Stem Gems Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873280905
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4047348201
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $133,193
- Expenses
- $96,776
- Assets
- $77,495
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephanie C Espy (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Stephanie C Espy (Executive Director)
- Ellen Hunter (Board Member)
- Tamaria Perry (Board Member)
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
STEM Gems is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to building a stronger, more inclusive STEM pipeline by empowering girls and young women of all backgrounds to explore, pursue, and excel in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Our mission comes to life through hands- on exploration, mentorship, and exposure to 40+ real-world careers and inspiring role models in all four STEM disciplines. By equipping girls with the skills, support, and confidence needed to thrive, we help them envision their futures and take tangible steps toward becoming the next generation of innovators, researchers, creators, and problem-solvers-STEM Gems.
What it reported doing in 2025
STEM Gems Club: A school-based program facilitated by trained teachers who deliver our year-long curated curriculum highlighting the 44 STEM careers featured in the STEM Gems book. Students engage in hands-on labs, career-connected projects, guided reflections, and interactive discussions that deepen their understanding of STEM pathways while fostering a strong sense of belonging and purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 41.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.