SCISTARTER FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
SCISTARTER FOUNDATION INC (EIN 39-3773559)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-05-12
IRS object ID
202631329349307168
Schema version
2025v4.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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DescTHE SCISTARTER FOUNDATION WAS FORMED TO CREATE, MANAGE, SUPPORT AND SCALE INITIATIVES THAT CONNECT PEOPLE TO SCIENCE THEY CAN BE PART OF. APART FROM CREATING A BOARD, NO ACTIONS WERE TAKE IN 2025 AS THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION WAS RECEIVED IN AT THE END OF THE YEAR.Desc
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Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8ATHERE WERE NO BOARD MEETINGS HELD IN 2025.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8BTHERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SEPARATE COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BDARLENE CAVALIER, PRESIDENT, AND RYAN PETERS, TREASURER, WILL BE REVIEW THE 990.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19UPON REQUEST
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GBANK FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 3. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 1:THE ORGANIZATIONS BOOKS ARE RECORDED ON A MODIFIED CASH BASIS.

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