Center for Science Teaching & Learning INC

Tax-deductible

Rockville Ctr, NY501(c)(3)EducationEIN 31-1774356

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To provide science education. CSTL's mission is encouraging science learning and literacy. This means giving people and children the opportunity to study

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 32 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $50K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$300K
to officers and key staff · 29% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 96% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 29% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$101K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$954K
+11% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$954K
FY2024▲ +11%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$862K
FY2024$954K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +2%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$903K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2024▼ -4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2001.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $804K Management & general 23% · $235K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $300K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
Asst Director
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ray Ann Havasy’s $150K as Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Eric J Patysiak$150,000$150,175$149,608$87,151
Ray Ann Havasy$150,000$145,000$114,280$53,817

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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Programs and updates

Offers science education and learning opportunities for all ages.

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3 program services account for $877K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

Provide staff development opportunities for teachers and provide programs and projects that help improve science education so that it reaches more children.

$877Kprogram expense
02

The Clean Tech Competition is a unique, worldwide research and design challenge for pre-college youth. The program encourages scientific understading of real-world issues and the integration of environmentally responsible energy sources.

Pt IX · col B
03

The NSPC health science competition is a design challenge for pre-college youth. The program is to experiment and test any innovation in health science.

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $399K · 2020–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$110,700
Unitemized GrantFY2021$150,600
Unitemized GrantFY2020$138,100

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$954K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$954K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$804K
Managementcol C$235K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$101K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$954K
Total revenueLn 12$954K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$101K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $954K$1.0M−$85K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $862K$1.0M−$153K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.1M$125K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.1M$70K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$903K$293K$1.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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