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Filing year 2024

SCIENCE BUDDIES

Carmel, California·EIN 94-3216541·NTEE T99Z · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$1.4M
Total assets
$1.5M
Total expenses
$1.2M
Reported officers
7
Mission

SCIENCE BUDDIES MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES WITH HANDS-ON STEM EXPLORATIONS THAT REFLECT THEIR UNIQUE PERSONAL INTERESTS. BY PROVIDING HIGHLY PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WE DRIVE STUDENT DISCOVERY, ENGAGEMENT, AND LEARNING IN STEM SUBJECTS. OUR VISION IS TO DEVELOP HIGH-QUALITY SCIENTIST-AUTHORED EXPLORATIONS COVERING ALL KEY AREAS OF STEM, FROM THE CLASSICS TO THE CUTTING EDGE, IN FORMATS TAILORED FOR THE NEEDS OF THE AUDIENCES HAVING THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO IMPACT STUDENT STEM LEARNING, STUDENTS THEMSELVES, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, INFORMAL EDUCATORS, AND PARENTS. FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE, WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD, MAKING STEM LEARNING POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS OF ALL DEMOGRAPHICS

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Software Arch
highest compensated employee
$241k
$257k
President
highest compensated employee
$179k
$191k
Online Community Manager
highest compensated employee
$118k
$125k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 13%
from 2023

From $213k in 2023 to $241k in 2024.

$213k
2023
$241k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 10% in real terms$233k to $257k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

SCIENCE BUDDIES reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$1.5M
$1.1M
2023
$1.4M
$1.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in California

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $70,000.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$70,000
75th percentile
$162k
90th percentile
$302k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,328 organizations across 1,328 filings (2021 – 2024).

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