Louisiana · Nonprofit
STEM LIBRARY LAB
STEM LIBRARY LAB (Louisiana) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,082,388 to it, the largest being BAPTIST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ($200,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $989k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $304k
What STEM Library Lab does
Mission
Stem nbsp;library nbsp;lab nbsp;fosters nbsp;high-quality nbsp;active nbsp;learning nbsp;by nbsp;providing nbsp;teachers nbsp;with nbsp;access nbsp;to nbsp;equipment nbsp;programs nbsp;experiences nbsp;and nbsp;stem nbsp;instructional nbsp;support nbsp;to nbsp;drive nbsp;student nbsp;success
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Equipment lending co-op library of science and stem equipment for teachers to borrow. The program benefits 350 teachers and 17000 students.
$194,957 spentof which $144,051 as grants$260,913 earned by the program37% of program spendingEdopportunities database creating a dynamic listing of opportunities offered to schools teachers and students across the greater new orleans region. The program benefits over 350 nonprofits and over 8000 teachers and students
$202,841 spentof which $189,000 as grants$196,500 earned by the program39% of program spendingService learning program connecting teachers with classroom grants to create hands-on service learning projects with their students. The program benefits 45 teachers and 1400 students.
$127,810 spentof which $100,300 as grants$100,300 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $525,608.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $650k to $327k (−50%).
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: 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of STEM LIBRARY LAB’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 Wackerman
Executive director
Board chair
Cobren Greer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $79k → $176k.
4 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of STEM LIBRARY LAB’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
STEM LIBRARY LAB has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 46% · 2022 47% · 2023 23% — 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
25% of STEM LIBRARY LAB's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
79% of STEM LIBRARY LAB's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $133k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
STEM LIBRARY LAB has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STEM LIBRARY LAB
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 LIBRARY LAB: 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 LIBRARY LAB?
- STEM LIBRARY LAB (Louisiana) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,082,388 to it, the largest being BAPTIST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ($200,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEM LIBRARY LAB have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,082,388 in grants to STEM LIBRARY LAB, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STEM LIBRARY LAB?
- BAPTIST COMMUNITY MINISTRIES is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEM LIBRARY LAB 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 26 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