International Stem League INC

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International STEM League is dedicated to expanding the number of students inspired to engage in STEM learning and data-driven decision-making because it is relevant to their lives setting them on a viable pathway to ST

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 30 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 18% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$17K
to officers and key staff · 51% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 51% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $16
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
×179 of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 17900% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$34K
-69% vs prior year
Spent
$34K
To programs
100%
Net assets
−$18K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$34K
FY2025▼ -69%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$431K
FY2024$112K
FY2025$34K
Expenses
$34K
FY2025▼ -90%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$348K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$34K
Net assets
−$18K
FY2025▲ +0.6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$96K
FY2024−$18K
FY2025−$18K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2012.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $34K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990-EZ; $17K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Secretary and Exec. Dir.
$17,466Pt VII · Sec A
Chair and CFO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director and Ga Agent
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jeannie Ruiz’s $17K as Secretary and Exec. Dir. is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 115 <$100K science & technology 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2022
Jeannie Ruiz$17,466$25,032$36,182
Wayne Stripling JR——$31,461
Beverly Simmons—$21,291—
Beverly S Simmons——$20,468
Jeremy Losaw——$13,550
Wayne Stripling—$2,300—

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

Inspires students to learn STEM and use data for life decisions, creating career paths.

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3 programs · $279K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

iNSL camps were provided to over 3500 students virtually over the summer of 2021 working wtih the National Society of Black Engineers, youth groups and schools like Wesleyan University. Students used a combination of Esports and hands on protoryping to create a wheel and pedal set that can connect a home computer to online gsming…

$181Kprogram expense
02

Stem Design Sprint Workshops

Wicked problems in industry and government are those impossible, interconnected and unsolveable challenges with difficult solutions that affect a host of other issues. STEM pros use design thinking to unravel the big knot of a wicked problem, then locate and follow its strings to isolate more approachable challenges.

$87Kprogram expense
03

Insl Competition

Harnessing the excitement and engagement of gaming, iNSL introduces core academic skills, engineering, design, and data-driven decisions. Challenges incorporate current technology, communication skills and the Internet of Things to help teams practice product design, entrepreneurship and prototyping for relevant STEM industries.

$10Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$16

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$34K
Other income$21K
Gifts and grants$13K
Money out
$34K
Programs$34K
Owns and owes
−$18K
net assets
Total assets$100
Liabilities$18K
People
5
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$13K
Other income$21K
Total revenue$34K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$100
Liabilities$18K
Net assets−$18K
Operations
Employees3
Volunteers30
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 14, 2026 $34K$34K$100−$18K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 22, 2025 $112K−$18K 990 PDF
FY2023 Not on file
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 16, 2023 $431K$348K$83K$96K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

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

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