EIN 13-3973196

Mouse

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
25
Year formed
1997
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
Description
Mouse empowers students and educators to engage with computer science and creative technology to solve real problems and make meaningful change in our world.
Total revenues
$2,315,623
2022
Total expenses
$1,935,604
2022
Total assets
$2,014,662
2022
Num. employees
25
2022

Program areas at Mouse

Design LeagueMouse expanded our Design League partnership with the NYC Department of EducationsDivision of Instructional and Information Technology. Mouse reached 3816 students (up from 912 students) through 124 teachers (up from 45 teachers) at 42 schools (up from 17 schools). Mouse provided professional development, curriculum, a learning platform, coaching, and industry mentors to support each teacher. Schools ended the year with a school-wide project fair where industry judges selected three winning student apps to compete at the city-wide Emoti-Con competition.Emoti-ConFrom 5/23-6/3/22, Mouse held our 14th annual, and third r virtual, Emoti-Con NYC Digital Media and Technology Challenge. Mouse increased Emoti-Con participation by 63%, with 736 student presenters sharing 194 projects. Six winning student project teams and 30 finalists were awarded from across New York City public schools and partner non-profit organizations.Mouse CreateMouse Create (create.mouse.org) is our unique learning management system, with over 200 activities. This year, Mouse overhauled our Design with Purpose course by adding new content and activities. The Design with Purpose course is our (the marquee course on the platform). Specifically, Mouse integrated in lessons about the industry design platform, Figma, as well as lessons focused on user experience (UX) and user interface (UI). Overall, built out more features on the site, fixed glitches, and responded to user feedback.Professional DevelopmentIn FY22, Mouse led 156 educator learning events, reaching 3,432 teachers nationally.In the previous year, to assist the NYC Department of Educations response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mouse began offering free Google Suite and Google Classroom professional development training over Zoom. Mouse continued this partnership in FY22, offering monthly sessions to inform teachers about the basics of the Google Suite for Education tools as well as innovative ways that those tools could be implemented within their classrooms. Mouse hosted ten of these trainings, reaching 224 teachers. Mouse also continued our partnership with the Department of Educations CS4All courses initiative, leading trainings on the Exploring ComputerScience curriculum for eighteen teachers over the course of twelve sessions. We continued the first grant-year of the Smart Start teacher professional development program during FY22 with 74 trainings reaching 261 teachers. These teachers received extensive training and guidance. Over this five year grant, Mouse will lead trainings with over 1000 teachers across eighteen or more NY State school districts to implement and integrate NY State Computer Science and Digital Fluency standards with their students.Mouse continued our ongoing work to expand teachers competency in computer science via trainings in curriculum such as: Google CS First, Code.org, Scratch, and Physical Computing with Makey Makey.

Who funds Mouse

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Altman FoundationTo Help Support In-School and After-School Programming in New York City, Including Stem Design League and Mouse Create$75,000
Code OrgGrantee To Provide Professional Development and Community Building for K-12 Teachers Using the Code.orcodeorgrg Curriculum and Professional Development Model. Funding 2021-2022 Code.orcodeorgrg Computer Science Discoveries (CSD), Computer Science Principles (CSP) and Admin/counselor Workshops.$52,500
The Blackbaud Giving FundGeneral Support$50,050
...and 5 more grants received

Personnel at Mouse

NameTitleCompensation
Larry LiebermanChief Executive Officer$190,061
Chelsea FormicaChief of Staff
Renae WilliamsChief Program Officer
Julia Barraford-TemelSenior Director of Program Management
Nilanjan BhattacharyaDevelopment Manager
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for Mouse

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,072,295
Program services$1,236,155
Investment income and dividends$7,099
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$74
Total revenues$2,315,623

Form 990s for Mouse

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2021-062022-05-01990View PDF
2020-062021-04-15990View PDF
2019-062020-08-26990View PDF
2018-062019-12-23990View PDF
2017-062018-06-14990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 7, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $52,500 from Code Org
September 28, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
September 28, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
July 21, 2022
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $53,000 from Code Org
September 24, 2021
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $75,000 from Altman Foundation
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
25 Broadway c/o Tfa 12th FL
New York, NY 10004
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
mouse.org/ 
Phone
(646) 574-6446
IRS details
EIN
13-3973196
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1997
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B03: Education Professional Societies and Associations
NAICS code, primary
6116: Other Schools and Instruction
Parent/child status
Independent
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