Science Kids

“Expenses marketing 848 marketing events 1,659 marketing infrastructure 634 office 1,690 board mtg, training, recruit 1,728 course supplies 2,667 employee expense 225 travel 4,989 insurance 3,100 licensing 27 nature wy 682 supplies 558 total 18,807”

“Equipment 5,673 5,673 less accumulated depreciation 5,673 5,673 total 0 0”

“Payroll liability 606 2,254”

“Supplemental information for schedule o: 2023 overview of science kids: science kids is a nonprofit in sheridan, wy. Established in 2009, we are in our 15th year of operation. Our mission is to "get kids outdoors, where great science learning happens," with the ultimate hope to encourage curiosity and life-long connections to science. In 2023, the core of science kids remained the same - to offer vibrant classes within the sciences to children. Over the years, science kids has expanded and contracted our physical reach into communities from our ever-constant hub in sheridan, wyoming. Late in 2022, we made the wise decision to contract once again, and close our satellite campus in cody, wy. That decision safeguarded funds and brought a science kids bus from cody to sheridan, allowing us to run classes concurrently and offer more than ever to sheridan. Those classes are at our core. We believe our most important service is summertime classes in the sciences for young children between the ages of 6 and 12, and when possible to 12 to 14 year olds. We are increasingly aware of the need middle-school students have to engage with outdoor spaces and reignite their love of the sciences. To bring science learning to families, we also maintained our partnerships to offer well-attended science learning opportunities for 6,245 community members. A key focus this year was to complete 6 more episodes of nature wy. Once completed in april of 2023, our goal was to work alongside wyoming pbs to share all 11 episodes of nature wy, so this nationally award- winning educational series comes alive in homes and classrooms in wyoming and across the nation. To accomplish this work, we focused on continued and thoughtful board development, as well as training new board members and building a sense of community within science kids. Financially, science kids continues to strive to meet our fundraising goal of a full year's worth of operating costs saved by year end. We seek stability and longevity, with enough funds available to respond to challenges and limitations and still meet our goal of offering learning opportunities to the communities we serve. Highlights in 2023 overall: our classes are in high demand, even with a dramatic increase in offerings. Our educators return year after year to teach, and we have attracted new educators. Our board has invested in training and is poised for good work. Our fundraising efforts are helping to safeguard our future. Our community events are well attended. Our partnerships are joyful and productive. Celebrating partnerships: 13th year with audubon rockies 11th year with the sheridan community land trust 7th year with the bureau of land management field office in buffalo 6th year with the university of wyoming biodiversity institute 3rd year partnering with wyoming pbs new partnerships: sheridan college's museum of discovery; meadowlark elementary school in buffalo, wy awards: 2023: regional emmy award to julie p. Rieder as producer/writer for nature wy's "macroinvertebrates" in the category informational/instructional short-form content summer classes are our core: in 2023, with the increased capacity a second bus offered, science kids taught 16 classes during the summer, with 15 in sheridan and 1 in buffalo. All classes sold out for a total of 187 learning moments. That increase represents 60% more classes and a 38% increase in programming days offered from sheridan compared to the 2022 season. As in past years, demand for those classes was very high, with some classes selling out in under 15 minutes. Every child that asked for financial support was provided with a scholarship for a total of 21 children supported this year. Our class curricula ranged widely across the sciences and included topics like anatomy, bird habitat and behavior, biodiversity of insects, the physics of pulleys, geology and paleontology, and native plants and pollinators. Offering more classes meant bringing on more educators and staff, w”