GREAT MINDS IN STEM: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: GREAT MINDS IN STEM (EIN 95-4577359)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-11-07
IRS object ID: 202013139349300401
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-11-07T15:22:51-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	203557677	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KELLER AND ASSOCIATES LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	18645 SHERMAN WAY SUITE 110	AddressLine1Txt
City	RESEDA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91335	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	954577359	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GREAT MINDS IN STEM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GREA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3232620997	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5211 E WASHINGTON BLVD NO 2-320	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90040	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANNA M PARK JD	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3232620997	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DAVID KELLER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00227750	PTIN
Phone	8183833079	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	172.222.139.220	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-11-07	IPDt
IP Tm	13:22:43	IPTm
IP Timezone	PS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	B454A48730C2A23EBE3FE11102AFBC53EBE6E117	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	B454A48730C2A23EBE3FE11102AFBC53EBE6E117	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	ANNA M PARK JD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5211 E WASHINGTON BLVD NO 2-320	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90040	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,835,550	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.GREATMINDSINSTEM.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1996	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	BE A NATIONAL LEADER IN KEEPING AMERICA TECHNOLOGICALLY STRONG BY PROMOTING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH CAREERS ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	12	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	2250	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,658,956	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,151,048	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,221,684	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$2,471,898	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,141	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$8,623	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$750	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$203,823	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,884,531	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,835,392	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$685,179	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$402,921	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$732,750	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$768,114	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,027,798	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,102,594	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,445,727	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,273,629	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,438,804	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$438,237	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,790,468	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,479,056	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,281,694	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,408,519	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,508,774	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,070,537	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	- TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE UNDERSERVED STUDENTS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM)- TO ENLIGHTEN AND ENGAGE FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITIES AND EMPLOYERS TO ASSIST UNDERSERVED STUDENTS PURSUING STEM CAREERS- TO INSPIRE OUR NATION THROUGH RECOGNITION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HISPANICS AND OTHER ROLE MODELS IN STEM- TO ENABLE AND LEVERAGE HISPANIC STEM TALENT TO PLAY A LEADERSHIP ROLE- TO COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE NATIONALLY WITHIN THE STEM COMMUNITY	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,749,323	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$2,953,252	RevenueAmt
Desc	NATIONAL AWARDS CONFERENCE BRINGING TOGETHER HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS FROM INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, THE MILITARY, AND GOVERNMENT SECTORS FOR 3 DAYS OF WORKSHOPS IN SKILL-BUILDING, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER OPPORTUNITY ENHANCEMENT WITH A CAREER AND GRADUATE FAIR. A COMPETITIVE COLLEGE BOWL OFFERING COLLEGE STUDENTS AN INTERACTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AS THEY COMPETE ON TEAMS COACHED BY PROFESSIONALS. A 3-HOUR AWARDS SHOW, AND 4 OTHER RECOGNITION EVENTS CAPTURE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 50 WORLD-CLASS ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS THAT HAVE MADE EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THEIR RELATED FIELDS. AT THE CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO STUDENTS MAJORING IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE WITH A MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.0. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE EVALUATED AND SELECTED BY A NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$695,204	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$383,539	RevenueAmt
Desc	VIVA TECHNOLOGY! A K-12 NATIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MATH AND ENGINEERING AWARENESS PROGRAM OFFERED AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAM FORMATS. THE PROGRAM FEATURES HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH ENGINGEERS AND SCIENTISTS AS GUEST SPEAKERS; WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR TEACHERS; AND INFORMATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS TO LEARN ABOUT CAREERS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, THE ACADEMIC PREPARATION REQUIRED FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE IN THESE FIELDS OF STUDY AND GUIDES TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. A MASTER CALENDAR OF VIVA TECHNOLOGY EVENTS AND SPONSORS IS ON THE WEBSITE WHICH HAS STREAMING VIDEO OF RECOGNITION EVENTS, HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES, ANNOUNCEMENTS, MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS, SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS, HENAAC CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION, AS WELL AS VIVA TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, STEM-UP, EVENT AND COMMUNITY INFORMATION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$123,628	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$191,770	RevenueAmt
Desc	ON DECEMBER 5, 2014, THE ORGANIZATION ACQUIRED MENTORNET, WHICH HASBECOME THE MENTORNET PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MENTORNET PROGRAMIS TO PROVIDE TO ALL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS(STEM) STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH ACCESS TO EFFECTIVEMENTORSHIPS IN A VIBRANT COMMUNITY COMMITTED TO STUDENT SUCCESS; TODEVELOP A SCALABLE MENTORING PLATFORM THAT COMBINES THE TECHNOLOGY OFSOCIAL NETWORKS WITH THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF MENTORING; AND TO DELIVEREVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE CRITICAL ISSUES IMPACTING STEMSTUDENT SUCCESS. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A SCALABLEPLATFORM FOR MENTORING WHICH COMBINES THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOCIAL NETWORKSWITH THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF MENTORING. THIS PLATFORM ALLOWS FOR THEFOLLOWING: 1.STRATEGICALLY MATCHING STEM STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS IN COMPATIBLE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS; 2. DELIVER EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMSTHAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES IMPACTING RETENTION AND SUCCESS IN STEM FIELDS;AND 3. THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT CONTROLLED STUDIES AND EVALUATION TOIDENTIFY AND VERIFY FACTORS THAT IMPACT STUDENT SUCCESS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$233,980	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$306,831	RevenueAmt
Desc	U.S. ARMY CCDC HBCU/MI DESIGN COMPETITION - THE COMPETITION WAS THE INAUGURAL COMPETITION YEAR FOR 11 UNDERGRADUATE STEM STUDENT TEAMS FROM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO REAL-WORLD TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FACED BY U.S. ARM RESEARCHERS IN THE AREA OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES, ALSO KNOWN AS DRONES. THE 2019 COMPETITION TOOK PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO SUN BOWL STADIUM AND THERE WERE 4 WINNING TEAMS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$233,980	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$306,831	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,802,135	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	34	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	12	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	0	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	0	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CO ANNA PARK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3232620997	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5211 E WASHINGTON BOULEVARD SUITE	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGLES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90040	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
RAYMOND MELLADO
CHAIR EMERITUS	15.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANNA M PARK JD
CEO/BOARD MEMBER	40.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$125,000	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
JUAN RIVERA PHD
CHAIR	15.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RUDY MONTIEL PE
VICE-CHAIR	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GERALDINE MCGRATH ESQ
SECRETARY	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBIN EVITTS
TREASURER	8.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LEO BROOKS
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATT ROMERO CRONIN
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
IVAN DIAZ
BOARD MEMBER	8.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
H KEITH MOO-YOUNG PHD PE
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALEJANDRO M LOPEZ
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TONY ORTEGA
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TONY PADILLA
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARIA E RUESS
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RAINIA WASHINGTON
BOARD MEMBER	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$125,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$374,638	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$776,410	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$399,074	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,151,048	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONFERENCE RELATED REV	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,471,898	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,471,898	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$2,471,898	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,623	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$8,623	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$158	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$158	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
NET UNREALIZED GAIN ON	$196,660	$196,660
NET REALIZED GAIN ON I	$7,163	$7,163

