FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION
From this organization's IRS returns — and their limits
Figures are by tax year (the organization's fiscal year), filed 1–2 years after the fact; 2019 onward, e-filed returns only. Donors are not public: the IRS redacts them, and since 2020 social-welfare groups, unions and trade associations do not even give their names to the IRS. What you can see is who this organization paid or granted to, and — when the funder was itself a foundation or nonprofit that reported the grant — who funded it. Grants under $5,000 are not itemized on a 990. Officer pay below is pay from this organization only. All of its returns: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer ↗
Finances by tax year
| Tax year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Grants paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 990PF | $7,795,292 | $4,632,914 | $89,999,845 | $3,645,400 |
| 2023 | 990PF | $3,875,605 | $4,742,571 | $85,297,643 | $3,755,000 |
| 2020 | 990PF | $3,349,872 | $4,061,178 | $89,863,486 | $3,367,700 |
| 2019 amended | 990PF | $3,273,046 | $4,302,060 | $81,633,353 | $3,796,600 |
Officers, directors and key employees
Tax year 2024. Pay is reportable compensation from this organization; pay from related organizations is shown separately and is reported again on their own returns. Click a name to search campaign filings for people with that name — a lead to check, since returns give no address.
| Name | Title | Pay from this org | From related orgs | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELANIE BROIDA WERL | PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR | — | — | — |
| MIRIAM G WILHELM | DIRECTOR | — | — | — |
| SCOTT MORTENSEN | DIRECTOR & ADMIN OFFICER | — | — | — |
By transaction type
Kept apart deliberately. An independent expenditure is a payment to a vendor about a candidate; a loan is not a gift; a repayment is not spending.
| Type | Direction | Transactions | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| foundation grant | paid | 5 | $240,000.00 |
Paid out to
Expenditures and independent expenditures, largest first.
Activity over time
By filing year. Gaps are gaps in the filed record, not proof of inactivity.
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Transactions
Showing 1–5 of 5, most recent first. Every row carries the statement and row id it came from.
| Date | From | To | Type | Amount | Purpose / target | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION | MI WORK MATTERS | foundation grant | $70,000.00 | TRAINING/EMPLOYMENT EXPANSION PROGRAM · recipient EIN matched by name… | IRS return 202503049349101110 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION | MI WORK MATTERS | foundation grant | $50,000.00 | AMBASSADOR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202423179349101742 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION | LIFELABKIDS FOUNDATION | foundation grant | $70,000.00 | PREVOCATIONAL PROGRAM · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202423179349101742 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION | SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC | foundation grant | $10,000.00 | COVID RELIEF · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202143199349107584 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2019 | FIREFLY SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION | SPHINX ORGANIZATION INC | foundation grant | $40,000.00 | PROGRAM SUPPORT · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202143169349102034 · tax year 2019 returns ↗ |