2024-03-16T15:55:24-07:00 2023-07-31 990EZ 2022-08-01 237086868 WISCONSIN SOCIETY OF SCIENCE TEACHERS WISC 9209889368 192 Depot Road Cambridge WI 535239112 Kevin Niemi Chief Financial Officer 9209889368 2024-03-15 Kevin Niemi 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X wsst.org X X 117916 X 47050 35417 11875 23574 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117916 17350 12553 0 42607 0 1856 90689 165055 -47139 392211 0 345072 392211 345072 0 0 0 0 392211 345072 0 0 392211 345072 Improving Science Instruction in Wisconsin by working with Science Instructors Kindergarten through College Spring Conference March, 2023 - WSST conference in Madison WI was held. Attendance was about 475 individuals. Newsletter have moved from primarily print to primarily electronic to reduce costs for our Newsletters. As listed we have many grant programs to support classroom science teachers. 0 57424 One printed Newsletters of 18-24 pages and four electronic Newsletters, were sent to over 800 science teachers. A website is maintained for the membership and other science educators. A monthly E-Newsletter of updated science information is sent monthly to members. 0 1856 We continue to support several grant programs for members. Funds may be used for classroom materials, travel to professional conferences, professional development activities, an essay contest for students, and a new, self-funded Professional Development program for teachers called WINGS (Wisconsin Institute for Next Generation Science). These are all competitive opportunities for members of WSST. 47050 6000 Operating expenses such as travel reimbursements for officers and committee chairs to attend Board meeting held throughout the year, cost of maintaining membership database and website (Wild Apricot), etc. in order to maintain vitality of organization and meet its member's needs. Total current membership is around 550. 0 15351 80631 Dennis Rohr President-elect 2 0 0 0 Kristin Michalski President 2 0 0 0 Stephaine Baker Secretary 2 0 0 0 Tammy Dymesich Chief Operations Officer 4 5000 0 0 Kevin Niemi Chief Financial Officer 5 5000 0 0 Ray Scolavino Conference coordinator 2 500 0 0 Eric Duhn Director 1 0 0 0 Tom Davies Director 1 0 0 0 Stacey Strandberg Director 1 0 0 0 Jayne Ryczkowski Director 1 0 0 0 Sara Krauskopf Director 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Baker Director 1 0 0 0 Teri Dillenberg Director 1 0 0 0 Brian Bartel Publications editor 2 500 0 0 Karyl Rosenberg Historian 1 200 0 0 Julie Fitzpatrick webmaster 2 500 0 0 Rod Dymesich Vendor Relations coordinator 2 2500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WI Kevin Niemi 192 Depot Road Cambridge WI 535239112 9209889368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 8369 10118 6660 11078 24925 61150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8369 10118 6660 11078 24925 61150 0 61150 13287 16755 68111 0 23574 121727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182877 0 0.33438 0.27792 X 8369 6755 6660 11078 11875 44737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8369 6755 6660 11078 11875 44737 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44737 13287 16755 68111 0 23574 121727 0 0 0 0 0 0 13287 16755 68111 0 23574 121727 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21656 23510 74771 11078 35449 166464 0.26875 0.26240 0.73125 0.73760 X WSST is solely supported by its members through memberships, conference net revenues, and investment income from an endowment that was set up to support WSST. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants to members for this year totaled $13,950. They ere administered through our Foundation. We provided Back to School grants in the fall, Founders Preservice Teacher Awards, Bella Awards, Frank Zuerner Awards, Front & Center grants at our conference, Essay contest awards for K-12 students and teachers, Foundation STEM awards, and the Rumford award. We also awarded WINGS grants to participants in our summer Professional Development WINGS (Wisconsin Institute for Next Generation Science) program totaling $3,400. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Our expenses for 2023 conference held in Madison WI totaled $57,424. Our meeting expenses for 3 in-person Board meetings and committee chairs totaled $13,478. Other expenses include $3,349 for member outings and swag, $7,243 for office supplies and equipment replacement, $1,695 for banking fees, and $7,500 for our 5-year strategic plan effort. Total for this category is $90,689. I was elected to another Board and became very engaged with its activities and could not finish the filing of this 990 until I was better acclimated to my new Board's responsibilities.