Public Charity

YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE

YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE is a Public Charity headquartered in LOS GATOS, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $944K revenue, $1.1M expenses, $1.4M total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $516K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 941265213 LOS GATOS, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$944K
Total Expenses$1.1M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$516K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF YOUTH SCIENCE INSTITUTE (YSI) IS TO "INSPIRE ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENCE AND A LOVE OF LEARNING" IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. YSI'S CORE PROGRAMS ARE SCHOOL AND GROUP PROGRAMS, SUMMER SCIENCE CAMPS, AND SCIENCE SAFARIS, TEACHING HANDS-ON, NATURE-BASED SCIENCE TO NEARLY 30,000 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS YSI TEACHES ARE SCHOOLCHILDREN (K-6) WHO ARE INTRODUCED TO YSI THROUGH ITS SCHOOL AND GROUP PROGRAMS. YSI IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO LOW-INCOME, ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK, AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

Officers & Directors

INTERIM TREASURER Ajit Krishnan Phd
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM 4/25 Dan Gross
DIRECTOR Einat Clarke
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 9/24 Erika C Buck
INTERIM PRESIDENT Kathryn Kaczmarski
DIRECTOR Marina Lord

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Top Grant Purposes

Education
$220,000 5 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$104,729 6 grants
EDUCATION
$78,000 3 grants
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
$61,200 5 grants
SUPPORT FOR CLASS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $944K $1.1M $1.4M
2024 $990K $1.0M $1.3M
2023 $714K $866K $1.4M
2022 $745K $653K $1.2M
2021 $358K $573K $1.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $358K to $944K (+164%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.

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