ENGAGING CREATIVE MINDS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B90

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 31875

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

• IN-SCHOOL ENGAGED LEARNING EXPERIENCES (ELES):ENGAGING CREATIVE MINDS PROVIDES TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLABORATE AND INTEGRATE THE ARTS INTO THE EXISTING K-8TH GRADE CURRICULUM DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.THE GOAL IS TO CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP FOR ALL STUDENTS WHICH ULTIMATELY CLOSES THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. ELES ENGAGE AND MOTIVATE STUDENTS THUS SEEING IMPROVED BEHAVIOR, INCREASED ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL, AND MORE ENGAGED STUDENTS. TEACHERS BECOME MORE SKILLED AND CONFIDENT AT USING THE ARTS AS BOTH A TOOL AND AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ARTS.

  Expenses $441,005 · Revenue $350,176

• SUMMER STEAM INSTITUTE:DESIGNED FOR CREATIVE AND ENERGETIC STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8 WHO WANT TO SPEND THEIR SUMMER ENGAGED IN SIX WEEKS OF UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT FOSTER CREATIVITY TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES ALONGSIDE LOCAL ARTISTS, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATHEMATICS. SUMMER STEAM INSTITUTE'S TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE TO PREVENT SUMMER LEARNING LOSS AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LOCAL CERTIFIED TEACHERS. IN ADDITION TO THE K-8 ARTS INTEGRATION STEAM PROGRAMS, ECM ALSO PROVIDES A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 9-12TH GRADE STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL LITERACY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE THEY ARE ATTENDING SIX WEEKS OF SUMMER STEAM INSTITUTE SERVING AS JUNIOR COUNSELORS.

  Expenses $699,155 · Revenue $600,805

• YESCAROLINA ENTREPRENEURSHIP:DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES GRADES 6-12, YESCAROLINA PROVIDES CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS TO TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THIS CURRICULUM, CREATED BY TEACHERS FOR TEACHERS, IS A COURSE THATSUPPORTS STUDENTS WHO ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY AND PREPARES THEM TO COMPETE IN YESCAROLINA'S ANNUAL STATE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION. THE EXPERIENTIAL CURRICULUM INCLUDES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS THAT MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE THE LEARNER. IT IS A CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO STRATEGICALLY GIVE THE LEARNER THE NECESSARY BUILDING BLOCKS TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE A STEP-BY-STEP BUSINESS PLAN FOR IN-CLASS AND STATE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION.

  Expenses $196,170 · Revenue $23,190

• Expenses $7,325

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.

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

  $1,098,366

  Expenses

  $1,417,111

  Contributions

  $85,283

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,342,049

  Expenses

  $4,113,526

  Contributions

  $3,701,405

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,639,620

  Expenses

  $2,711,438

  Contributions

  $1,050,143

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $2,458,924

  Expenses

  $1,577,086

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,375,210

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,479,005

  Expenses

  $1,055,829

  Assets (EOY)

  $475,247

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $723,255

  Expenses

  $831,501

  Assets (EOY)

  $155,075

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,003,956

  Expenses

  $1,071,842

  Assets (EOY)

  $158,417

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $980,825

  Expenses

  $963,376

  Assets (EOY)

  $222,936

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,133,446

  Expenses

  $1,160,454

  Assets (EOY)

  $219,574

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $905,352

  Expenses

  $868,509

  Assets (EOY)

  $297,944

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $699,776

  Expenses

  $690,656

  Assets (EOY)

  $196,218

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $482,084

  Expenses

  $412,341

  Assets (EOY)

  $202,557

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

  $10,526

  2024 · EDUCATION

• ARTS ETC

  $10,400

  2023 · PROJECT TITLE: An Arts Integration Experience with Engaging Creative Minds at Mt. Zion Elementary School Funding from this grant will provide: 1) Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use The school will be assigned an ECM Curriculum Coach who will guide the planning and scheduling process with each grade level team; including but not limited to, selecting the teaching artists, collaboratively designing the arts integration lessons,

• COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

  $9,000

  2023 · ARTS

• COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

  $9,000

  2022 · EDUCATION GRANT

• ARTS ETC

  $6,500

  2024 · Approximately 100 students in 1-3 different grade levels and 2-12 teachers with a minimum 5-day arts integration Engaged Learning Experience (ELE) with one ECM Instructor (teaching artist) in the fall of 2024 or the spring of 2025 2) An interactive half day Professional Development experience with ECM staff and 1-2 ECM Instructors for Mt. Zion Elementary teachers in August 2024 or at a later time determined by the school 3) Liability insurance and SLED background checks for all teaching artists 4) All materials and art supplies required for this experience will remain at the school for future use

• NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING ASSOC INC

  $6,416

  2024 · TO EQUIP THE COMMUNITY WITH SUMMER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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