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ROCK-IT SCIENCE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL PROGRAMS

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $145K · expenses $123K · assets $53K

EIN
77-0477609
Address
3584 MOORLAND AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407-8131
Website
www.rockitscience.com
NTEE code
B99
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1998
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Mission

Teach science to children

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Mary Lyn Azar Director2021-2025 $55,750$182,208 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Peggy Ripley Treasurer2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Brady Sewall Board Member2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Rhonda Ressel Board member2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $56K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Lyn Azar Director40 $55,750-$0 $55,7501
Peggy Ripley Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Brady Sewall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Rhonda Ressel Board member1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $1K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Lyn Azar Director40 $1,028-$0 $1,0281
Peggy Ripley Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Brady Sewall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Rhonda Ressel Board member1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $53K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Lyn Azar Director40 $53,430-$0 $53,4301
Peggy Ripley Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Brady Sewall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Rhonda Ressel Board member1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $36K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Lyn Azar Director40 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
Peggy Ripley Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Brady Sewall Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
Rhonda Ressel Board member1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $36K · 4 employees · 2 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mary Lyn Azar Director30 $36,000$0$0 $36,0001
Peggy Ripley Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Brady Sewall Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$145,479$123,119 $52,518$52,013 $2,688$142,779 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$121,432$123,680 $30,559$29,653 $968$120,462 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,265$148,039 $33,215$31,901 $4,290$144,973 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$165,646$150,312 $33,754$33,754 $7,222$158,416 ---
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$200,431$201,253 $19,788$15,340 $51,789$148,642 $36,00042

Funders of this organization

5 grantors reported grants to this organization, $64,462 in all, tax years 2013 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
LOUIS AND MARY KAY SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ROCK IT SCIENCE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL PROGRAMS”, “ROCK-IT SCIENCE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL PROGRAMS” 2014-2023 10$28,600 2023$4,000
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GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “Rock-It Science Educationally Useful Programs” 2013 1$20,000 2013$20,000
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020 1$10,000 2020$10,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2020 1$5,377 2020$5,377
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ROCK-IT SCIENCE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL PROGRAMS” 2020-2023 4$485 2023$56
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K I S FOUNDATION INCCAB99 $168,706$163,024 CEO$11,405 Same NTEE code B99, revenue within 2x, same state
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $123,119 spent · pay $68,910 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $68,910 56.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $39,190 31.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,019 12.2%
Total$123,119100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $123,680 spent · pay $70,806 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $70,806 57.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $34,540 27.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,934 14.5%
Printing, publications, postage $400 0.3%
Total$123,680100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $148,039 spent · pay $98,842 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $98,842 66.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $32,855 22.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,174 10.3%
Printing, publications, postage $1,168 0.8%
Total$148,039100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $150,312 spent · pay $104,840 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $104,840 69.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $30,472 20.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $12,936 8.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,064 1.4%
Total$150,312100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $201,253 spent · pay $146,216 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $95,761$77,419$18,342- 47.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $36,000$36,000$0$0 17.9%
Occupancy $30,280$28,280$2,000- 15.0%
Other (as described)Class Materials $13,506$13,506$0$0 6.7%
Payroll taxes $10,542$8,000$2,542- 5.2%
Office expenses $8,077-$8,077- 4.0%
Other employee benefits $3,913$3,000$913- 1.9%
Advertising and promotion $2,113-$2,113- 1.0%
Insurance $986-$986- 0.5%
Information technology $75-$75- 0.0%
Total$201,253100%

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