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SCIENCE OF SPORT

EIN 46-3843390 TUCSON, AZ

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Revenue 2024
$1,406,797
Expenses 2024
$1,394,576

Program services were 87.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1200
Street
55 E CALLE BELLEZA

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

TO BRING MATH AND SCIENCE TO LIFE USING SPORTS EXAMPLES. WE DEVELOP STEM CURRICULUM AND PROVIDE PROGRAMMING FOR SCHOOLS, SPORTS TEAMS, FOUNDATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BRINGING MATH AND SCIENCE TO LIFE THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING.

  • DURING 2024, SCIENCE OF SPORT TRAINED MORE THAN 500 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS, EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH STEM CONCEPTS IN BOTH CLASSROOM AND AFTER-SCHOOL SETTINGS. THESE EFFORTS REACHED AND IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 60,000 STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.IN ADDITION, SCIENCE OF SPORT PROVIDED INTERACTIVE SUMMER AND AFTER-SCHOOL CAMPS FOR OVER 3,000 YOUTH AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS, STRENGTHEN STEM SKILLS, AND ENHANCE STUDENT CONFIDENCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND MATH THROUGH THE LENS OF SPORTS.TO FURTHER EXTEND OUR IMPACT, SCIENCE OF SPORT HOSTED MULTIPLE FIELD TRIPS AND STEAM FAIRS, OFFERING HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY EVENTS. ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED STEM KITS, STANDARDS-ALIGNED CURRICULUM, STUDENT WORKBOOKS, AND ACCESS TO FREE ONLINE RESOURCES, REINFORCING OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, SUPPORT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND MAKE STEM EDUCATION COME ALIVE THROUGH THE POWER OF SPORTS.

    Expenses $1,219,502

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.

  • Michael Guyman

    CHAIRNAB

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ricardo Valerdi

    FOUNDER AND CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $57,692
    From this org
    $57,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Cindy Trejo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Gary Bennett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Tracy Benson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chad Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jorge Gonzales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sara Lamason

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Daren Heaton

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $145,615
    From this org
    $145,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,406,797
    Expenses
    $1,394,576
    Contributions
    $131,643
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,159,534
    Expenses
    $1,297,207
    Contributions
    $278,884
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,199,373
    Expenses
    $1,150,731
    Contributions
    $98,693
    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
    $873,283
    Expenses
    $894,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,897
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $775,787
    Expenses
    $767,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $57,148
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $845,964
    Expenses
    $907,773
    Assets (EOY)
    $60,573
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $758,972
    Expenses
    $728,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,855
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $500,453
    Expenses
    $578,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,978
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $511,543
    Expenses
    $472,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $160,536
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,827
    Expenses
    $276,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,689
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $57,950
    Expenses
    $42,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,555

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
Ballard Smith co Science of Sport
Mailing address
2134 E 5th StTucson AZ 85719
Website
sciencesport.org
Doing business as
Science of Baseball

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.