Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2019.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
7 people listed on the 990.
Jacquelyn a Esteves’s $45K as Executive Director is at the 35th 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacquelyn a Esteves | $44,605 | $10,293 |
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.
See Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center INC executive salaries →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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center INC is an education nonprofit based in Bisbee, AZ, formed in 2018.
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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 | $32K | $108K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $79K | $154K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2K | $2K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $77K | $153K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $148K | $129K | $19K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $14K | $11K | $3K | |
| Management feesLn 11a | $182K | $178K | $4K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $4K | $4K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $497 | $497 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1K | $314 | $868 | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $7K | $7K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $3K | $2K | $900 | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $27K | $22K | $5K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $396K | $352K | $43K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 16, 2026 | $471K | $396K | $75K | $153K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 11, 2025 | $171K | $161K | $11K | $77K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 22, 2024 | $259K | $278K | −$19K | $61K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 16, 2023 | $322K | $192K | $130K | $80K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 5, 2022 | $256K | $175K | $81K | $88K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 20, 2021 | $69K | $8K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $470,953 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $470,953 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $395,540 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $154,070 assets, 8 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $152,539 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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