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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,144,810
Total expenses
$5,870,873
Contributions and grants received
$4,015,297
Grants paid
$194,600
Program service revenue
$4,914,546
Investment income
-$738,624
Other revenue
-$46,409
Total assets, end of year
$54,319,780
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,223,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$46,096,338
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,416,882
Management and general expenses
$329,796
Fundraising expenses
$2,124,195
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,416,882

Program services were 58.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,076,348

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $46,091

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $16,097

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,876,761

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $172,188

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL

    total $4,914,546 · related or exempt $4,914,546

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $446,683 · excluded $446,683

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $144,015

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $180,551

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$36,536

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$36,536 · excluded -$36,536

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $840,376 · other assets $49,849

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $724,281 · other assets $1,351,251

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $116,095 · other assets -$1,301,402

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,185,307 · excluded -$1,185,307

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,255

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $46,091

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,128

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,873 · excluded -$9,873

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $194,600 · program services $194,600

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,431,351 · program services $786,884 · management and general $195,274 · fundraising $449,193

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $115,127 · management and general $115,127

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $18,601 · management and general $18,601

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $790 · management and general $790

  • 20 · Interest

    total $263,745 · program services $263,745

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,987,751 · program services $1,987,751

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP/FUNDRAISING

    total $1,675,002 · fundraising $1,675,002

  • 24b · Other expenses: GALLERY OPS AND SUPPORT

    total $105,597 · program services $105,597

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $62,923 · program services $62,923

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EDU PROGRAMS

    total $15,382 · program services $15,382

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4 · management and general $4

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,806,787 · end of year $16,790,658

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $725,921 · end of year $207,367

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $117,841 · end of year $62,343

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $86,397,953

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $55,133,557

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,190,757 · end of year $31,264,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,981,197 · end of year $2,347,178

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,002,664 · end of year $2,240,737

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,690,567 · end of year $1,407,101

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $202,033 · end of year $908,487

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $707,444 · end of year $398,701

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $6,905,000 · end of year $6,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,189,410 · end of year $916,254

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,549,183 · end of year $41,855,601

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,002,664 · end of year $4,240,737

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT THE ST. LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER AND ITS COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO INCREASE INTEREST, UNDERSTANDING AND ENTHUSIASM FOR STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS).

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IGNITE AND SUSTAIN LIFELONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEARNING.

  • THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION PROVIDES FACILITIES AND DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER. EACH YEAR, THE FOUNDATION SECURES CONTRIBUTED REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE SCIENCE CENTER'S MISSION TO INSPIRE EVERYONE TO BE CURIOUS AND ENGAGED IN SCIENCE. WELCOMING MORE THAN 630,000 GUESTS ANNUALLY, THE SCIENCE CENTER OFFERS DYNAMIC, ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMMING FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, TEEN INITIATIVES LIKE YOUTH EXPLORING SCIENCE, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS SUCH AS STL FOR ALL. SIGNATURE PROGRAMS LIKE SCIFEST, ESPORTS ENRICHMENT, AND SUMMERTIME SCIENCE CAMPS FOSTER HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OANCHORED BY DESTINATIONS LIKE THE JAMES S. MCDONNELL PLANETARIUM AND THE OMNIMAX THEATER, THE SCIENCE CENTER SERVES AS A VITAL REGIONAL HUB FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $3,416,882 · Grants $194,600 · Revenue $4,914,546

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Todd Bastean

    PRESIDENT / CEO

    Total calculated
    $476,410
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $440,277
    Other
    $36,133
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $430,677 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $9,600 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,384 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,749 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $476,410 related

  • Mark Wrighton

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Mike Baughman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Joshua Randall

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Mary Beth Kastner

    CFO & ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $260,981
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $217,192
    Other
    $43,789
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $217,192 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,341 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $260,981 related

  • Bobby Sanderson

    CHIEF INST. ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $253,619
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $228,793
    Other
    $24,826
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $228,793 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,672 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,154 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $253,619 related

  • Mark Johnson

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $166,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $146,850
    Other
    $19,150
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $146,850 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,568 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,582 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $166,000 related

  • Rebecca Thompson

    CHIEF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $157,206
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $150,211
    Other
    $6,995
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $150,211 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,077 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $4,918 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $157,206 related

  • Jackie Mollet

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GUEST SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $159,577
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,027
    Other
    $21,550
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,027 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,226 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,324 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $159,577 related

  • Deborah Washington

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF STAFF RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $160,492
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,567
    Other
    $21,925
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,567 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,493 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,432 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,492 related

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

  • SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER

    $194,600

    TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF SCIENCE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ST LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER

    SCIENCE MUSEUM · MO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542899349301854

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