBAL STEM PROFESSIONALS; AND IMPLEMENT STEM-FOCUSED ACTION PLANS TO IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE STEM CAUSES THEY CHAMPION. CSOS ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNICATION, INTEREST, AND ENGAGEMENT IN STEM ("A" INCLUDING THE ARTS) INNOVATION. THEY ALSO STREAMLINE SCHOOLS' CONNECTIONS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING WITH THESE ENTITIES TO OFFER THEIR PEERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD STEM AWARENESS AND CRITICAL WORKFORCE SKILLS. COLLABORATIVELY, CSOS FUNCTION AS A UNIFIED "CABINET," ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS TO AFFECT STEM PERCEPTION AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS, AS WELL AS TRANSFORM SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CULTURE AND BROADEN PARTICIPATION FOR EVERYONE WITHIN THEIR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.

    Expenses $1,158,802 · Grants $349,197 · Revenue $179,939

  • THE ARIZONA STEM ECOSYSTEM IS A COLLABORATIVE GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF OVER 900 PARTNERS STATEWIDE THAT INCLUDE EDUCATORS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS. SCITECH INSTITUTE SERVES AS THE ECOSYSTEM'S BACKBONE ORGANIZATION, WORKING WITH THESE ENTITIES TO PROMOTE STEM AWARENESS AND CAREER PATHWAYS, BUILD LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, AND DEVELOP A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF QUALIFIED ARIZONANS ENTERING HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE. THE ARIZONA STEM ECOSYSTEM INCLUDES THE ARIZONA SCITECH FESTIVAL, A STATEWIDE CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) HELD ANNUALLY IN JANUARY THROUGH APRIL. THROUGH A SERIES OF OVER 1,000 EXPOS, WORKSHOPS, CONVERSATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND TOURS HELD IN DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE ARIZONA SCITECH FESTIVAL EDUCATES AND INVOLVES ARIZONANS OF ALL AGES ABOUT STEM AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR OUR STATE'S FUTURE. IN THE COMMUNITY, ARIZONA SCITECH FESTIVAL HAS A STRONG POSITIVE IMPACT ON BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, EVENTS, CITY STAKEHOLDERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $782,128

  • SCIENCE FOR ALL'S VISION IS TO FOSTER POWERFUL AND ENDURING NETWORKS OF NONPROFITS, INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC TO PUT STEM WITHIN REACH OF EVERY HUMAN BEING IN ARIZONA AND BEYOND. SCIENCE FOR ALL, LLC SUPPORTS ALL SCITECH INSTITUTE PROGRAMS. OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM LIVES BY PROVIDING EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, WITH ACCESS TO THE WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM).

    Expenses $64,946

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Steven Zylstra

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $335,280
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $322,824
    Other
    $12,456
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $322,824 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,514 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,942 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $335,280 related

  • Robert Witwer

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Unruh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rowan Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lorenzo Chavez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charleean Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nitasha Chopra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rita Lloyd Mills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Felix

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Stringham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeremy Babendure

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,932
    From this org
    $166,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,676
    Nontaxable benefits
    $349
    Filer's total
    $173,932

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,614,485
    Expenses
    $2,431,576
    Contributions
    $2,423,849
    Grants paid
    $349,197
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,723,853
    Expenses
    $1,876,176
    Contributions
    $1,598,170
    Grants paid
    $162,179
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,789,237
    Expenses
    $1,599,905
    Contributions
    $1,713,991
    Grants paid
    $52,953

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,201,382
    Expenses
    $1,221,384
    Assets (EOY)
    $987,067

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,113,548
    Expenses
    $912,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,101,342

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,073,805
    Expenses
    $1,195,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $705,110

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,293,310
    Expenses
    $1,275,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $834,901

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,150,917
    Expenses
    $994,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $760,236

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $733,336
    Expenses
    $728,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $543,650

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $619,176
    Expenses
    $484,117
    Assets (EOY)
    $505,448

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $413,167
    Expenses
    $300,688
    Assets (EOY)
    $287,019

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $362,342
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,281

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $343,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,465

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • SCIENCE FOR ALL

    EDUCATION · AZ · income $55,310 · assets $125,336

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.