STEMM FIRE FOUNDATION

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Plain text STEMM FIRE FOUNDATION. furp.org, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2020–2024. https://furp.org/org/stemm-fire-foundation-844225778. Retrieved 2026-11-10.

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Retrieved 2026-11-10; covers tax years 2020–2024. Data: furp.org (index © the FURP Alliance; the records are public domain).

2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $8K · expenses $725K · assets $0

EIN
84-4225778
Address
17619 W 66th Ter, Shawnee, KS 66217
Website
www.stemmfire.org
NTEE code
B99 Education N.E.C. (Education) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.60; not an IRS classification)
Exempt type
-
Ruling date
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Mission

The STEMM FIRE Foundation is providing Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medical career exposure, educational guidance and support by connecting industry professionals to rural school districts and communities in an effort to ignite interest and empower rural youth, parents and educators.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
Lindsay Schmidt Executive Director2020-2024 $11,538$67,307 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 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
Edward Bruce Toby MD President2020-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Marian McClellan Treasurer2020-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Brandon Schmidt Secretary2020-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Earl Legleiter Board Member2021-2024 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $12K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsay Schmidt Executive Director20 $11,538-$0 $11,5381
Edward Bruce Toby MD President5 $0-$0 $01
Marian McClellan Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Brandon Schmidt Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Earl Legleiter Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $25K · 1 employee · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsay Schmidt Executive Director20 $25,000$0$0 $25,0001
Edward Bruce Toby MD President1 $0$0$0 $01
Brandon Schmidt Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
Marian McClellan Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Earl Legleiter Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $25K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsay Schmidt Executive Director/CEO/Past President20 $25,000-$0 $25,0001
Edward Bruce Toby President1 $0-$0 $01
Brandon Schmidt Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Marian McClellan Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Earl Legleiter Board Member1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsay Schmidt Executive Director/CEO/Past President20 $5,769-$0 $5,7691
Edward Bruce Toby President5 $0-$0 $01
Brandon Schmidt Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Marian McClellan Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Earl Legleiter Board Member5 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lindsay Schmidt President15 $0-$0 $01
Edward Bruce Toby Secretary5 $0-$0 $01
Brandon Schmidt Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
Marian McClellan Board member5 $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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,678$725,173 $0$0 $7,678$0 ---
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$604,456$31,128 $718,630$717,495 $604,456$0 $25,577130
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,693$34,467 $144,624$144,167 $82,122$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$52,607$8,607 $94,045$93,940 $51,785$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$52,124$2,184 $49,940$49,940 $52,124$0 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $600,000 in all, tax years 2023 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

GrantorTotal givenGrantsLatest year's amountLatest yearYears givenTypeMatchGrants
PATTERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION $600,0001 $600,0002023 2023 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “STEMM FIRE FOUNDATION”
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NATURE CONSERVANCY $414,0003 1DAF sponsor2012–2016 NORTH DAKOTA CONSERVATION FUND
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO $279,6074 1DAF sponsor2022–2024 CORPORATION FOR PENN STATE
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH INC $250,0001 1DAF sponsor2012–2012 SHELBY COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT $217,0702 1Private foundation2009–2009 TWENTY FIRST CENTURY FOUNDATION
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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.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $725,173 spent · pay $11,800 · grants $696,662 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $696,662 96.1%
Fees to independent contractors $13,395 1.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $11,800 1.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,316 0.5%
Total$725,173100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $31,128 spent · pay $27,534 · grants $0 · events $46
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $25,577$25,577-- 82.2%
Fees: accounting $2,476-$2,476- 8.0%
Payroll taxes $1,957$1,957-- 6.3%
Office expenses $642$201$441- 2.1%
Insurance $345-$345- 1.1%
Advertising and promotion $70-$70- 0.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $46$46-- 0.1%
Information technology $15-$15- 0.0%
Total$31,128100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $34,467 spent · pay $27,224 · grants $0 · events $1,596
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $27,224 79.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $5,189 15.1%
Fees to independent contractors $2,054 6.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,596reported apart
Total$34,467100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $8,607 spent · pay $6,211 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $6,211 72.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,496 17.4%
Fees to independent contractors $900 10.5%
Total$8,607100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $2,184 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,507 69.0%
Fees to independent contractors $677 31.0%
Total$2,184100%

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