Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$16,504,703

Total expenses

$13,687,140

Contributions and grants received

$15,676,576

Grants paid

$3,940,738

Program service revenue

$489,980

Investment income

$189,893

Other revenue

$148,254

Total assets, end of year

$14,543,906

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,081,478

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,462,428

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$12,649,213

Management and general expenses

$176,354

Fundraising expenses

$861,573

Program service expenses (Part III)

$12,649,213

Program services were 92.4% 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 · 2025

• THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND CULTURE PROMOTES RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND DISCUSSION RELATING TO THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN. THE CENTER'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE SPONSORSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND WRITING; THE PRODUCTION OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, REPORTS, AND CURRICULA; THE ORGANIZING OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES; AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES, PODCASTS, AND VIDEOS.

  Expenses $10,501,059 · Grants $3,612,702 · Revenue $2,723,723

• THE CENTER ON WEALTH AND POVERTY CONNECTS THE PRACTICAL TRUTHS OF ECONOMICS WITH THE PERENNIAL TRUTHS OF ETHICS. THE PROGRAM - HOME TO LEADING SCHOLARS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS - IS BUILDING SUSTAINED AND ACCESSIBLE DEFENSE OF FREE ENTERPRISE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND STEWARDSHIP IN THE MORAL CATEGORIES CONSONANT WITH MOST AMERICANS.

  Expenses $932,528 · Grants $211,913 · Revenue $2,761

• THE AI PROGRAM (WALTER BRADLEY CENTER FOR NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT DISCOVERY INSTITUTE) EXPLORES THE BENEFITS AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES RAISED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN LIGHT OF THE ENDURING TRUTH OF HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM. PEOPLE KNOW AT A FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL THAT THEY ARE NOT MACHINES. BUT FAULTY THINKING CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO ASSENT TO VIEWS THAT IN THEIR HEART OF HEARTS THEY KNOW TO BE UNTRUE. THE BRADLEY CENTER SEEKS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS - AND OUR SOCIETY AT LARGE - TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT MACHINES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPING TO PUT MACHINES (ESPECIALLY COMPUTERS AND AI) IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

  Expenses $680,957 · Grants $21,000 · Revenue $199,975

• OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: THE CHAPMAN CENTER FOR CITIZEN LEADERSHIP IS A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN PUBLIC AND/OR COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE CENTER ENABLES YOUNG LEADERS TO CONSIDER THE FOUNDATIONAL IDEAS OF LEADERSHIP IN A FREE SOCIETY BY CONNECTING THEM WITH MENTORS AND FELLOW YOUNG LEADERS THROUGH SEMINARS, LECTURES, AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. THE TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY PROJECT EXAMINES HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE TRANSFORMING BUSINESS, EDUCATION, DEFENSE, AND GOVERNMENT AND PROPOSES HOW SOCIETY CAN GET THE MOST BENEFIT (AND LEAST HARM) FROM THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THE CASCADIA CENTER PROGRAM PROMOTES REGIONAL COOPERATION AS THE KEY TO ENSURING MOBILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE CENTER ON HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM EXAMINES A CONSTELLATION OF ISSUES SUCH AS ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA, EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH, HUMAN GENETIC MANIPULATION, HUMAN CLONING, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES. THE RELIGION, LIBERTY, AND CIVIC LIFE PROGRAM EXAMINES THE PROPER ROLE OF RELIGION IN A FREE SOCIETY. THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING EDUCATION WORKS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND PARENTS TO PROMOTE SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO OUR NATION'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PARENTAL CHOICE, IMPROVED TEACHER QUALITY, AND BETTER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES.

  Expenses $534,669 · Grants $95,123 · Revenue $14,871

As filed on the 2025 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

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $160,000

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• EDUCATION ACCESS LLC

  $93,750

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• STONY BROOK FOUNDATION

  $93,000

  RESEARCH

• HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

  $87,100

  SCIENTIFICRESEARCH

• MORIO LABS

  $50,800

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• TELLUS1 SCIENTIFIC LLC

  $30,000

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER

  $20,000

  RESEARCH

• BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

  $17,000

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

  $15,000

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

  $11,000

  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

• DISCOVERY HOUSE

  501C3 · EDUCATION · UK · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

4 September 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202622479349301462

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