Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,238,513

Total expenses

$4,338,525

Contributions and grants received

$2,029,467

Grants paid

$34,411

Program service revenue

$16,426

Investment income

$175,977

Other revenue

$16,643

Total assets, end of year

$4,215,342

Total liabilities, end of year

$357,275

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,858,067

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,101,530

Management and general expenses

$231,757

Fundraising expenses

$5,238

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,101,530

Program services were 94.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• IBIOLOGY: SHORT FILMS AND COURSES FOR LIFE SCIENCES IBIOLOGY USES FILM TO TELL THE STORIES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION. IBIOLOGY ALSO MAKES VIDEO COURSES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS. IBIOLOGY WORKS WITH EDUCATORS TO DEVELOP VIDEOS WELL SUITED FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AND EXPERIMENTS WITH CONTENT, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION INTO USING FILM TO ENGAGE STUDENTS WITH SCIENCE IS CENTRAL TO IBIOLOGY'S MISSION. THE VIDEOS INCLUDE A DIVERSITY OF VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES, SHOWING STUDENTS THAT SCIENTISTS APPROACH THEIR WORK FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $1,329,325 · Grants $34,411 · Revenue $16,426

• THE WONDER COLLABORATIVE: FEATURE-LENGTH AND SHORT FILMS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE WONDER COLLABORATIVE IS A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP THAT BRINGS INNOVATIVE STORYTELLERS AND THE GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF EXPERIMENTATION AND COLLABORATION TO REVOLUTIONIZE SCIENCE FILMMAKING WITH THE WONDER, AWE, AND DIVERSITY OF DISCOVERY. THE WONDER COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATES WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF SCIENTISTS AT ALL STAGES OF THE STORYTELLING PROCESS, AND EXPERIMENTS IN STYLE, STRUCTURE, AND CONTENT. THE WONDER COLLABORATIVE'S EFFORTS RANGE FROM SHORT DIGITAL VIDEOS TO FEATURE FILMS AND SERIES. THE STORIES ARE PRODUCED WITH A BROAD, GLOBAL, GENERAL (SCIENCE-CURIOUS) AUDIENCE IN MIND. THE WONDER COLLABORATIVE ALSO AIMS TO CREATE NOVEL PARTNERSHIPS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS THROUGH COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS AND ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC.

  Expenses $1,996,978

• EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO BIOLOGY (XBIO): EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THE MISSION OF XBIO IS TO CREATE A FREE LEARNING RESOURCE THAT EMPHASIZES THE WONDERS OF LIFE AND THE PROBLEM-SOLVING NATURE OF SCIENCE. MANY STUDENTS APPROACH BIOLOGY WITH INITIAL EXCITEMENT BUT LEAVE THEIR COURSE DISCOURAGED AFTER MEMORIZING A SEA OF FACTS. THE WONDER OF SCIENCE AND THE THRILL OF DISCOVERY ARE NOT BEING COMMUNICATED. XBIO'S AUDACIOUS GOAL IS TO OFFER STUDENTS A MORE EXCITING AND ACCURATE WINDOW INTO THE LIFE SCIENCES. IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO OFFER STUDENTS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR FREE, RECOGNIZING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN IMPOSED BY TEXTBOOK COSTS. AS OF JUILY 1, 2023, XBIO WILL BECOME AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

  Expenses $403,999

• ENHANCING BIOMEDICAL TRAINING AND DIVERSITY THROUGH A HISPANIC SCIENCE NETWORK THE SCL IS PRODUCING FREE ONLINE COURSES FOR THE YALE CIENCIA ACADEMY (YCA) FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES DOCTORAL STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTORING, NETWORKING, AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND FOR MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH SCIENCE OUTREACH. THE SCL IS PIONEERING NEW APPROACHES TO SCIENCE FILMMAKING, SCIENCE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH, AND DISTRIBUTION, WHILE MAKING ENGAGING CONTENT FOR THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES. SPECIAL INITIATIVES IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SPECIAL INITIATIVES INCLUDE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION EFFORTS THAT DO NOT FALL UNDER IBIOLOGY, WONDER COLLABORATIVE, OR XBIO. THE SCL'S CURRENT SPECIAL INITIATIVE IS FOCUSED ON HOW THE PUBLIC ENGAGES WITH SCIENCE THROUGH DATA VISUALIZATIONS. VISUALIZATIONS ARE REPRESENTATIONS OF DATA SUCH AS ANIMATIONS, SIMULATIONS, GRAPHS, OR OTHER VISUAL FORMS. THEY ENABLE THE HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM TO MAKE DISCOVERIES, LOOK FOR PATTERNS, AND SEE PHENOMENA THAT CANNOT BE SEEN IN NUMERICAL DATASETS. VISUALIZATIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CRITICAL MEANS OF BOTH DOING AND COMMUNICATING SCIENCE, BUT HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS HAVE RAPIDLY ADVANCED. THIS INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PUBLIC INTERPRETS AND ENGAGES WITH SCIENTIFIC DATA IN INFORMAL LEARNING SETTINGS SUCH AS FILMS, MUSEUMS, AND BEYOND. FIELD WIDE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES WILL BE SYNTHESIZED, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVENINGS WILL BE HELD, AND PROJECTS REFLECTING BEST PRACTICES WILL BE CREATED.

  Expenses $371,228

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

  $34,411

  CURRICULUM EXPERTISE

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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