Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by DISCOVERY CENTER OF THE SOUTHERN TIER.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,873,025
- Total expenses
- $1,477,329
- Contributions and grants received
- $759,601
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,007,133
- Investment income
- $6,120
- Other revenue
- $100,171
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,648,244
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $216,362
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,431,882
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,178,211
- Management and general expenses
- $215,287
- Fundraising expenses
- $83,831
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,178,211
Program services were 79.8% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$447,139
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$312,462
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$14,780
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $316,428 · related or exempt $316,428
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2b · Program service revenue: Birthday Parties, Ect.
total $46,505 · related or exempt $46,505
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2c · Program service revenue: Membership Dues and Ass
total $90,971 · related or exempt $90,971
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2d · Program service revenue: Preschool and After Schoo
total $410,950 · related or exempt $410,950
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2e · Program service revenue: Workshops/Programs
total $142,279 · related or exempt $142,279
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3 · Investment income
total $6,120 · excluded $6,120
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$84,737
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$12,830
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $71,907
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$58,825
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$30,561
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $28,264 · related or exempt $28,264
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $76,750 · program services $63,924 · management and general $7,549 · fundraising $5,277
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $844,278 · program services $720,804 · management and general $84,633 · fundraising $38,841
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $86,615 · program services $74,031 · management and general $8,511 · fundraising $4,073
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $40,602 · management and general $40,602
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $10,579 · management and general $10,579
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $23,610 · program services $23,610
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13 · Office expenses
total $33,984 · program services $22,262 · management and general $7,333 · fundraising $4,389
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14 · Information technology
total $7,558 · management and general $7,558
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $29,241 · program services $21,229 · management and general $6,082 · fundraising $1,930
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,712 · management and general $9,712
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $100,655 · program services $85,545 · management and general $11,844 · fundraising $3,266
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23 · Insurance
total $40,004 · program services $29,043 · management and general $8,321 · fundraising $2,640
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24a · Other expenses: Child Care Program Cost
total $77,900 · program services $77,900
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs & Maintenance
total $43,844 · program services $31,831 · management and general $9,119 · fundraising $2,894
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24c · Other expenses: Bank Fees
total $25,735 · program services $25,735
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24d · Other expenses: 40th Anniversary
total $20,312 · fundraising $20,312
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24e · All other expenses
total $5,950 · program services $2,297 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $209
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $391,599 · end of year $411,483
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $225,763 · end of year $322,150
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $55,463
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $10,697
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $16,730 · end of year $15,322
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $12,153 · end of year $1,610
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,638,067
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,169,671
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,352,575 · end of year $1,468,396
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $52,727 · end of year $178,187
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $199,766 · end of year $184,936
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $80,033 · end of year $80,434
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $134,375 · end of year $135,928
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,787,998 · end of year $2,185,163
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $248,907 · end of year $246,719
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF THE SOUTHERN TIER IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS THE INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN THROUGH EDUCATION, PARTICIPATORY EXHIBTS AND PROGRAMS.
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THE DISCOVERY CENTER IS A HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SERVING THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE CENTER ALSO RUNS EVENTS AND PROVIDES CHILDCARE. THE CENTER IS GIVEN THE USE OF THE PREMISES OWNED BY THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON.
Expenses $1,178,211 · Revenue $1,007,133
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Benda W Myers
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $74,000
- From this org
- $74,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kayla Velie
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Marci Goodwin
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Brian DeBoyace
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Lindsay Spauster
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Madelyn Shantillo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christina Fisher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth O'Connor
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sally Lowenstein
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Timothy Klym
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard Miller III
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ellen Blakeslee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Chris Wandell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mauren Hankin
Director
- 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
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523179349305642
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