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EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY

EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being TEACHERS TREASURES INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$2.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$-48949
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Educating Children Matters Inc Dba Indianapolis Indy Steam Academy does

Mission

The mission of indianapolis (indy) steam academy is to nurture the academic and creative talents of students through the integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. We build a strong literacy foundation to ensure the achievement of all students and prepare them for high school, college, and careers in a 21st century global workforce.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Program

  1. Indianapolis (indy) steam academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving grades k-7. Indianapolis (indy) steam academy nurtures the creative talents of students through the integration of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

    $1,642,420 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,642,420.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($27k)2023 Revenue 144 ($2.2M) Expenses 143 ($2.2M) Net assets -180 ($-48949)
20222023
Revenue (144)Expenses (143)Net assets (-180)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $202k to $1.2M (+497%).

$202k
$1.2M
20222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 100% · 2023 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$58k
’22
−$70k
’23
0.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Yvonne Bullock

CEO/founder

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

20222023
Listed55
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,412 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)44% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,412 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

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In Indiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 27%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY?
EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY (Indiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being TEACHERS TREASURES INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY.
Who is the largest funder of EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY?
TEACHERS TREASURES INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDUCATING CHILDREN MATTERS INC DBA INDIANAPOLIS INDY STEAM ACADEMY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing