Stem Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831681752
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
Phone
7193315826
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,804
Expenses
$76,492
Assets
$337,047
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael L Gilchrist Jr (President)
  • Joseph Muhl (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael L Gilchrist Jr (President)
  • Joseph Muhl (Vice President)
  • Taehwan Kim (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The STEM Coalition was formed to increase, encourage, and lead students to pursue careers and professions in STEM disciplines.

What it reported doing in 2025

The first program provides STEM programs in support of the USAF and USSF. We continue visit with over 10,000 students on campus in schools. The majority of the schools visited have been Pre K - 5th grade. However, we have also worked with middle school and high school students through the Space STEM Program. The focus of the program has primarily been Title 1 schools in the Los Angeles area. We have also proven out the concept in rural Tennessee (Mount Pleasant) and in collaboration with Vandenberg Space Force Base (Orcutt School District, Los Alamos). We continue to expand schools served in Los Angeles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -83%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.41; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -53.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.