Montana · Nonprofit
STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED
STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being ORO Y PLATA FOUNDATION ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $10k
What STEM for Flathead Valley Schools Incorporated does
Mission
To bring STEM to Montana Flathead Valley Schools by giving students the tools to become innovative in science, technology, engineering and math.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We support 12 schools districts with a physics of flight and engineering aerospace principals for aircraft and rockets. Over 640 students take part in this program where we supply all the materials required for the construction of large water bottle rockets that are tested and improved according to the engineering process. The culmination of their work is a competition between all of the schools at the Flathead Valley Rocket Rally which is an event organized by this non-profit. The schools compete for 1st - 3rd place medals in 5 categories of performance and design. Since we have a significant number of fiscally challenged rural schools with fiscally challenged students, we provide bus transportation, event insurance, shelter, materials and lunch to all participating students at the rally.
$5,287 spent31% of program spendingOne of our key programs is our STEM Resource Library and teaching support available to all the schools we support. The library has resources for teacher education as well as classroom lab materials and books they can use to give the students hands-on lab experience in applying and/or proving the concepts they have learned during classroom lectures. The teachers can schedule checking out the materials according to their curriculum. The resources are available to grades 1 - 12 teachers. We also provide assistance to the teacher in giving class lectures on the material while also educating the teacher so they can do it themselves in subsequent classes. This resource has been well received and we are continuing to expand it accordingly to include more subjects as well as a greater number of lab materials to handle multiple school simultaneous use. The Library currently supports over 1,300 students. The library also has lots of science demonstration equipment that is used to demonstrate important elements of physics and chemistry to classes grades 1 - 12. Physics topics covered in the labs and demonstrations include thermodynamics, aerodynamics, states of matter, cryogenics, astronomy,…
$5,528 spent33% of program spendingThe Robotics program seeks to train the students in the critical and logical thinking processes required for software computer coding and the control of robotic systems. Elementary students will learn the capabilities of robotic systems and learn how to program them to do basic maneuvers and actions. Middle school students will use math and geometry to program the robot to perform more complex maneuvers and actions. Learning how to simplify and code more efficient programs will be emphasized. 148 students from 3 schools participated this year. Additional schools have expressed interest in participating next year.
$5,993 spent36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,808.
The organization over time
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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 $8k to $11k (+32%).
How it's funded, over time
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100% of STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Alison Godfrey
President/Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED’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
100% of STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Montana funders.
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 FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED
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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: 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 FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED?
- STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,000 to it, the largest being ORO Y PLATA FOUNDATION ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,000 in grants to STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED?
- ORO Y PLATA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 2020–2025), 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