2026-03-20T12:28:06-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 844005211 STEM FOR FLATHEAD VALLEY SCHOOLS INCORPORATED STEM 4062502790 175 Hutton Ranch STE103 Kalispell MT 59901 Christopher Washer Treasurer 4062502790 2026-03-20 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X flatheadstem.org X X 16766 X 16766 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16766 0 0 0 0 150 63 17627 17840 -1074 11245 0 10171 11245 10171 0 0 0 0 11245 10171 0 0 11245 10171 To bring STEM to Montana Flathead Valley Schools by giving students the tools to become innovative in science, technology, engineering and math. We support 12 schools districts with a physics of flight and engineering aerospace principals for aircraft and rockets. Over 640 students take part in this program where we supply all the materials required for the construction of large water bottle rockets that are tested and improved according to the engineering process. The culmination of their work is a competition between all of the schools at the Flathead Valley Rocket Rally which is an event organized by this non-profit. The schools compete for 1st - 3rd place medals in 5 categories of performance and design. Since we have a significant number of fiscally challenged rural schools with fiscally challenged students, we provide bus transportation, event insurance, shelter, materials and lunch to all participating students at the rally. 0 5287 One of our key programs is our STEM Resource Library and teaching support available to all the schools we support. The library has resources for teacher education as well as classroom lab materials and books they can use to give the students hands-on lab experience in applying and/or proving the concepts they have learned during classroom lectures. The teachers can schedule checking out the materials according to their curriculum. The resources are available to grades 1 - 12 teachers. We also provide assistance to the teacher in giving class lectures on the material while also educating the teacher so they can do it themselves in subsequent classes. This resource has been well received and we are continuing to expand it accordingly to include more subjects as well as a greater number of lab materials to handle multiple school simultaneous use. The Library currently supports over 1,300 students. The library also has lots of science demonstration equipment that is used to demonstrate important elements of physics and chemistry to classes grades 1 - 12. Physics topics covered in the labs and demonstrations include thermodynamics, aerodynamics, states of matter, cryogenics, astronomy, electricity & magnetism, electrostatics, lightning, forces of motion, gravity, light & sound waves, and optics. 0 5528 The Robotics program seeks to train the students in the critical and logical thinking processes required for software computer coding and the control of robotic systems. Elementary students will learn the capabilities of robotic systems and learn how to program them to do basic maneuvers and actions. Middle school students will use math and geometry to program the robot to perform more complex maneuvers and actions. Learning how to simplify and code more efficient programs will be emphasized. 148 students from 3 schools participated this year. Additional schools have expressed interest in participating next year. 0 5993 16808 Alison Godfrey President/Executive Director 18 0 0 0 Christopher Washer Board Member/Treasurer 1.5 0 0 0 Erica Wirtala Board Member 2 0 0 0 Tom Ritzdorf Board Member 1 0 0 0 Steven Alejandro Secretary 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MT Christopher Washer 175 Hutton Ranch STE103 Kalispell MT 59901 4062502790 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 9849 8177 18185 19259 17126 72596 9849 8177 18185 19259 17126 72596 72596 72596 0 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other expenses included: insurance, transportation, PO Box rental, demonstration equipment, general supplies, website, computer and domain fees, Flathead Valley Rocket Rally expenses, robots and support equipment, electricity and magnetism lab kits, science consumables, VISA fees, and text books