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← ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,333,543
Total expenses
$14,346,452
Contributions and grants received
$12,627,405
Grants paid
$113,742
Program service revenue
$3,119,728
Investment income
$669,603
Other revenue
$916,807
Total assets, end of year
$43,681,478
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,979,764
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$41,701,714
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,439,913
Management and general expenses
$3,152,833
Fundraising expenses
$753,706
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,439,913

Program services were 72.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $395,599

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $499,830

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,745,844

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,986,132

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $51,098

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $2,475,435 · related or exempt $2,475,435

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $644,293 · related or exempt $644,293

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $587,922 · excluded $587,922

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $836,510

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $836,510

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $836,510 · excluded $836,510

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,858,372

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

    securities $1,776,691

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $81,681

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $81,681 · excluded $81,681

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,250

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

    $499,830

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $229,123

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$169,873 · excluded -$169,873

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $597,092

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $346,922

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $250,170 · related or exempt $250,170

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $113,742 · program services $113,742

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $832,356 · program services $126,112 · management and general $582,143 · fundraising $124,101

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,928,170 · program services $4,750,497 · management and general $871,480 · fundraising $306,193

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $164,392 · program services $118,456 · management and general $35,408 · fundraising $10,528

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $359,624 · program services $280,250 · management and general $59,110 · fundraising $20,264

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $494,331 · program services $366,860 · management and general $87,942 · fundraising $39,529

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,869 · management and general $18,869

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,169 · management and general $54,169

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $36,482 · management and general $36,482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $961,535 · program services $405,229 · management and general $355,192 · fundraising $201,114

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $438,420 · program services $424,667 · management and general $13,165 · fundraising $588

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $273,099 · program services $146,451 · management and general $117,397 · fundraising $9,251

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $265,785 · program services $222,810 · management and general $42,975

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $652,088 · program services $652,088

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,084,834 · program services $986,745 · management and general $88,948 · fundraising $9,141

  • 17 · Travel

    total $463,984 · program services $314,032 · management and general $147,086 · fundraising $2,866

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $135,821 · program services $67,343 · management and general $67,329 · fundraising $1,149

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $151,217 · program services $114,476 · management and general $36,155 · fundraising $586

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $201,310 · program services $98,626 · management and general $102,029 · fundraising $655

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $985,971 · program services $567,411 · management and general $406,329 · fundraising $12,231

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $466,265 · program services $465,330 · management and general $840 · fundraising $95

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $263,988 · program services $218,788 · management and general $29,785 · fundraising $15,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $146,658 · end of year $248,850

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,186,024 · end of year $1,954,391

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $18,902,718 · end of year $18,855,331

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,130,104 · end of year $402,114

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $123,030 · end of year $173,867

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $847,496 · end of year $423,958

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

    $21,918,882

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

    $16,870,775

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,340,625 · end of year $5,048,107

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $15,612,266 · end of year $16,119,681

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $354,151 · end of year $49,453

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $361,382 · end of year $405,726

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,002,708 · end of year $1,199,416

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $338,655 · end of year $426,930

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $146,771 · end of year $143,146

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $228,130 · end of year $210,272

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,728,712 · end of year $7,307,282

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,559,478 · end of year $34,394,432

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE CURIOUS MINDS THROUGH SCIENCE.

  • ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER IMPACTS MORE THAN 800,000 STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS AND VISITORS ACROSS THE STATE IN ITS MISSION TO INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND ENGAGE CURIOUS MINDS THROUGH SCIENCE. ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ATTRACTIONS IN ARIZONA AND IS THE ONLY RESOURCE OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE. ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER FEATURES A FULL COMPLEMENT OF INFORMAL SCIENCE PROGRAMMING INCLUDING MORE THAN 300 HANDS-ON EXHIBITS, A GIANT SCREEN THEATER, DORRANCE PLANETARIUM, FEATURED EXHIBITIONS, LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS, ADULT LECTURES, AND SCHOOL SERVICES INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS, IN-CLASS OUTREACH PROGRAMS, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITY-BASED MAKER-SPACE, CREATE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE 0)ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER CONTINUES TO BE A STATE LEADER IN PROVIDING INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. K-12 TEACHERS, SCHOOL LEADERS, AND PARENTS WERE PROVIDED ACCESS TO AN INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES TO ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER'S ANNUAL VISITATION INCLUDES 100,000 SCHOOLCHILDREN AND TEACHERS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100 CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA WHO VISIT THE CENTER, INCLUDING OVER 40,000 UNDERSERVED YOUTH WHO VISIT AT NO CHARGE THROUGH THE FOCUSED FIELD TRIPS PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 90,000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS EXPERIENCED SCIENCE ON WHEELS OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT ARIZONA INCLUDING RURAL AREAS AND TRIBAL NATIONS.IN CREATE, A 6,500 - SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY MAKER-SPACE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SCIENCE CENTER BUILDING, INDIVIDUALS USED TRADITIONAL AND HIGH-TECH MACHINERY, TECHNOLOGY AND MATERIALS. GUESTS RECEIVED SUPERVISION AND TRAINING, ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS TO BE MORE EXPERIMENTAL, CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE, INDEPENDENT AND TECHNOLOGICALLY PROFICIENT. IN CREATE, MAKERS OF ALL AGES WERE ACTIVE, ENGAGED, PLAYFUL AND RESOURCEFUL WITH A NEWLY DEVELOPED SENSE OF CURIOSITY AND WONDER WITH NEW SKILLS AND AN INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THEY MAY BE SUITED.

    Expenses $10,439,913 · Grants $113,742 · Revenue $3,369,898

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Ailes-Fine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ondrea Barber

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Campbell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Carefoot

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Cartwright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Christensen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Coochwytewa

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kay Corbin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Debell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Derstine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Edmonds

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Micheline Faver

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curt Feuer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bj Freeman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Glawe

    TRUSTEE (THRU AUG 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Good

    AUDIT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derrick Hall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angie Harmon

    TRUSTEE (THRU AUG 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hoover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Howell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidi Jannenga

    TRUSTEE (THRU NOV 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Katz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenro Kusumi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Madonna

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Martuscelli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff May

    TRUSTEE (THRU SEPT 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Megli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Miller

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Mixon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Naimark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tucker Quayle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Roig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Saba

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Crellin Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rowan Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginger Spencer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Stadlman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miesha Stoute

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Tedesco

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Theisen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Trujillo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Voigt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melani Walton

    TRUSTEE (THRU MAR 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John West

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Connie Wilhelm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Woog

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Young

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Zylstra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guy Labine

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $287,384
    From this org
    $273,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $273,835
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,215
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,334
    Filer's total
    $287,384
  • Dean Briere

    SENIOR VP OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS

    Total calculated
    $186,939
    From this org
    $177,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,456
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,324
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,159
    Filer's total
    $186,939
  • Brenda Van Gelder

    SENIOR VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Booth

    SENIOR VP OF FINANCE (THRU JUNE 2024)

    Total calculated
    $192,023
    From this org
    $184,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,808
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,544
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,671
    Filer's total
    $192,023
  • Tamara L Stewart

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $161,108
    From this org
    $151,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,516
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,592
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,548
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,968
    Filer's total
    $161,108
  • Judith Goldfader

    CHIEF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $147,343
    From this org
    $139,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,293
    Hours/week
    40
  • Beth C Nickel

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $119,853
    From this org
    $111,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,211
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sari Custer

    CHIEF OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY

    Total calculated
    $105,179
    From this org
    $101,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,613
    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510599349300436

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