2025-11-19T05:54:59-05:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 861902432 SOUTHWEST INNOVATION RESEARCH LAB SOUT 9799771597 2220 TEXAS AVE S COLLEGE STATION TX 77840 Korok Ray President 2024951281 2025-11-20 false 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Korok Ray 900 ASHBURN AVE COLLEGE STA TX 77840 300000 false X https: www.southwestirl.org X 501(c)(3) 2021 TX The mission of Southwest Innovation Research Lab SwIRL is to expand access to hands-on STEM education for youth in the Bryan-College Station area. We support and coordinate student-led initiatives that deliver technology camps maker space programs and mentorship opportunities aimed at inspiring the next generation of innovators. 3 3 0 4 0 0 300000 0 0 0 300000 0 0 40665 0 6507 20598 61263 238737 239766 0 239766 X The mission of Southwest Innovation Research Lab SwIRL is to expand access to hands-on STEM education for youth in the Bryan-College Station area. We support and coordinate student-led initiatives that deliver technology camps maker space programs and mentorship opportunities aimed at inspiring the next generation of innovators. false false 16175 0 0 The organization hosts a weekly program tailored for children within the community offering engaging STEM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics activities. This initiative aims to foster curiosity creativity and a passion for learning in young minds through hands-on experiences and interactive projects. 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We dont have committees. Part VI, Section B, Line 11b We downloaded a copy of the form and created a draft submission which all officers reviewed prior to submission. Part VI, Section C, Line 19 We sent copies of our bylaws to all people organizations who donated to SwIRL. Part VII, List Of Officers | Employee Name:, Description:| Korok Ray, He is not receiving any compensation from the organization| Jeffrey Frazee, The person is not receiving any compensation from the organization| Sivakumar Rathinam, The Director is not receiving any compensation from the organization| Header,line 1 | Explanation:| We acknowledge that we failed to meet our annual IRS filing obligations as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. At the time our leadership team did not fully understand that maintaining tax-exempt status required filing an annual return even when the organization had minimal or no financial activity. This was an oversight on our part and we take full responsibility for not seeking proper guidance or professional assistance to ensure compliance. As a volunteer-led organization in our early stages we recognize that we should have taken more proactive steps to understand and fulfill our federal reporting responsibilities. We have since taken measures to correct this error and to establish processes to ensure full compliance moving forward. As a newly formed tax-exempt nonprofit organization we did not fully understand the ongoing filing obligations required by the IRS. Specifically we were unaware that tax-exempt status still carried with it an annual filing requirement even in cases where the organization had little or no financial activity. We are also unable to receive written correspondence to the address of the organization. At the time of formation our leadership team consisted entirely of volunteers none of whom had prior experience managing a nonprofits federal compliance requirements. Unfortunately we did not have access to someone with sufficient knowledge of IRS rules for 501c3 organizations and we did not engage a tax professional to assist us during our early years.