Organizations Filed Purposes:
TECHPOINT FOUNDATION IS A VENTURE PHILANTHROPY ORGANIZATION INCUBATING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS FOR HIGH STUDENT IMPACT AND SCALABLE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
STEM PARTNER PROGRAM (FORMERLY US2020) A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO MATCH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) PROFESSIONALS, TO SERVE IN THE ROLE AS A MENTOR, VOLUNTEER, OR COACH, WITH UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT POPULATIONS ENGAGING IN HIGH IMPACT STEM PROGRAMS. DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, 73 STEM PROFESSIONALS ASSISTED IN THE ROLE OF A MENTOR, VOLUNTEER OR COACH AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1,825 STUDENTS AT 73 CLASSROOMS THROUGHOUT INDIANAPOLIS.
CODERDOJO INDIANA - AN INDIANA STATEWIDE EFFORT TO START AND SUSTAIN FREE COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AGE SEVEN TO SEVENTEEN. PROGRAMS ARE LOCATED IN COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES AND TYPICALLY RUN BY COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS. DURING THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR, 44 DOJOS WERE ACTIVE. THERE WERE 66 ADULT CHAMPIONS (VOLUNTEERS), AND MORE THAN 4,000 NINJAS (AKA STUDENTS) WERE SERVED.
STATE ROBOTICS INITIATIVE - A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO START NEW VEX IQ ROBOTICS TEAMS IN INDIANA SCHOOLS. AWARDED SCHOOLS RECEIVED ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO START A TEAM FOR STUDENTS IN 1ST - 12TH GRADE. DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, 151 TEAMS RECEIVED GRANTS AND TEAMS WERE FORMED AS A RESULT OF THIS EFFORT. 481 GRANT TEAMS FROM THE 2016-19 SCHOOL YEARS RETURNED. 34,471 STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO ROBOTICS PROGRAMMING IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AS A RESULT OF THIS EFFORT. 1,080 TEACHERS SERVED AS COACHES AND 450 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED WITH ROBOTICS TOURNAMENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Laura Dodds | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (END 04/2020) | 40 | $76,122 |
George Giltner | PRES & CEO/VP OF STEM ED | 40 | $74,275 |
Tom Adkins | CHAIR | 1.25 | $0 |
Timothy Coleman | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Rupal Thanawala | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Rachel Johnson | COMM CHAIR | 1.25 | $0 |
Nick Mercer | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Michael Kelly | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Merillat Flowers | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Mary Beth Myers | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Martin Dowdell | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Ilya Rekhter | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Linda Hicks | VICE CHAIR/ GOV COMM | 1.25 | $0 |
Kate Maxwell | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Jessica Kline | TREASURER | 1.25 | $0 |
Jesse Kurth | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Jeffrey Dodson | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Jason Marcuson | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Gary Watkins | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Gail Farnsley | SECRETARY | 1.25 | $0 |
Eric Tinsley | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Debbie Babcock | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
David Reed | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Chris Vaulter | PROGRAM COMMITTEE | 1.25 | $0 |
Barbara Alder | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Amy Shackle | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
Amy Kemper | BOARD MEMBER | 1.25 | $0 |
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