Bay Area Bioscience Education Community FY2020 filing

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Through teacher professional development and portable science laboratories, BABEC helps students develop an interest in science, consider science as a career, and become scientifically literate citizens. We serve 300 teachers and 35,000 students per year.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$58K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $109K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$105K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
Spent
$594K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.5M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$573K
FY2022$644K
FY2023$869K
FY2024$683K
FY2025$969K
Expenses
$594K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$594K
FY2021$728K
FY2022$725K
FY2023$838K
FY2024$809K
FY2025$942K
Net assets
$1.5M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1997.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $476K Management & general 13% · $77K Fundraising 7% · $41K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$58,333Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ying-Tsu Loh’s $116K as Executive Dir. is at the 89th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ying-Tsu Loh$115,506————
Ying-Tsu Loh PHD—$106,313$98,553$92,700—
Kristen Wolslegel Mpa——$54,839$92,700$58,333

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

Trains teachers and provides science labs to boost student interest and literacy.

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1 program · $476K · in their own filed words · FY2019
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We are a 24-year old program that provides portable science laboratories (equipment and supplies) to high schools. Last year we served 215 teachers, and 24,000 students. We provided 797 hands-on science kits to 91 schools, which included 893 hours of in-person teacher training and support.

$476Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$143K
Investment incomeLn 3$599
Money outPt IX
$594K
Ln 25
Programscol B$476K
Managementcol C$77K
Fundraisingcol D$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$294K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$105K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$172K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$16K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$143K
Investment incomeLn 3$599
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$283K
SavingsLn 2$10K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$294K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$105K
Net assetsLn 32$1.5M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$297K$294K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$299K$1.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$105K
Net assetsLn 32$299K$1.5M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$86K$34K$34K$17K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$369K$326K$24K$18K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K$7K$1K$722
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$14K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$35K$28K$5K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$37K$36K$770$166
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K$249$150
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$9K$8K$448$448
TravelLn 17$10K$9K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$6K$6K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2K$1K$1K$124
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$594K$476K$77K$41K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Apr 10, 2026 $969K$942K$27K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 17, 2025 $683K$809K−$126K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 2, 2023 $869K$838K$30K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2022 $644K$725K−$81K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 8, 2021 $573K$728K−$155K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 30, 2021 $1.6M$594K$959K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,552,789 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $296,170$1,408,816
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $132,406$143,374
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $75$599
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,510$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $437,161$1,552,789
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,900$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $313,613$517,281
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $83,046$76,596
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $401,559$593,877
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $35,602$958,912
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,552,789 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$172,314
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,236,502
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$16,326
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,408,816
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $143,374$143,374
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $599$599
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $143,374 · Excluded from tax $599$1,552,789
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $593,877 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $34,441 · Management $34,441 · Fundraising $17,221$86,103
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $326,445 · Management $24,442 · Fundraising $18,171$369,058
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,358 · Management $1,201 · Fundraising $722$9,281
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $13,807 · Management $2,253 · Fundraising $1,354$17,414
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,087 · Management $4,583 · Fundraising $2,755$35,425
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,200$1,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,034$2,034
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35,793 · Management $770 · Fundraising $166$36,729
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,528 · Management $249 · Fundraising $150$1,927
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,066 · Management $448 · Fundraising $448$8,962
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,932 · Management $1,540$10,472
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,839$5,839
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $2,170$2,170
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,438 · Management $2,438$4,876
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,260 · Management $1,003 · Fundraising $124$2,387
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $476,164 · Management $76,602 · Fundraising $41,111$593,877
Part X · Balance sheet $1,595,034 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $196,629$283,486
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $100,043$10,493
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$69,265
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$231,575
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$1,000,215
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,642$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $299,314$1,595,034
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$18,661
X-25 Other liabilities$86,300
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$104,961
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $299,314$490,073
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$1,000,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $299,314$1,490,073
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $299,314$1,595,034
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,490,073 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,552,789
XI-2 Total expenses$593,877
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$958,912
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$299,314
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$231,847
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,490,073

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