Stem Connection: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 46-5647562)

Vera Vander Kooy’s $90K as Executive Director is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Vera Vander Kooy	$89,923	$79,715	$82,917	$69,423	$51,077	$45,833

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

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

Programs and updates

Connects people with hands-on STEM experiences at farms and educational sites.

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3 programs · $651K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Stem Day Camps

Opportunities for youth to participate in summer-long stem experiences at moore road farm.

$258Kprogram expense

02

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.

$208Kprogram expense

03

Stem Family Kits

The stem connection provides pre-packaged materials for children andfamilies to carry out stem activities.

$185Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Lilly Endowment INCFY2024$69K

Eli Lilly and Company FoundationFY2024$50K

8020 Foundation TrustFY2024$48K

Fab FoundationFY2024$40K

American Endowment FoundationFY2024$15K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$12K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$11K

Infosys Foundation USAFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 15 funders$297K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$957K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$821K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$155K

Investment incomeLn 3$4K

Money outPt IX

$857K

Ln 25

Programscol B$696K

Managementcol C$97K

Fundraisingcol D$64K

Owns and owesPt X

$675K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$183K

Total assetsLn 16$687K

LiabilitiesLn 26$11K

PeoplePt VI, VII

14

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$821K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$271K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$95K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$155K

Investment incomeLn 3$4K

Total revenueLn 12$957K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$29K

SavingsLn 2$154K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$183K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$488K

Total assetsLn 16$687K

LiabilitiesLn 26$11K

Net assetsLn 32$675K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 52

VolunteersI 650

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$334K	$183K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$134K	$488K
Total assetsLn 16	$598K	$687K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$23K	$11K
Net assetsLn 32	$575K	$675K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$93K	$63K	$16K	$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$385K	$334K	$35K	$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$9K	$8K	$726	$725
Payroll taxesLn 10	$40K	$34K	$3K	$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$13K		$13K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$17K			$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$13K		$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$36K	$29K	$3K	$4K
Office expensesLn 13	$25K	$22K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$12K	$10K	$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$48K	$43K	$2K	$2K
TravelLn 17	$869		$434	$435
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$1K	$823	$165	$109
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$19K	$17K		$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$15K	$12K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$129K	$124K	$1K	$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$857K	$696K	$97K	$64K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$957K	$857K	$100K	$675K	990 PDF
FY2024	$834K	$722K	$112K	$575K	990 PDF
FY2023	$861K	$575K	$286K	$472K	990 PDF
FY2022	$463K	$454K	$9K	$208K	990 PDF
FY2021	$410K	$313K	$97K	$199K	990 PDF
FY2020	$220K	$184K	$36K	$102K	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

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Part I · Summary $957,211 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $613,532$821,091

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $220,810$154,833

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,729$4,185

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$11,171−$22,898

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $833,900$957,211

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 $441,642$527,466

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $16,667$17,458

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $263,345$312,384

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $721,654$857,308

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $112,246$99,903

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

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 $957,211 across 11 lines filed

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$2,549

VIII-1c Fundraising events$95,488

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$723,054

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$270,990

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$821,091

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $154,833$154,833

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,185$4,185

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $11,084$11,084

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$34,016−$34,016

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $34$34

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $154,833 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$18,713$957,211

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $857,308 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $62,519 · Management $16,209 · Fundraising $13,893$92,621

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $333,752 · Management $35,230 · Fundraising $16,473$385,455

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,617 · Management $726 · Fundraising $725$9,068

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,870 · Management $3,226 · Fundraising $3,226$40,322

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,800$12,800

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $17,458$17,458

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $13,180$13,180

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $28,859 · Management $2,940 · Fundraising $4,175$35,974

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $22,400 · Management $2,903$25,303

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,871 · Management $2,468$12,339

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $43,117 · Management $2,395 · Fundraising $2,395$47,907

IX-17 TravelManagement $434 · Fundraising $435$869

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $823 · Management $165 · Fundraising $109$1,097

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,199 · Fundraising $1,911$19,110

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,909 · Management $2,977$14,886

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $124,321 · Management $1,142 · Fundraising $3,456$128,919

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $696,257 · Management $96,795 · Fundraising $64,256$857,308

Part X · Balance sheet $686,512 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,278$29,164

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $299,995$154,167

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $128,910$14,022

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,000$1,100

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $133,826$488,059

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $598,009$686,512

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,767$11,367

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,767$11,367

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $575,242$675,145

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $575,242$675,145

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $598,009$686,512

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $675,145 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$957,211

XI-2 Total expenses$857,308

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$99,903

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$575,242

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$675,145

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

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