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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by QUEST SCIENCE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$713,386
Total expenses
$759,744
Contributions and grants received
$671,173
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$26,000
Investment income
$15,836
Other revenue
$377
Total assets, end of year
$546,985
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,879
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$540,106
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$541,035
Management and general expenses
$59,889
Fundraising expenses
$158,820
Program service expenses (Part III)
$541,035

Program services were 71.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,650

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $663,523

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $36,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EVENT REVENUE

    total $26,000 · related or exempt $26,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $15,836 · excluded $15,836

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $377 · related or exempt $377

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $377

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $306,066 · program services $166,968 · management and general $28,100 · fundraising $110,998

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $77,172 · program services $76,568 · management and general $604

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,143 · program services -$925 · fundraising $5,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,267 · program services $18,310 · management and general $46 · fundraising $7,911

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $77 · management and general $77

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,431 · management and general $8,431

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $148,752 · program services $125,160 · management and general $1,939 · fundraising $21,653

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $38,468 · program services $38,468

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,940 · program services $642 · management and general $4,197 · fundraising $9,101

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $35,742 · program services $30,342 · management and general $5,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,690 · program services $2,552 · fundraising $138

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,903 · program services $9,903

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,457 · management and general $7,457

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $63,695 · program services $62,405 · management and general $816 · fundraising $474

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $16,941 · program services $10,642 · management and general $2,822 · fundraising $3,477

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $427,096 · end of year $383,457

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,000 · end of year $42,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $6,000

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

    $49,514

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

    $14,029

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $45,388 · end of year $35,485

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $121,178 · end of year $80,043

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $807 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,005 · end of year $6,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $510,733 · end of year $448,163

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,731 · end of year $91,943

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO INSPIRE & NURTURE EVERYDAY EXPLORATION FOR LIFELONG ENGAGEMENT WITH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.

  • TRI-VALLEY INNOVATION FAIR - QUEST PLANNED AND LED THE 7TH ANNUAL TRI-VALLEY INNOVATION FAIR WHICH WAS HELD AT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THIS POPULAR EVENT HAD 3,000 ATTENDEES IN 2025, PRIMARILY YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SEE HANDS-ON EXHIBITS AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT SHOWCASED INNOVATIVE REGIONAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $184,973 · Revenue $163,477

  • PLANETARY HEALTH/SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM - QUEST RAN A PLANETARY HEALTH PROGRAM WITH 50 HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEER INTERNS FROM THE TRI-VALLEY REGION. PROJECTS INCLUDED URBAN HEAT MAPPING, CARBON GARDEN, WATER MANAGEMENT, STOPWASTE ART, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT CLIMATE LITERACY CURRICULUM.

    Expenses $125,305 · Revenue $50,334

  • COMMUNITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS - QUEST FIELDED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AT OVER 50 EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE TRI-VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGION, REACHING OVER 20,000 ATTENDEES. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED: SCIENCE AT STOCKMEN'S PARK, STUDENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE EVENTS AT SCHOOLS, LIBRARY EVENTS, VARIOUS COMMUNITY, FESTIVAL, AND HOLIDAY EVENTS, AND SEVERAL EVENTS SPONSORED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $230,757 · Revenue $33,932

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Monya Lane

    DIRECTOR, CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Vaughn Draggoo

    DIRECTOR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Gina Bonanno

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jose Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nan Ho

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Glenn Kubiak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Rick Stulen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • David Svec

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Parag Vaishampayan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Mosby

    INTERIM EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $47,000
    From this org
    $47,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    13
  • Robert Bryant

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Caleb Cheung

    CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $144,955
    From this org
    $144,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cynthia Margulis

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $118,255
    From this org
    $114,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,144
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601289349303540

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