Stem Coding Lab INC

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Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 82-1335757Revenue $1.3M in FY2024

On file with the IRSstemcodinglab.org800 Vinial St, 15212-5151 · Pittsburgh, PATax-exempt since Nov 2017Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provides in-school and after-school computer programming instruction to K-8 students in underserved communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 4 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
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $366K a year · 33% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$238K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 58% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
16
named funders · $787K
Looks good: 16 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$93K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$421K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.3M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +53%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$316K
FY2022$521K
FY2023$825K
FY2024$1.3M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2024▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$259K
FY2022$788K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2017.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $954K Management & general 13% · $164K Fundraising 12% · $147K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $238K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$114,949Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Operat
$82,250Pt VII · Sec A
$38,213Pt VII · Sec A
$2,977Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Casey Mindlin’s $115K as Executive Di is at the 42nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Casey Mindlin$114,949$133,183$122,925$120,000
Maisha Sturdivant$82,250———
Kathleen Conlogue$38,213$47,855$46,238$48,160
Melissa Fuller$2,977———

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

Teaches K-8 students in underserved areas computer programming in and after school.

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3 programs · $954K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In-school services (ins) providing computer science classes to k-8 students in the sto-rox school district, clairton school district, duquesne school district, propel schools, and the pittsburgh public school district.

$687Kprogram expense
02

After-school programming (asp) providing k-8 computer science classes to students in 9 public schools, 5 charter schools, 10 community centers, and 1 bus, reaching over 3,800 students. Depending upon the program and student grade level, students got to: explore the scratch coding language (used in creating games and animations); learned…

$153Kprogram expense
03

Summer programming providing various summer program opportunities to the pittsburgh area youth. CS (computer science) explorers summer camp provided an exploration of CS for students in middle school.

$114Kprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$993K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$285K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$954K
Managementcol C$164K
Fundraisingcol D$147K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$993K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$285K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$129K
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$70K$93K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$238K$76K$100K$62K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$584K$525K$58K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$39K$12K$25K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$67K$43K$11K$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$41K$40K$614
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$151$519$607
Office expensesLn 13$6K$2K$3K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$1K$1K$814
OccupancyLn 16$13K$4K$5K$3K
TravelLn 17$3K$1K$1K$863
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$1K$1K$762
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$250K$247K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$395$689$253
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$954K$164K$147K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.3M$1.3M$58K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.6M$825K$751K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$521K$549K$788K 990 PDF
FY2021 $421K$316K$105K$259K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,323,022 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,415,403$992,555
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $152,760$285,060
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,825$43,052
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $500$2,355
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,575,488$1,323,022
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $690,126$928,274
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $134,390$336,565
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $824,516$1,264,839
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $750,972$58,183
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,323,022 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$48,202
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$944,353
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$992,555
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $285,060$285,060
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $43,052$43,052
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,355$2,355
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $330,467$1,323,022
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,264,839 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $76,453 · Management $100,350 · Fundraising $61,586$238,389
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $525,203 · Fundraising $58,326$583,529
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,124 · Management $25,273 · Fundraising $1,661$39,058
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $42,635 · Management $11,036 · Fundraising $13,627$67,298
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,445$13,445
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $40,000 · Management $614$40,614
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $151 · Management $519 · Fundraising $607$1,277
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,084 · Management $2,518 · Fundraising $1,523$6,125
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,140 · Management $1,303 · Fundraising $814$3,257
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,377 · Management $5,002 · Fundraising $3,126$12,505
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,208 · Management $1,380 · Fundraising $863$3,451
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,038$1,038
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,067 · Management $1,220 · Fundraising $762$3,049
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $246,836 · Fundraising $3,631$250,467
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $395 · Management $689 · Fundraising $253$1,337
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $953,673 · Management $164,387 · Fundraising $146,779$1,264,839
Part X · Balance sheet $1,690,843 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $245,690$128,746
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,314,917$1,302,970
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,000$50,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $38,469$167,767
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$16,612
X-15 Other assets$24,748
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,609,076$1,690,843
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $69,828$68,664
X-25 Other liabilities$24,748
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $69,828$93,412
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $883,991$1,370,444
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $655,257$226,987
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,539,248$1,597,431
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,609,076$1,690,843
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,597,431 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,323,022
XI-2 Total expenses$1,264,839
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$58,183
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,539,248
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,597,431

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