Youth Outreach in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Legal name: Youth Outreach in Science Technology Engineering and Math
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822469742
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Knoxville, TN, US
- Phone
- (865) 333-4789
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,338
- Expenses
- $114,866
- Assets
- $22,796
- Liabilities
- $130
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CANDICE HALBERT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CANDICE HALBERT (PRESIDENT)
- CLARICE PHELPS (VICE PRESIDE)
- SARA BAKER (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
To inspire and equip the next generation of innovators and leaders through transformative STEM education, creating a future where every young mind has the opportunity to explore, innovate, and lead.
What it reported doing in 2024
Thanks to the funding we received from donors we were able to conduct our 3 flagship programs, exposing students to stem via: girls in stem (gstem), stem saturday, and competitive robotics club. In alignment with our overarching mission, we emphasize the importance of exploration within stem disciplines while imparting essential research and engineering methodologies. We engage stem professionals from diverse backgrounds to provide students with the opportunity to interact with role models and gain insights from real-life scientists and engineers. The presence of individuals who resemble our students and are successfully engaged in their desired professions serves as a powerful source of encouragement, reinforcing the belief that their aspirations are attainable. Yo-stem hosted afterschool programs at two middle schools in east Tennessee. We hosted ourrobotics program at vine middle school, a priority school where 84% of the student population is black or hispanic, 53% are economically disadvantaged, and only 6.5% are mastering grade-level standards in math and ela compared to 37.2% for the entire school district and 37.6% for the state(state of Tennessee, 2024). Girls in stem is hosted at south doyle middle school, where 32% ofthe student population is black or hispanic, 32% are economically disadvantaged, and only 11.8% are mastering grade-level standards in math and ela compared to 37.2% for the entire school district and 37.6% for the state (state of Tennessee, 2024). Students involved in our clubs exhibit ability in stem, yet could be impacted by the challenges ofattending a tsi (targeted support and improvement) school. By engaging them in stem activitieson a regular basis and promoting ownership, we are ensuring a long-lasting lovefor stem, igniting an interest in stem careers, both of which will contribute to their academic success and college readiness. During the 2024-2025 robotics season we have served 15 students (2 girls, 11 boys, and 2 non-binary individuals) to form 4 teams: team ultramainium (co-ed), team g (co-ded), uraniumdonkeys (boys), and radium (co-ed). Students competed in three vex iq robotics competitions for the opportunity to qualify for the state competition. Teams ultramainium and uranium donkeys won judges award and 2nd place teamwork champion, respectively, in their first roboticscompetition that was held in chattanooga tn, november 2024. Team radium took home the judges award at the february vex robotics competition held in corryton tn. The game thisseason was very challenging, unfortunately, none of the teams qualified for the state championship.the game this season was very challenging, unfortunately, none of the teams qualified for the state championship. Our gstem program at sdms has successfully reached its capacity, providing weekly stemprogramming to 15 girls. These students participate in the building and piloting of drones, learningelectronic circuitry, and studying formulations for cosmetic sciences. With the help of 33 volunteers, we have been able to bring impactful stem programming and activities to over 200 students via our after-school programs and community involvements, at no cost to the studentsfiscal year 2025.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 27.3%; rating input score 27
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -46.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -34.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -30.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 40% of revenue deployed · 27.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.