2024-12-19T02:50:04-00:00 2024-06-30 465752686 Lawson Travers CPA PLLC 613 Aberdeen Drive Chapel Hill NC 27516 990 2023-07-01 141923044 The Center for Inquiry-Based Learning Inc CENT 9192949881 913 Ramseur St Durham NC 27701 Todd Guentensberger Executive Director 9192949881 2024-12-19 true Lawson A Travers P00279007 9199602794 2024-12-19 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Todd Guentensberger 913 Ramseur St Durham NC 27701 1254168 false X www.ciblearning.org X 2005 NC Enhance STEM science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning in K-8 schools around North Carolina. 9 9 24 10 0 61260 12183 568766 554168 73476 106092 169559 207642 873061 880085 2672 1690 0 514799 535135 0 8221 270110 317022 787581 853847 85480 26238 3343945 3529228 166579 103184 3177366 3426044 CIBL exists to nurture the natural excitement children have doing science. Its mission is to support NC K-8 teachers by providing training and by providing the most engaging, integrated, hands-on STEM curriculum materials that promote creativity, collaboration and communication. false false 617335 1690 992532 Classroom Kit Provision CIBL provides STEM curriculum units filled with hands-on materials that promote creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. We have several different products that include 1 SCIENCE KITS - Each unit serves one teacher and up to 32 students K-5 or 125 students 6-8 for a 9-week instruction period. At the end of each instruction period, the kit is returned to CIBL for refurbishing and reuse, eliminating storage and replenishment issues for teachers. 2 STUDENT ACTIVITY PACKSSAP - These are individual student bags with STEM design challenges. Each pack serves 1 teacher/35 students. During the 2023-24 school year, CIBL provided approx 1315 kits and 1625 SAPs, serving approximately 175,000 students. 3 CUSTOM PRODUCTS AS NEEDED - CIBL supports the NC Science Festival by packing the Science Night kits. These kits are supplied to teachers throughout the state through the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center located on UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Last year CIBL provided 346 of these kits which served approximately 70,000 students. 68737 1800 Consulting Professional Development CIBL offers professional development to its clients at no charge as part of its mission. During the 2023-24 fiscal year, CIBL provided charitable consulting and professional development workshops with approximately 1200 teachers in attendance. All of these sessions were for K-8 classroom teachers and were focused on student acitivity packs and specific science kits with a 9-week kit use. In addition to the full day professional development sessions, CIBL offered online sessions for the new Student Activity Packs SAP created during the 23-24 school year. CIBL also led sessions at Bridging the Gap and NC Science Teachers conferences. CIBL also consults with school systems at no charge about science implementation for their schools/districts. In addition, in an effort to incentivize teachers to learn more about CIBLs mission, SAPs are given out to teachers during professional development sessions or conferences in which CIBL is presenting. 54848 Curriculum Development CIBL staff are engaged in developing curriculum to meet the NC Essential Science Standards. During the 2023-24 fiscal year CIBL developed additional Student Activity Packs SAP which are designed to be used by students in any type of learning environment such as virtual, in-person, or hybrid. CIBL designed additional teacher resources such as teacher videos, slide decks, teacher tip documents and student activity sheets for our kits and SAPs to help teachers with the successful implementation of the kits/SAPs. These can be found on our website. 740920 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 24 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NC X Todd Guentensberger 9192949881 913 Ramseur Street Durham NC 27701 Todd Guentensberger Executive Director 040.00 X X 124236 0 7505 Jason Painter Chair 001.00 X X 0 0 0 Carole Stern Vice Chair 001.00 X X 0 0 0 Claude Mack McCary Treasurer 001.00 X X 0 0 0 Dave Smith Secretary 001.00 X X 0 0 0 John Parker Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Ben Owens Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 LeeAnn Segalla Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Tonya Little Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 James Minogue Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 124236 7505 1 false false false 12183 12183 Kit Usage Fees 611710 552368 552368 Kit Training Fees 611710 1800 1800 554168 112113 112113 135540 141561 -6021 -6021 440164 232522 207642 880085 554168 112113 0 1690 1690 0 0 135187 94631 40556 0 347593 322888 19775 4930 15844 14403 1145 296 0 36511 31678 4455 378 0 0 3900 3900 0 15871 15871 9208 7708 1500 0 74226 73930 271 25 8662 8372 267 23 0 137577 136585 905 87 10367 10252 115 0 7401 6407 990 4 0 0 19663 19650 12 1 13094 3607 9462 25 Non-office Supplies 5888 5088 785 15 Dues, subscriptions, publications licenses 6137 3158 542 2437 Fees Bank, 401k, E-procurement 4155 4155 Bad Debt 873 873 0 853847 740920 104706 8221 150213 96486 346028 335348 3899 14271 361960 354331 4024 6009 120631 110429 13693 10202 2355200 2653702 71698 55526 37230 3353 3343945 3529228 70607 70959 95972 32225 166579 103184 X 3161214 3425613 16152 431 3177366 3426044 3343945 3529228 26238 222440 X false false false X 107050 71181 25034 61260 12183 276708 318531 417333 891780 915925 994332 3537901 425581 488514 916814 977185 1006515 3814609 33200 850 684 1221 500 36455 176260 262418 227361 340895 367594 1374528 209460 263268 228045 342116 368094 1410983 2403626 77182 119377 156774 92860 112113 558306 0 77182 119377 156774 92860 112113 558306 0 0 502763 607891 1073588 1070045 1118628 4372915 0.54970 0.50550 0.12770 0.13770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false 87977 87977 31914 21712 10202 740 740 10202 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 Review Process Prior to filing, the Form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director and then distributed to the full board for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Conflict of Interest Policy Compliance At the beginning of each fiscal year the conflict of interest policy is reviewed and signed by all staff and board members with significant decision making authority. It is each signators obligation to disclose any potential conflict as soon as it is known, or reasonably should be known. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Compensation Review and Approval Process Members of the Board executive committee met and reviewed comparability data salaries for science consultants in the area as well as directors of other science material centers and established the EDs compensation based on this data. Minutes of the committees discussions were maintained. 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