STEM CONNECTION

EIN 46-5647562 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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Revenue 2025: $957,211
Expenses 2025: $857,308

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: O50
Classification: 1280
Street: 8407 MOORE RD

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 · 2025

Mission

THE STEM CONNECTION (TSC) IS A 501(C)(3) CORPORATION AIMED AT FACILITATING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH EXPERIENCES AT MOORE ROAD FARM AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SITES. TSC EDUCATES AND EMPOWERS CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN STEM PRINCIPLES THROUGH RELEVANT HANDS-ON STEM EXPERIENCES FOR AN INCREASINGLY STEM-RELATED WORKFORCE AND WORLD.

STEM DAY CAMPS:OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER-LONG STEM EXPERIENCES AT MOORE ROAD FARM.

Expenses $258,194 · Revenue $63,332
STEM FAMILY KITS:THE STEM CONNECTION PROVIDES PRE-PACKAGED MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES TO CARRY OUT STEM ACTIVITIES.

Expenses $184,805 · Revenue $56,875
STEM FIELD TRIPS:OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUPS OF STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUTDOOR HANDS-ON STEM ACTIVITIES AT MOORE ROAD FARM. FIELD TRIP PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN AT LEAST TWO STEM ACTIVITIES CONNECTED TO A CHOSEN THEME FROM THE TSC ACTIVITY MENU. ACTIVITIES CONNECT STEM TO STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS BY ALIGNING TO CONTENT, PROCESS, AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS.

Expenses $207,595 · Revenue $32,817
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES TO ENGAGE IN EXTENDED STEM LEARNING THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, WEBINARS, AND VIDEOS.

Expenses $45,663 · Revenue $1,809

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Jennifer HendrianJENNIFER HENDRIAN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Erica Grider-RoszkowskiERICA GRIDER-ROSZKOWSKI

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dave StewartDAVE STEWART

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jill GordonJILL GORDON

SECRETARY/PRESIDENT-ELECT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julius EdwardsJULIUS EDWARDS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ashleigh FrankASHLEIGH FRANK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ricardo AguirreRICARDO AGUIRRE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Umesh NathaniUMESH NATHANI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chris TracyCHRIS TRACY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nick ReichNICK REICH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Arash Habibi-SourehARASH HABIBI-SOUREH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Barb JamesBARB JAMES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristen ShermanKRISTEN SHERMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Vera Vander KooyVERA VANDER KOOY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$92,621

From this org

$89,923

From related orgs

$0

Other

$2,698

Hours/week

40

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

2025

Revenue

$957,211

Expenses

$857,308

Contributions

$821,091

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$833,900

Expenses

$721,654

Contributions

$613,532

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$860,737

Expenses

$574,790

Contributions

$657,022

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$463,126

Expenses

$453,910

Contributions

$255,959

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$957,211	$857,308	$821,091	$0
2024	$833,900	$721,654	$613,532	$0
2023	$860,737	$574,790	$657,022	$0
2022	$463,126	$453,910	$255,959	$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

$409,872

Expenses

$313,233

Assets (EOY)

$198,544
2020 · 990

Revenue

$220,143

Expenses

$183,739

Assets (EOY)

$101,905
2019 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$160,433

Expenses

$134,783

Assets (EOY)

$71,480
2018 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$135,786

Expenses

$124,960

Assets (EOY)

$45,437
2017 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$107,983

Expenses

$82,901

Assets (EOY)

$34,611

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$409,872	$313,233	$198,544
2020	990	$220,143	$183,739	$101,905
2019	990-EZ	$160,433	$134,783	$71,480
2018	990-EZ	$135,786	$124,960	$45,437
2017	990-EZ	$107,983	$82,901	$34,611

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 2016

Tax period: 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer: Vera Vanderkooy
Mailing address: 8407 Moore RoadIndianapolis IN 46278
Website: www.thestemconnection.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

FAB FOUNDATION

$50,000

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
FAB FOUNDATION

$40,000

2024 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE INC

$30,000

2023 YOUTH SERVICES
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$15,000

2024 EDUCATIONAL
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$12,600

2023 HUMAN SERVICES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$12,000

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$10,785

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$10,750

2024 To Be Used at the Organization's Discretion
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$10,100

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC

$10,000

2022 STEM

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 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.