The Tech is a mission driven organization that develops the next generation of problem-solvers locally, nationally and globally, through the creation and distribution of world-class immersive steam education resources. We believe that everyone is born an innovator who can change the world for the better. The Tech is dedicated to empowering marginalized communities to thrive and create meaningful change for everyone. This commitment resonates deeply with our core values and unwavering dedication to promoting stem inclusion for all. Through fostering a culture of inclusivity, both within our organization and beyond, we aim to dismantle barriers and forge strong connections across diverse communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.8M 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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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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2.0M a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $60K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.9M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
33
of 33 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$24.7M
Spent
$22.1M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$90.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$24.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$24.7M
FY2021$9.9M
FY2022$17.0M
FY2023$16.7M
FY2024$28.2M
FY2025$14.1M
Expenses
$22.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$22.1M
FY2021$16.4M
FY2022$18.1M
FY2023$21.3M
FY2024$23.1M
FY2025$21.3M
Net assets
$90.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$90.2M
FY2021$90.3M
FY2022$87.5M
FY2023$83.8M
FY2024$88.2M
FY2025$83.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1983.

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $15.5M Management & general 21% · $4.6M Fundraising 9% · $1.9M

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

42 people listed on the 990; $1.8M 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
Former President and CEO
$341,055Pt VII · Sec A
VP Development
$191,500Pt VII · Sec A
VP Education
$185,736Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial and Operat
$184,096Pt VII · Sec A
VP Marketing
$165,069Pt VII · Sec A
IT Director
$148,715Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director, Major Gifts
$132,586Pt VII · Sec A
Former VP Tech for Global Good
$128,136Pt VII · Sec A

Katrina Stevens’s $603K as President & CEO is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Katrina Stevens$602,922$380,557$402,373$396,949$87,463—
Tim Ritchie—————$341,055
Gretchen Walker—$148,540$191,903$204,381$201,096$185,736
Maria Pappas—$197,514$190,110$199,780$197,867$191,500
Harvard Sung—$191,090$187,923$196,820$192,012$184,096
Natalie Taylor$193,130—————
Natalie Alvanez-Taylor—$187,016————
Erica Barruto$186,647—————

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

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 15aYes

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2 programs · $15.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The mission of the tech is to inspire the innovator in everyone. The tech accomplishes its mission by engaging visitors in hands-on learning experiences involving science and technology, through high-quality professional development for teachers and by making its facilities available for teacher training, and other community convening.

$15.0Mprogram expense
02

The tech for global good, an evolution of the tech awards, aims to inspire young people to use technology to solve global challenges by connecting them with the people doing just that around the world.

$535Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Kla FoundationFY2025$50K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$60K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $12K · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$24.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$240K
Money outPt IX
$22.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$15.5M
Managementcol C$4.6M
Fundraisingcol D$1.9M
Owns and owesPt X
$90.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$95.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
42
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a33
IndependentVI 1b33
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$240K
Total revenueLn 12$24.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$44K
SavingsLn 2$3.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$34.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.2M
Other assetsLn 15$42.4M
Total assetsLn 16$95.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.9M
Net assetsLn 32$90.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5193
VolunteersI 698
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29.7M$34.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11.0M$9.2M
Total assetsLn 16$66.7M$95.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M$4.9M
Net assetsLn 32$64.6M$90.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.2M$406K$598K$192K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.7M$5.9M$1.2M$611K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$758K$533K$157K$68K
Payroll taxesLn 10$631K$449K$126K$56K
Legal feesLn 11b$253K$253K
Accounting feesLn 11c$92K$92K
Investment management feesLn 11f$56K$56K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.0M$1.2M$751K$123K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$301K$32K$248K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$656K$545K$99K$12K
Information technologyLn 14$189K$189K
OccupancyLn 16$2.0M$1.6M$276K$113K
TravelLn 17$60K$39K$18K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.1M$3.0M$32K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$105K$89K$9K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.7M$1.4M$673K$671K
All other expensesLn 24e$278K$195K$56K$27K
Total functional expensesLn 25$22.1M$15.5M$4.6M$1.9M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $14.1M$21.3M−$7.3M$83.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $28.2M$23.1M$5.0M$88.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $16.7M$21.3M−$4.6M$83.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.0M$18.1M−$1.1M$87.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.9M$16.4M−$6.5M$90.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $24.7M$22.1M$2.6M$90.2M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $24,691,255 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,786,133$21,033,563
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $5,555,068$3,418,091
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $471,691$239,601
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,812,892$24,691,255
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 $9,643,404$10,255,395
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $12,741,140$11,807,353
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $22,384,544$22,062,748
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,571,652$2,628,507
Part VI · Governance 33 of 33 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body33
VI-1b Independent voting members33
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 $24,691,255 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,535,980
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$19,497,583
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,594,879
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$21,033,563
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,226,405 · Unrelated business $191,686$3,418,091
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$47 · Excluded from tax $239,648$239,601
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,226,405 · Unrelated business $191,639 · Excluded from tax $239,648$24,691,255
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $22,062,748 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $405,920 · Management $598,172 · Fundraising $191,500$1,195,592
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,881,833 · Management $1,177,914 · Fundraising $611,054$7,670,801
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $533,451 · Management $156,719 · Fundraising $68,107$758,277
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $448,905 · Management $125,531 · Fundraising $56,289$630,725
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $253,042$253,042
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $92,484$92,484
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $56,398$56,398
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,172,076 · Management $750,519 · Fundraising $123,292$2,045,887
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $32,497 · Management $247,682 · Fundraising $21,204$301,383
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $544,917 · Management $98,914 · Fundraising $12,040$655,871
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $189,243$189,243
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,580,545 · Management $275,530 · Fundraising $113,419$1,969,494
IX-17 TravelPrograms $39,431 · Management $17,911 · Fundraising $2,986$60,328
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,007,394 · Management $31,951 · Fundraising $19,662$3,059,007
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $89,144 · Management $9,182 · Fundraising $6,887$105,213
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,397,358 · Management $672,756 · Fundraising $670,550$2,740,664
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $195,189 · Management $56,388 · Fundraising $26,762$278,339
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $15,517,903 · Management $4,621,093 · Fundraising $1,923,752$22,062,748
Part X · Balance sheet $95,110,086 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $88,208$43,767
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,499,068$3,146,870
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,141,144$4,457,759
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $691,271$755,316
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $286,276$208,901
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,988,841$9,242,747
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $29,710,399$34,863,404
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $20,264,204$42,391,322
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $66,669,411$95,110,086
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,418,912$631,633
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $603,172$294,743
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$1,933,780
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,022,084$4,860,156
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,636,049$10,433,166
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $53,011,278$79,816,764
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $64,647,327$90,249,930
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $66,669,411$95,110,086
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $90,249,930 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,691,255
XI-2 Total expenses$22,062,748
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,628,507
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$64,647,327
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$847,018
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$22,127,078
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$90,249,930

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