Louisiana · Nonprofit
RED RIVER STEM INC
RED RIVER STEM INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,813 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($1,073,977). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $545k
What Red River STEM Inc does
Mission
None
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community foundation of north louisiana supports the organization in their mission of providing educational programming related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
$478,242 spent$424,393 earned by the program25% of program spendingCity of shreveport supports the organization by providing funds to cover expenses for the the use of the sci-port discovery center building.
$637,483 spent$687,873 earned by the program33% of program spendingOther significant programs include: power of play, imax, outreach, summer camps, and birthday parties
$810,345 spent$994,932 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,926,070.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.7M to $868k (−47%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 27% · 2020 24% · 2021 52% · 2022 37% · 2023 27% · 2024 27% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of RED RIVER STEM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Dianne M Clark
Executive director
Board chair
Kade Mcdonald
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income fell $197k → $178k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $19k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ochsner Lsu Health System of North Louisiana). These are real filings, and they are not money RED RIVER STEM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of RED RIVER STEM INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
RED RIVER STEM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RED RIVER STEM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 60% · 2021 25% · 2022 72% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of RED RIVER STEM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of RED RIVER STEM INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $893k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
RED RIVER STEM INC's revenue grew 20% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding RED RIVER STEM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like RED RIVER STEM INC
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RED RIVER STEM INC?
- RED RIVER STEM INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,813 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ($1,073,977). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RED RIVER STEM INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,966,813 in grants to RED RIVER STEM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RED RIVER STEM INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA is the largest funder on record, with $1,073,977 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RED RIVER STEM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing