Building Engineering & Science Talent

San Marcos, CAUnknown exempt organization EIN 30-0029383Revenue $333K in FY2025Latest return filed Mar 30, 2026

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Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 30-0029383) · Dispute this line
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$108K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $34K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
82% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$108K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 6 voting members
5 of 6 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$333K
-69% vs prior year
Spent
$460K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$333K
FY2025▼ -69%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$333K
Expenses
$460K
FY2025▼ -59%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$460K
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$209K
FY2021$209K
FY2022$209K
FY2023$196K
FY2024$127K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $379K Management & general 18% · $81K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $108K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$108,364Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John N Yochelson—$55,068$159,910$293,053$315,995$298,730
Karen Harper$108,364$200,000$223,227$187,419$196,000$173,333

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $379K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Providing the evaluation of new department of defense (dod) program in middle and high school science program effectiveness, the planning and execution of communication strategy, stategic planning and administrative support.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 30-0029383) · Dispute this line
$379Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Dec 2024 · $1.1M federal money spent
Dod, Ndep, Dotc-Stem Education Outreach ImplementationDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.560 · Through Rti International$571K
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.800 · Through Nextflex$397K
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (stem) Education, Outreach and Workforce ProgramDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.330 · Through Teaching Institute for Essentials in Science, LLC$84K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2023 · $1.6M federal money spent
Air Force Defense Research Sciences ProgramDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.800 · Through Nextflex$867K
Dod, Ndep, Dotc-Stem Education Outreach ImplementationDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.560 · Through Rti International$716K
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (stem) Education, Outreach and Workforce ProgramDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.330 · Through Teaching Institute for Essentials in Science, LLC$57K

The auditor reported 1 finding: a material weakness in money controls.

Year ending Dec 2022 · $1.2M federal money spent
Dod, Ndep, Dotc-Stem Education Outreach ImplementationDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.560 · Through Rti International$878K
Basic Scientific ResearchDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.431 · Through National Center for Advancement of Stem Education$291K

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2021 · $1.4M federal money spent
Dod, Ndep, Dotc-Stem Education Outreach ImplementationDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.560 · Through Rti International$1.0M
Basic Scientific ResearchDepartment of Defense · ALN 12.431 · Through National Center for Advancement of Stem Education$360K

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$333K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$256K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$74K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$460K
Ln 25
Programscol B$379K
Managementcol C$81K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$74K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$256K
Investment incomeLn 3$17
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Total revenueLn 12$333K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$142K$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$179K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$52K$0
Net assetsLn 32$127K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$112K$78K$34K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$52K$36K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$21K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$12K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$6K$700
Accounting feesLn 11c$55K$49K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$31K$22K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$7K$808
Information technologyLn 14$5K$4K$495
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$320
TravelLn 17$435$435
InsuranceLn 23$602$602
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$139K$139K$20$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$460K$379K$81K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 30, 2026 $333K$460K−$127K$0 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 19, 2025 $1.1M$1.1M−$69K$127K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 24, 2024 $1.7M$1.7M−$13K$196K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 29, 2023 $1.2M$1.2M−$76$209K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 7, 2022 $1.5M$1.5M$6$209K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Sep 9, 2021 $1.1M$1.1M$7K$209K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $333,103 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$74,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,060,852$255,503
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $25$17
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$3,583
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,060,877$333,103
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $211,193$211,000
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $918,636$249,158
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,129,829$460,158
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$68,952−$127,055
Part VI · Governance 5 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $333,103 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$74,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$74,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $255,503$255,503
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17$17
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $3,583$3,583
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $255,503 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,600$333,103
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $460,158 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $78,300 · Management $33,557$111,857
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $36,422 · Management $15,609$52,031
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,333 · Management $9,143$30,476
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,645 · Management $4,991$16,636
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $6,302 · Management $700$7,002
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $49,493 · Management $5,499$54,992
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $22,005 · Management $8,991$30,996
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,269 · Management $808$8,077
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,453 · Management $495$4,948
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,876 · Management $320$3,196
IX-17 TravelManagement $435$435
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $602$602
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $138,890 · Management $20 · Fundraising $0$138,910
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $378,988 · Management $81,170 · Fundraising $0$460,158
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $79,884$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $61,624$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $33,358$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,269$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $179,135$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $52,080$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $127,055$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $127,055$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $179,135$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$333,103
XI-2 Total expenses$460,158
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$127,055
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$127,055
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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