Pretty Brainy Inc.

“Expenses advertising 159 travel & meetings 132 insurance for programs 1,530 food & beverage for progr 485 merchant service charges 972 software 414 supplies 581 website 6,930 donated goods 300 computer & internet 150 membership & dues 350 professional development 700 total 12,703”

“Inventories for sale or use 699 699 1,500 1,500 organizational costs 33,030 33,030 less accumulated amortization 9,821 12,022 total 25,408 23,207”

“Pretty brainy is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. Pretty brainy's purpose is to give girls and young women real-world experiences in science, technology, engineering, art + design, and math (steam) through which they may give back to their communities and connect with professionals who inspire. Through these experiences, as well as programs through which girls gain resilience, we empower them to realize a fuller scope of their talents, interests, and opportunities for contributing to their world.”

“Accomplishment no. 1: deliver service learning for girls and young women ages 11 to 27 in the following: -humanitarian engineering -building a professional, mobile app. Senior developers, whose average age was 17, built approximately 80 percent of the app from code they originated mentor girls and young women in steam (science, tech, engineering, art + design, and math). We are measuring accomplishment according to the following numbers: a.number of participants who gained skills in steam while also gaining professional skills in communications, project management, collaboration, teamwork, and service to community: 45 b.estimate of number of girls and young women who gained steam empowerment through pretty brainy online: 12,000. This is a reasonable estimate based on analytics and numbers gathered from our website and platforms where our organization has an online presence. Our short-term goals are for girls to: -gain extended experience as leaders and senior developers of a professional mobile application through which users reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. -take risks and know that making mistakes leads to greater learning, accomplishment and success. -replace perfectionism with prototyping and experimentation. -use steam to contribute to and enrich their communities. Our long-term goals are as follows: -girls and young women advance to their next level of education more informed about how stem and steam can be their tool for helping to make the world safe, sustainable, equitable, and healthy. -young women self-identify as prospective stem or steam students and professionals. -girls and young women who experience pretty brainy have gained confidence in their abilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. -girls' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics has increased or has been maintained. -girls' peer circles are influenced: math and science are socially acceptable among k-12 girls. -community is influenced: pretty brainy contributes to changing the face of who steam students and professionals are. Pretty brainy awarded grants to young women totaling 1,150.00. Support was awarded to those who served as senior developers of the mission innovation app, which is sustainable, mobile technology to help citizens reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The average age of our senior developers was 17. Accomplishment no. 2: deliver community enrichment and learning on carbon consciousness. We are measuring this accomplishment according to the number of participants in the program, mission innovation 2.0. -through mission innovation 2.0, we engaged northern colorado residents, as follows: -live reports and presentations to the community: -one event at colorado state university as part of the annual women in science symposium (march 2020). -one event hosted by the league of women voters environmental action team (march 2020). -app launch event, august 2020. Team mission innovation launches their technology, a scalable, mobile application to help reduce carbon emissions, for the city of fort collins (august 2020). We held this event at the height of the covid19 pandemic at an outdoor venue and with approval from the larimer county health department. Total number of participants: 375. Objective: engage community members and stakeholders in - -using the mission innovation app. -identifying the barriers to reducing their co2 emissions. -understanding of the human-intensified greenhouse effect on earth. Short-term goal: provide community members the opportunity to engage with and hear from pretty brainy senior developers on the use of their technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Long-term goal: based on the principle that carbon consciousness begins young, girls and young women gain the experience of pitching their technology to advance the fort collins climate action plan and influence dialogue and daily practices for making fort collins, co, carbon neutral by 2050. By the numbers: donate”