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Pretty Brainy Inc

EIN 80-0958846 · Loveland, CO

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood74 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

WE EMPOWER GIRLS TO DEVELOP THEIR STEAM ABILITIES AS A FORCE FOR INNOVATION AND GROWTH.PRETTY BRAINY IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATES EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE OF PRETTY BRAINY IS TO EMPOWER GIRLS TO DEVELOP THEIR STEAM ABILITIES AND GENIUS AS A FORCE FOR INNOVATION AND GROWTH, POSITIVELY IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WORLD. (STEAM IS AN ACRONYM FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART + DESIGN, AND MATH.) WE CREATE AND DELIVER LEARNING EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH GIRLS AGES 10 TO 18 USE STEAM TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE COMMUNITY WHILE GAINING MENTORING, LEARNING WITH SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS, AND ACHIEVING REAL-WORLD OUTCOMES FROM PROJECTS THEY DEVISE AND LEAD.

Income
$79,748
Spending
$84,776
Reserves
11.8 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 100%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 74 out of 100. Higher than 51% of charities in its peer group (youth development, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 11.8 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    4 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 6% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $32,188 spent. ESSENTIALS SELF-DEFENSE FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN IN STEM. SERVICE: INTRODUCED FULL-FORCE SELF-DEFENSE TO INCREASE FEMALES' SAFETY IN THE PLACES THEY WORK AND STUDY. THIRTY PARTICIPANTS, AGES 16 TO 62, LEARNED TO FIGHT REAL ASSAILANTS, SET AND DEFEND BOUNDARIES, THWART THE TACTICS OF ASSAILANTS, AND MORE.THE INCREASE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN STEM STUDIES AND CAREERS HAS COME WITH INCREASED VERBAL AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST THE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE LAB, FIELD, CLASSROOM, ACROSS CAMPUSES AND IN THE WORKPLACE. IN RESPONSE, PRETTY BRAINY INTRODUCED FULL-FORCE SELF-DEFENSE TO NORTHERN COLORADO. PARTICIPANTS, WHO RANGED IN AGE FROM 16 TO 62, LEARNED TO FIGHT A REAL ASSAILANT, DE-ESCALATE CONFLICT, SET AND DEFEND BOUNDARIES, DISRUPT AND STOP BULLYING, IDENTIFY AND THWART THE PLOYS AND TACTICS OF ASSAILANTS, AND MORE. THIRTY WOMEN AND GIRLS PARTICIPATED, WITH PRETTY BRAINY HAVING AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF STUDENTS. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: AS A RESULT OF THE TRAINING, GRADUATES ALSO REPORTED HAVING GAINED GREATER SELF-ESTEEM AND RESOLVING TRAUMA FROM PAST ASSAULT.
  2. $22,742 spent. GIRLS IN DIGITAL LITERACY & WELL-BEING. SERVICE: ENGAGED 60 TEENS IN GRADES 9-12 IN DIGITAL LITERACY AND WELL-BEING.WITH A FOCUS ON GIRLS WHO ARE UNDERSERVED IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, THE PROGRAM ENGAGED TEENS IN DIGITAL LITERACY AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DIGITAL WELL-BEING. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE HP FOUNDATION, PRETTY BRAINY STRUCTURED THE PROGRAM TO SERVE UP TO 150 TEENS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12, AS FOLLOWS: TEENS GAINED INSIGHT IN HOW TO SAFELY NAVIGATE DIGITAL SPACES AT AN AGE WHEN THEIR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIZES RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN AS A FORM OF SURVIVAL. TEENS LEARNED AND PRACTICED HOW TO IDENTIFY COMMON DIGITAL THINKING TRAPS, OR COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. THROUGH SMALL GROUP, EVIDENCE-BASED ACTIVITIES LED BY VOLUNTEERS FROM HP AND THE WOMEN IN SCIENCE NETWORK, PARTICIPANTS LEARNED TO IDENTIFY NEGATIVE, AUTOMATIC COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS AND TO ASSESS THEIR LANGUAGE AND SELF-TALK WHEN USING THE DIGITAL MEDIA THEY CONSUME.
  3. $15,057 spent. STEMFINITY, SIXTH-GRADE GIRLS EXPLORING STEM. SERVICE: COLLABORATED IN ENGAGING 300 GIRLS AGES 11 AND 12 IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE, CHIEFLY THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRICITY AT ITS JUNCTION WITH CREATIVITY.PRETTY BRAINY COLLABORATED IN ENGAGING 300 GIRLS IN GRADE 6 IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE LEARNING. THE GOAL: ENGAGE GIRLS IN REAL SCIENCE AT AN AGE WHEN GIRLS' VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE LEARNING BEGINS TO DIMINISH. NUMBER OF GIRLS PRETTY BRAINY DIRECTLY SERVED: 210. SCIENCE LEARNING THROUGH WHICH WE SERVED STUDENTS: THE SCIENCE OF ELECTRICITY, SPECIFICALLY BUILDING CIRCUITS INTO SCIENCE NOTEBOOKS, WHICH STUDENTS KEPT AFTER THE WORKSHOP. NINE SCIENTISTS JOINED OUR CORE TEAM TO MENTOR THE GIRLS AND HELP INCREASE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON WHO REAL SCIENTISTS ARE AND WHAT THEY DO. THE OVERALL VISION OF THE PROGRAM: EMPOWER GIRLS TO SEE THEMSELVES AS SCIENTISTS AND EXPAND THEIR VISION OF THE STUDIES AND CAREERS THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE.
  4. $9,814 spent. SUMMER IMPACT REPORT.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 2014.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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