Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,002 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($4,002). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $346k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $-1117
What National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools does
Mission
The main purpose of the consortium is to develop and improve instruction for high school-aged students with an emphasis on students and programs in specialized high schools that provide advanced instruction in math, science, and technology. The target audience of the consortium is all high schools, residential and non-residential, with specialized programs in mathematics, science, and technology.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The consortium has expanded to include joint programs with colleges, universities, and organizations interested in mst initiatives.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Programs/goalsprofessional conference - to allow educators in secondary schools to share best practices for working with high ability students in math, science, and technology. Student research conference - to help students learn how to do authentic research.membership - institutional membership is open to those secondary schools that meet rubric criteria. Associate membership is available to those who need more time to do so. Affiliate membership is open to colleges and others. The organization offers many benefits to further the efficacy of its membership.newsletter-published monthly to guide members and non-members on activities of ncsss.stem edge (published quarterly) - the electronic magazine publishes articles written by members' faculty and staff. Website (ncsss.org) - to help all of ncsss's constituencies learn about the organization and its offerings.
$257,054 spent$211,344 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $257,054.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $189k to $115k (−39%).
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.
39% of NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Todd S Mann
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS?
- NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,002 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($4,002). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,002 in grants to NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,002 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF SECONDARY STEM SCHOOLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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