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$203,823	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,835,392	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,684,344	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$402,921	TotalAmt
Program Services	$402,921	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$125,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$97,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$553,603	TotalAmt
Program Services	$431,607	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$121,996	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,982	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,275	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,707	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,529	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,516	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,013	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	-$200	TotalAmt
Management And General	-$200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,534	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,051	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,483	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$346,540	TotalAmt
Program Services	$346,540	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,809	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,175	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,634	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,432	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,746	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,686	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$507,137	TotalAmt
Program Services	$431,066	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$76,071	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$275	TotalAmt
Program Services	$275	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,907	TotalAmt
Management And General	$21,907	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,365	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,860	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,505	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,995	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,396	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,599	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
OUTSIDE SERVICES	$857,861	$780,490	$77,371
FOOD	$674,109	$642,089	$32,020
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND	$175,914	$175,914
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$77,188	$61,750	$15,438

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$204,728	TotalAmt
Program Services	$172,964	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,764	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,273,629	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,802,135	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$471,494	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$97,932	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,195	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,802,263	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,682,586	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$520,016	BOYAmt
EOY	$515,732	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$125,973	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,250	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$153,932	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$84,655	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$71,426	BOYAmt
EOY	$69,277	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$161,003	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,316	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,855	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,700	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,790,468	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,479,056	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$825,046	BOYAmt
EOY	$660,367	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$123,150	BOYAmt
EOY	$467,600	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,500	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$280,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$238,052	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,281,694	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,408,519	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$658,664	BOYAmt
EOY	-$1,062,623	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,167,438	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,133,160	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,508,774	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,070,537	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,790,468	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,479,056	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$438,237	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,277,114	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,420,369	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,549,789	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,997,390	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,622,946	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$22,867,608	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,277,114	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,420,369	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,549,789	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,997,390	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,622,946	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$22,867,608	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$22,867,608	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$41	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,141	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$212,446	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$215,628	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$23,083,236	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99070	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99990	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$85,514	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$30,540	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$54,974	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$68,418	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$54,115	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$14,303	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$69,277	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
LINE OF CREDIT - CITIBANK	$224,252
NOTE PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY	$13,800

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$238,052	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,835,392	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,835,392	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,835,392	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,273,629	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,273,629	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,273,629	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	SCHOLARSHIPS	GrantTypeTxt
Cash Grant	$402,921	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MAINTAINING OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT DATABASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RAYMOND MELLADO	PersonNm
Relationship With Org	BOARD CHAIR	RelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan Purpose	OPERATIONAL ADVANCES	LoanPurposeTxt
Loan To Organization	Yes (X)	LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal	$60,000	OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due	$42,500	BalanceDueAmt
Default	0	DefaultInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (1)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement	Yes (1)	WrittenAgreementInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$42,500	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	PETER MELLADO - OWNER OF MELLCOM I	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	SON OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND BROTHER OF CEO	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$81,332	TransactionAmt
Transaction	MELLCOM, INC., IS THE PUBLISHER OF TECHNICA MAGAZINE, THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ORGANIZATION. THROUGH THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MELLCOM, INC., THE ORGANIZATION HAS A DIRECT LINK TO HIGH QUALITY ART DIRECTORS, GRAPHIC ARTISTS, JOURNALISTS, EDITORS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AWARD SHOW PRODUCERS.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (3 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	VARIOUS OTHER INCIDENTAL EXPENDITURES AND SUPPLIES	8	$381,883	COMPARABLE COSTS
Yes (X)	VOLUNTEER LABOR AND PARTICIPATION	1	$15,000	COMPARABLE COSTS
Yes (X)	CONSULTING SERVICES	2	$2,191	COMPARABLE COSTS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	ANNA M. PARK, J.D. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IS THE DAUGHTER OF RAYMOND MELLADO, THE BOARD CHAIR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 GOES THROUGH TWO REVIEW PROCESSES, ONCE BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THEN BY THE GOVERNING BODY. AT THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING THE BOARD VOTES TO APPROVE AS FINAL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD THROUGH COMPARING LIKE-KIND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND REFERING TO THE "COMPENSATION IN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA" MANUAL AND THE GUIDESTAR NATIONAL COMPENSATION REPORT AS WELL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE ON AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY WEBSITE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.