Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM
STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $640,000 to it, the largest being Overdeck Family Foundation Inc ($640,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $181k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $640k
- Net assets
- $190k
What STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum does
Mission
The policy forum works to improve the understanding of policy issues that impact learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The policy forum works with a variety of state, local and federal stakeholders to produce events, content and convenings that help improve the understanding of policymakers about key stem issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum has an extensive list of partners in all 50 states and can connect ecosystems with partners to further their policy and advocacy needs.
$215,250 spent$172,500 earned by the program100% of program spendingA toolkit was created and is updated often to include a range ofbackground materials and fact sheets on key stem and informal educationtopics. There are links to formal guidance issued by the u.s.department of education to state and local educators on how to applyfor federal funds to support stem education through the essa. Thereare also links to webinars and other in-depth materials about education laws.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,250.
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 2018 to 2019, from $123k to $215k (+74%).
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.
95% of STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
James F Brown Iii
Executive director
Board chair
Todd Mann
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $175k.
From the IRS filings of STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM’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
STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- STEM Education Coalition Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM: 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 STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM?
- STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $640,000 to it, the largest being Overdeck Family Foundation Inc ($640,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $640,000 in grants to STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM?
- Overdeck Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $640,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEM EDUCATION COALITION POLICY FORUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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