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YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE

EIN: 94-1265213Los Gatos, CAZIP: 95032
501(c)(3)

Mission

THE MISSION OF YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE (YSI) IS TO "INSPIRE ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENCE AND A LOVE OF LEARNING" IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. YSI'S CORE PROGRAMS ARE SCHOOL AND GROUP PROGRAMS, SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS, AND SCIENCE SAFARIS, TEACHING HANDS-ON, NATURE-BASED SCIENCE TO NEARLY 30,000 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS YSI TEACHES ARE SCHOOLCHILDREN (K-6) WHO ARE INTRODUCED TO YSI THROUGH ITS SCHOOL AND GROUP PROGRAMS. YSI IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO LOW-INCOME, ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK, AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$990k$0$1.3M
2022$714k$0$1.4M

Compensation

2023

ERIKA C BUCK
Executive Director
chief executive officer
$169,238
$0
$0
$177,229
SHILPA NAGARAJA
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBIN O'HERN
President
chief executive officer
$0
$0
$0
$0
DAVE ZIEGLER
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
JACKIE FARHNER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
KATHRYN KACZMARSKI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
PAMELA BENTLEY MILLS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ANSHUMAN MOHAPATRA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
PRIYANKA SONI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2022

ERIKA C BUCK
Executive Director
chief executive officer
$154,975
$0
$0
$161,996
DAVE ZIEGLER
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
SHAYLYNN GRAYDON
Director (Through 4/23)
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBIN O'HERN
President
chief executive officer
$0
$0
$0
$0
ANSHUMAN MOHAPATRA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
KATHRYN KACZMARSKI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
PAMELA BENTLEY MILLS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
SHILPA NAGARAJA
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
JACKIE FARHNER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
PADMAJA NADKARNI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
PRIYANKA SONI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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