STEMULATE EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION
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Plain text STEMULATE EMPOWERMENT CORPORATION. Strategy Studio, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2025. https://strategystudio.org/org/852089656. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
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Retrieved 2026-10-20; covers tax years 2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.
2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $86K · expenses $95K · assets $6K
- EIN
- 85-2089656
- Address
- 12468 LA GRANGE RD372, LOUISVILLE, KY 40245-1901
- NTEE code
- B90
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2021
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
BrainSTEM University is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes Its primary exempt purpose is to increase access to high-quality STEM education by providing hands-on learning experiences technology training career exploration robotics coding engineering artificial intelligence virtual reality and workforce development programs for youth educators and underserved communities
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Mason | Executive Director | 2025 | $24,000 | $24,000 | 1 |
| Kara Mason | Chief Operating Officer | 2025 | $12,000 | $12,000 | 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.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquel Lett | Board Chair | 2025 | 3 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Mike Jackson | Board Member | 2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Valerie Shaffer | Board Member | 2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $36K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Mason | Executive Director | 35 | $24,000 | - | $0 | $24,000 | 1 |
| Kara Mason | Chief Operating Officer | 20 | $12,000 | - | $0 | $12,000 | 1 |
| Marquel Lett | Board Chair | 3 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Mike Jackson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| Valerie Shaffer | Board Member | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
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.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $86,054 | $95,358 | $5,559 | $5,559 | $41,187 | $44,867 | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $70,000 in all, tax years 2021 to 2025. 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
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T ROWE PRICE PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE GIVING INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2021-2022, 2024-2025 | 4 | $45,000 | 2025 | $13,000 | show |
| METRO UNITED WAY INC | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2023-2024 | 2 | $25,000 | 2024 | $12,500 | show |
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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 · $95,358 spent · pay $34,883 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $52,929 | 55.5% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $34,883 | 36.6% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $6,000 | 6.3% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $1,546 | 1.6% | |
| Total | $95,358 | 100% |