Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2002.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990; $561K paid to officers and key staff.
Kathy Renzetti’s $189K as Executive Director is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Renzetti | $189,181 | $157,657 | $149,348 | $142,515 |
| Thea Sahr | $153,664 | $142,124 | $139,496 | $127,373 |
| Jesslyn Savage | $110,336 | — | — | — |
| Susan Hoopes | $108,242 | $100,703 | — | — |
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
Programs and updates
Educates and promotes engineering development and understanding for professionals and the public.
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Future City Program
The discovere future city competition is a project-based learning program for middle school and high school students. Students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. More than 80,000 middle and high school students in more than 2,000 schools from 40 regions across the U.S.
Education Outreach
Engineers week - this is discovere's signature program and catalyst for volunteerism and public discussion about the future of engineering as well as for public discussion and recognition of engineer's contributions. All colleges of engineering in the U.S. Celebrate engineers week and it is part of a multitude of workplace cultures.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering
Introduce a girl to engineering is a time when volunteers, educators, and others act as role models, facilitate engineering activities, and show girls and boys how engineers change our world.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.6M | $1.4M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $72K | $18K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.0M | $3.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $275K | $254K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $22K | $22K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $20K | $20K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $230K | $194K | $13K | $22K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $659K | $559K | $34K | $66K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $18K | $15K | $907 | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $74K | $60K | $8K | $6K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $67K | $58K | $3K | $6K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $16K | $11K | $5K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $66K | $66K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $12K | $12K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $619K | $572K | $14K | $33K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $195K | $193K | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $3K | $1K | $667 | $1K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $126K | $108K | $18K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $34K | $15K | $18K | $56 |
| TravelLn 17 | $266K | $257K | $7K | $3K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $274K | $269K | $5K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $54K | $53K | $506 | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $14K | $14K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $206K | $142K | $59K | $4K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $6K | $1K | $4K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.0M | $2.6M | $285K | $142K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $3.3M | $3.0M | $324K | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $3.0M | $2.8M | $221K | $2.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $2.6M | $2.3M | $270K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $2.3M | $1.7M | $598K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $1.9M | $1.6M | $309K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $2.0M | $2.0M | −$13K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,303,356 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,979,219 across 21 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,344,155 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,089,968 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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