Stem Advantage
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level the playing field by empowering talented students with access to networks, employment, and economic mobility often limited to students attending elite universities, while providing a vetted pipeline of skilled talent to businesses to fill their workforce needs.
Stem Advantage at a glance
In short: Stem Advantage gave $313K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $39K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $313,000
- -35.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $39,125
- -35.3% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $36,625
- Total assets
- $1,322,894
- +68.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Stem Advantage funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
38 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 38 (61%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Stem Advantage gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−4%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $161K (2019) to $484K (2024). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $313K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 8 individual scholarships Recipients not named | — | $313,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,322,894 | $1,648,341 | $1,118,141 | $313,000 | 8 | $14,748 |
| 2024 | $784,870 | $715,813 | $1,083,009 | $483,750 | 8 | $25,217 |
| 2023 | $1,145,676 | $1,051,263 | $838,858 | $443,266 | 8 | $10,281 |
| 2022 | $933,562 | $1,267,928 | $633,420 | $326,157 | 8 | — |
| 2021 | $296,760 | $628,804 | $445,222 | $266,000 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | $111,081 | $266,194 | $255,897 | $233,175 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | $102,002 | $291,186 | $232,362 | $161,250 | 5 | — |
About Stem Advantage
Based on IRS filings
Stem Advantage is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Huntington Beach, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $313K. Net investment income was $15K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Stem Advantage is led by Lee Ann Kline, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 15 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Lee Ann Kline
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Sims
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Danielle Yamane
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
T. Fox
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Phelps
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maben Jimenez
Director
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arlene Semwezi
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christina Guckert
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helen Norris
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marisa Diaz
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Milan Plavsich
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Octavio Martinez
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Raj Sengupta
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia McKenzie
Vice President
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Buckholtz
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: Melanie Hildebrandt (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Brandon Reilly (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Christina Shareef (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Raquel Marquez (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Adrian Kearns (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Carole Schlocker (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Linda Murray-Thomas (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Luis De Anda (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Marlo Donate (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dawn M. Digrius (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Philip Lapolt (2019) — Director
- Former: Susan Tweedy (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Stem Advantage
How much does Stem Advantage give each year?
Stem Advantage gave $313K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $484K across 8 grants.
What is Stem Advantage's typical grant size?
Stem Advantage's median grant in 2025 was $36,625, and its average grant was $39,125, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Stem Advantage give grants?
Stem Advantage gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.
Does Stem Advantage give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Stem Advantage's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Education - Scholarships" (8 grants).
How large is Stem Advantage?
Stem Advantage reported $1.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.
What is Stem Advantage?
Stem Advantage is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in Huntington Beach, CA. It holds $1.3M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Stem Advantage's EIN?
Stem Advantage's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-1042540. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 5, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 1, 2026)
Live grants for the work Stem Advantage funds
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