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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,253,978
Total expenses
$7,329,292
Contributions and grants received
$3,641,334
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,552,129
Investment income
$143,257
Other revenue
$1,917,258
Total assets, end of year
$8,415,356
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,599,739
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,815,617
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,876,484
Management and general expenses
$942,776
Fundraising expenses
$510,032
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,876,484

Program services were 80.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $269,440

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $792,970

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,578,924

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS & PROGRAMS

    total $1,336,550 · related or exempt $1,336,550

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $215,579 · related or exempt $215,579

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $143,257 · excluded $143,257

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,153,402

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,153,402

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,153,402 · excluded $1,153,402

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,050,000

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

    securities $1,050,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $269,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $57,807

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$57,807 · excluded -$57,807

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $308,780

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $167,605

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $141,175 · related or exempt $95,934 · excluded $45,241

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS/PROPERTY TAX REFUND

    total $680,488 · related or exempt $680,488

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $680,488

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $409,897 · program services $334,196 · management and general $57,525 · fundraising $18,176

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,155,910 · program services $2,573,061 · management and general $442,904 · fundraising $139,945

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $343,111 · program services $272,118 · management and general $59,177 · fundraising $11,816

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $271,073 · program services $227,239 · management and general $27,620 · fundraising $16,214

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,275 · management and general $45,275

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $42,000 · fundraising $42,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,231 · management and general $16,231

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $560,835 · program services $285,124 · management and general $40,566 · fundraising $235,145

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $78,840 · program services $68,505 · management and general $45 · fundraising $10,290

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $194,842 · program services $188,557 · management and general $5,039 · fundraising $1,246

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $305,317 · program services $290,103 · management and general $12,228 · fundraising $2,986

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $706,074 · program services $673,995 · management and general $25,663 · fundraising $6,416

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,781 · program services $55,572 · management and general $3,803 · fundraising $2,406

  • 20 · Interest

    total $138,283 · program services $131,369 · management and general $5,531 · fundraising $1,383

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $239,934 · program services $227,937 · management and general $9,597 · fundraising $2,400

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $153,042 · program services $184 · management and general $152,857 · fundraising $1

  • 24a · Other expenses: MATERIALS & OPERATING S

    total $339,409 · program services $332,622 · management and general $6,787

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $171,041 · program services $158,783 · management and general $6,717 · fundraising $5,541

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBCRIPTIONS

    total $47,547 · program services $27,086 · management and general $12,909 · fundraising $7,552

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES

    total $24,489 · program services $15,076 · management and general $9,351 · fundraising $62

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,361 · program services $14,957 · management and general $2,951 · fundraising $6,453

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $564,910 · end of year $484,536

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,588 · end of year $95

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $253,822 · end of year $212,429

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $17,771 · end of year $18,934

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,053 · end of year $53,966

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

    $7,749,188

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

    $5,181,877

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,807,245 · end of year $2,567,311

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,365,169 · end of year $3,350,746

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,727,339 · end of year $1,727,339

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $487,520 · end of year $553,801

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $462,997 · end of year $311,732

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,000,000 · end of year $1,734,206

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,289,231 · end of year $4,662,712

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,593,149 · end of year $1,152,905

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION IS TO OPERATE THE CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER, TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP, CULTIVATE, AND ADVOCATE GREATER PUBLIC INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ABOUT OUR PLANET EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE. SERVING THE HIGHLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF OAKLAND AND THE GREATER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CHABOT AIMS TO MAKE SCIENCE AND SPACE ACCESSIBLE AND ENGAGING TO A MULTITUDE OF AUDIENCES THROUGH EXHIBITS, EDUCATION, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

  • PROVIDED FUNDS AND SUPPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PURSUIT AND PRACTICE OF QUALITY SCIENCE EDUCATION THROUGH EXHIBITS, PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH. NEW EXHIBITS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ARE REGULARLY BEING DEVELOPED, RENEWED AND REFRESHED.

    Expenses $5,876,484 · Revenue $2,328,551

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Tobin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,776
    From this org
    $240,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,776
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $240,776

  • Liz Austerman

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,598
    From this org
    $172,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,951
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,647
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,951
    Filer's total
    $181,598

  • Gail Bergunde

    FORMER CFO

    Total calculated
    $133,348
    From this org
    $133,348
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,348
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $133,348

  • Jessica Yarris

    DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $132,784
    From this org
    $121,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,081
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracy Corado

    DIRECTOR OF EXHIBITS & DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $128,160
    From this org
    $123,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,644
    Hours/week
    40

  • Darlene Lee

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $115,734
    From this org
    $115,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brian Linke

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $132,895
    From this org
    $115,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,784
    Hours/week
    40

  • Zachariah Gibson

    SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $111,157
    From this org
    $106,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,214
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sheryl Gorchow Stuart

    CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bob Spencer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Spees

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Raj Bhatia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Aisha Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Bruner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan M Chabala PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vanita Chhabra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Moyra Contreras

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Connors

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christine Cowsert Chapman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Glen Dahlbacka PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alex Filippenko PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Levi PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Liebeler Michael

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nema Link

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Macher Scd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Marletta PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gerald McKeegan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr James Mittelberger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Annie Mudge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fred Patton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Rudney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ellen Tong

    BOARD MEMBER THRU 6/30/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leonard Tramiel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dan Vanderzanden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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
2024
Filed
7 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202622239349300037

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