2026-04-09T14:12:23-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 272434632 ROCKY MOUNTAIN BEST ROCK 3037408491 1075 So Yukon St Suite LL10 Lakewood CO 80226 Lois Walton Treasurer, Board of Directors 3039412582 2026-04-09 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.rockymountainbest.org X X 103082 X 95830 0 0 7252 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103082 8373 0 0 1695 7844 807 60796 79515 23567 204805 14 228386 X 212586 233310 0 0 700 700 213286 234010 8481 5624 204805 228386 Rocky Mountain BEST provides a forum for youth to develop technical and life skills through a robotics program in which youths participate in teams in Middle and High Schools under the guidance of Teachers and Mentors from their local community to design and build competition robots. Part III, line 28- The Hub Program provides, at no cost to students, hardware and software components and technical assistance to teachers and schools who choose to participate in the BEST robotics program. We host the local competition event. In 2025 we offered an event with portions online and the robotics competition in person. We had 22 teams competing involving 220 students with 150 volunteers. 0 44901 Part III Line 29 - The Regional Competition Program hosts an event for approximately 395 high achieving students from 26 teams from 8 Hubs in 6 states. Students participated in a robotics competition and also delivered Engineering Notebooks that were judged online. They were also judged in person with Marketing Presentations and Trade Booths where they were interviewed about their "company and it's product (their robot)". Trophies and medallions were given to the top teams in each judged portion of the event. We had more than 80 volunteers helping with this event. 0 29528 Part III, line 30 - Our third largest program is the Teacher Mentor Institute Program. In this program, we expose the teachers who are newer to the BEST program to techniques that will help them mentor their students to a more successful season. They learn about the software that is given to their teams, learn about all the parts of the BEST program, including building a robot, and the writing an Engineering Notebook. The teachers/mentors receive 3 free days of training, and also can request Continuing Education credits. We were able to offer this program to 17 teachers/mentors during 2025 at no cost to participants. 12 Volunteers helped with this program. 0 1367 Part III, line 31 - We have two other small programs. The first helps establish new hubs in the state, helping them get on their feet. When we find an organization or people who are interested in creating a hub, we train them in what it takes to run a hub. We help them throughout their first season (and sometimes more). Front Range BEST and Pikes Peak BEST are examples of Hubs we have helped. The second program is an outreach program to let educators, students, and parents know about Rocky Mountain BEST and its programs. During 2025, these programs spent a total of $333. 0 333 76129 Carolyn Bauer President, Board of Directors 30 0 0 0 Gwynn Moore Vice President, Board of Directors 35.00 0 0 0 Judith Schlesinger Secretary, Board of Directors 6 0 0 0 Lois Walton Treasurer, Board of Directors 30 0 0 0 Jose Lopez Executive Director, Board of Directors 2 0 0 0 Michael Orf Director at Large, Board of Directors 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO Lois Walton 8400 E Princeton Ave Denver CO 802371742 3039412582 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 67388 101282 89242 102563 95830 456305 67388 101282 89242 102563 95830 456305 15045 441260 8 4 3257 7683 7252 18204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 474509 0.92993 0.97386 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants were given to several schools to help them to be able to attend the Regional Championship in Wichita Kansas. Abraham Lincoln High School: $1,373 Shrine of St Anne: $1,000 Our Lady of Loreto $1,000 Broomfield High School Engineering Club $2,000 Blessed Miguel Pro Catholic Academy: $1,000 DSST Aurora School of Science and Technology: $1,000. Grants totaled $8,373 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Events;28471|Fundraising;405|Game;26169|Other;5751^Total;60796^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 The $8481 on 990ez Part II line 26 represents the balance on credit cards as of Dec 31, 2024. Our credit card bill closes on the 3rd of the month, so the $15 that was charged after the 31st is really part of the next years expenses and was not yet a liability. I missed that. The other 1$ is a rounding error. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 security deposit for our rental space at 1075 S Yukon St Lakewood CO 80126 - $700 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Credit card debt at end of year