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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by OMAHA DISCOVERY TR.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,102,612
Total expenses
$9,952,363
Contributions and grants received
$2,926,510
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,982,725
Investment income
$528,902
Other revenue
$664,475
Total assets, end of year
$87,146,665
Total liabilities, end of year
$716,843
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$86,429,822
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,613,151
Management and general expenses
$1,065,432
Fundraising expenses
$1,273,780
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,613,151

Program services were 76.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,926,510

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION TICKETS

    total $1,327,126 · related or exempt $1,327,126

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP

    total $655,599 · related or exempt $655,599

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $503,977 · excluded $503,977

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $197,371

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $197,371

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $197,371 · related or exempt $197,371

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,390,877 · other assets $41,500

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

    securities $1,321,939 · other assets $85,513

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $68,938 · other assets -$44,013

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $24,925 · excluded $24,925

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $211,182

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $145,022

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $66,160 · excluded $66,160

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $400,944 · excluded $400,944

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $400,944

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $412,667 · program services $103,167 · management and general $103,167 · fundraising $206,333

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,040,136 · program services $2,976,990 · management and general $315,452 · fundraising $747,694

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,274 · management and general $37,274

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,691 · management and general $33,691

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $126,122 · program services $37,111 · management and general $51,900 · fundraising $37,111

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $372,589 · program services $298,071 · fundraising $74,518

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $294,054 · program services $138,890 · management and general $23,975 · fundraising $131,189

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $831,360 · program services $747,555 · management and general $83,805

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,591 · program services $8,465 · management and general $126

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,842 · program services $6,467 · fundraising $4,375

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,019,174 · program services $2,714,827 · management and general $304,347

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $105,532 · program services $94,894 · management and general $10,638

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXHIBITS

    total $442,255 · program services $442,255

  • 24b · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE EXPENSES

    total $139,918 · program services $37,954 · management and general $42,895 · fundraising $59,069

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $58,162 · management and general $58,162

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $19,996 · program services $6,505 · fundraising $13,491

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,929,036 · end of year $2,685,091

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,401,862 · end of year $1,106,669

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,379,542 · end of year $782,341

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $27,258 · end of year $64,353

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $98,404 · end of year $63,288

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $242,667 · end of year $241,343

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

    $73,659,197

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

    $8,256,772

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $67,708,160 · end of year $65,402,425

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,052,862 · end of year $16,801,155

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $85,513 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $620,657 · end of year $394,278

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $348,751 · end of year $322,565

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $82,005,496 · end of year $82,302,844

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,950,400 · end of year $4,126,978

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LUMINARIUM OPENED IN APRIL 2023 WITH MORE THAN 125 INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ENGAGING PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON SCIENCE, ART, AND HUMAN PERCEPTION. THE LUMINARIUM IS AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY SPACE AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS PART WORKSHOP, PART MUSEUM WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, IDENTITIES, AND BACKGROUNDS CAN EXPLORE.

  • THE LUMINARIUM OPENED IN APRIL 2023 WITH MORE THAN 125 INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ENGAGING PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON SCIENCE, ART, AND HUMAN PERCEPTION. THE LUMINARIUM IS AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY SPACE AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS PART WORKSHOP, PART MUSEUM WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, IDENTITIES, AND BACKGROUNDS CAN EXPLORE.

    Expenses $7,538,151 · Revenue $2,180,096

  • KIEWIT LUMINARIUM'S MUSEUM PROGRAMS ALLOW FOR GUESTS TO ENGAGE IN SCIENCE FROM DIFFERENT FORMS. DURING SUMMER 2025, WILD CREATIVITY WAS A TRAVELING EXHIBITION FOCUSING ON BIOMIMICRY, WHAT WE LEARN AND APPLY FROM THE WORLD AROUND US. OUTSIDE OF THE TRAVELING EXHIBIT, THE TEAM BUILT ENGINEERED EXHIBITS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE HUMAN CIRCUIT, BEAM BENDER, THEREMIN, AND THE MOUSE TRAP.

    Expenses $75,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anne M Hubbard

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL SEP 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Linda Brandl

    INTERIM ED (THRU 2/18/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sarah Yale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Trent Demulling

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jannette Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lance C Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Constance Ryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Halley Kruse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandon Hamm

    DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lance Fritz

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL DEC 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bruce Grewcock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mathew Sinclair

    CEO (SINCE 2/18/2025)

    Total calculated
    $412,666
    From this org
    $403,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $403,666
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $412,666

  • Laura Lenaghan

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & ANALYTICS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $123,994
    From this org
    $110,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,210
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sirisha Sualy

    VP OF PARTNERSHIPS (THRU 5/27/25)

    Total calculated
    $122,779
    From this org
    $112,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,452
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christopher Stratman

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & VISITOR SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $123,920
    From this org
    $117,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,962
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND ALSO REVIEWS COMPENSATION WITH AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT. COMPENSATION IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611549349300736

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