Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,848,902
- Total expenses
- $2,571,715
- Contributions and grants received
- $770,645
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $685,425
- Investment income
- $68,339
- Other revenue
- $324,493
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,616,644
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,125,683
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,490,961
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,889,960
- Management and general expenses
- $304,535
- Fundraising expenses
- $377,220
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,889,960
Program services were 73.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$67,245
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1c · Fundraising events
$80,446
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$283,508
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$339,446
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $271,243 · related or exempt $271,243
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2b · Program service revenue: Education Programs
total $414,182 · related or exempt $414,182
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3 · Investment income
total $30,798 · excluded $30,798
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6a · Gross rents
real property $322,411
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $322,411
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $322,411 · related or exempt $322,411
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $209,819
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $172,278
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $37,541
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $37,541 · related or exempt $37,541
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$21,400
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$80,446
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$44,010
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$22,610
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$35,148
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$18,172
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $16,976 · excluded $16,976
-
11a · Other revenue: miscellaneous
total $7,716 · related or exempt $7,716
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$7,716
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $120,000 · management and general $36,000 · fundraising $84,000
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,076,998 · program services $798,065 · management and general $76,954 · fundraising $201,979
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $28,735 · program services $14,216 · management and general $8,063 · fundraising $6,456
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $43,628 · program services $30,305 · management and general $1,679 · fundraising $11,644
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $96,959 · program services $67,228 · management and general $6,496 · fundraising $23,235
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,500 · management and general $14,500
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $24,000 · management and general $24,000
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $9,625 · fundraising $9,625
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $13,577 · management and general $13,577
-
11g · Fees: other
total $69,210 · program services $22,894 · management and general $42,589 · fundraising $3,727
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $33,582 · program services $17 · management and general $4,505 · fundraising $29,060
-
13 · Office expenses
total $60,217 · program services $15,762 · management and general $39,675 · fundraising $4,780
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $234,337 · program services $229,508 · management and general $3,951 · fundraising $878
-
17 · Travel
total $18,053 · program services $13,963 · management and general $3,904 · fundraising $186
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $7,543 · management and general $7,543
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $390,010 · program services $384,315 · management and general $4,635 · fundraising $1,060
-
23 · Insurance
total $88,916 · program services $80,403 · management and general $8,159 · fundraising $354
-
24a · Other expenses: Exhibits and Programs
total $218,133 · program services $217,875 · management and general $22 · fundraising $236
-
24b · Other expenses: Service Fees
total $23,692 · program services $15,409 · management and general $8,283
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $452,421 · end of year $269,136
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $218,638 · end of year $42,434
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $57,583 · end of year $39,057
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $10,869 · end of year $11,731
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $107,638 · end of year $122,663
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$10,948,844
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,161,309
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,071,413 · end of year $3,787,535
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,263,600 · end of year $1,344,088
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $15,622 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $125,647 · end of year $130,629
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $200,619 · end of year $263,054
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $744,000 · end of year $732,000
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,489,931 · end of year $2,906,046
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,637,587 · end of year $1,584,915
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Discovery Museum strives to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning.The Museums core audience is young learners ages 5-14 who connect to us with their teachers and classmates during the school day or by themselves or with their families, mentors, or social groups after school, on weekends, during school vacations or in the summer. We provide a hardy portfolio of STEM learning experiences including; unmediated gallery-based exploration of STEM focused temporary and permanent exhibits; over 80 unique onsite and offsite mediated demonstrations and learning labs; a Challenger Learning Center space exploration simulation; Planetarium shows; unique grant-funded school-museum science learning partnerships; and an engaging 7-week summer STEM learning program.
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EDUCATIONAL AND GUEST SERVICES PROGRAMS: DEVELOP AND DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY INFORMAL SCIENCE PROGRAMMING SUPPORTING CURRENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS. SUPPORT CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR SCIENCE LEARNING GOALS THROUGH IN-HOUSE, OUTREACH, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING. ACT AS A RESOURCE TO ENHANCE SCIENCE LITERACY AMONG OUR VISITORS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
Expenses $1,889,960 · Revenue $685,425
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Erika Eng
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $125,444
- From this org
- $120,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,444
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Vance Hanckck Esq
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael P Alfano
Co-Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Servino
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ani Chaghatzbanian
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melinda Formica
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter Ward
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Todd Michalka
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert Panza
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David Zieff CPA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jaime Moss
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Jani Pallis PhD
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533299349300713
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