Stemm Fire Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844225778
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Shawnee, KS, USA
Phone
6204506369
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,678
Expenses
$725,173
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Edward Bruce Toby MD (President)
  • Lindsay Schmidt (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Edward Bruce Toby MD (President)
  • Marian McClellan (Treasurer)
  • Brandon Schmidt (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The STEMM FIRE Foundation is providing Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medical career exposure, educational guidance and support by connecting industry professionals to rural school districts and communities in an effort to ignite interest and empower rural youth, parents and educators.

What it reported doing in 2024

STEMM FIRE's (SF) primary program is rural school speaking with STEMM professionals. SF has reached 1996 students this past year in rural school districts across Kansas. SF has grown our volunteer speaker list to over 40 STEMM professionals ranging from Orthopedic Surgeons to Linemen, Nursing to Engineering, Agriculture specialists to Physicists - Each volunteering time out of their busy careers to speak to rural middle and high school students about their careers and offering mentorships and job shadowing. With a new partnership with Fort Hays State University, our organization continues to grow and impact more and more students and communities across rural Kansas. STEMM FIRE dissolved in 2024, and the net assets were transferred to Fort Hays State University Foundation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9,344.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 71.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $697K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.