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← ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,820,254
Total expenses
$1,303,652
Contributions and grants received
$3,176,498
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$403,401
Investment income
$140,615
Other revenue
$99,740
Total assets, end of year
$6,716,952
Total liabilities, end of year
$251,243
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,465,709
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,047,600
Management and general expenses
$161,423
Fundraising expenses
$94,629
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,047,600

Program services were 80.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $54,421

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $37,919

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $33,824

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,050,334

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAMS

    total $304,048 · related or exempt $304,048

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $99,353 · related or exempt $99,353

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,003 · excluded $58,003

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $39,970

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $39,970

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $39,970 · related or exempt $39,970

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $133,998

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

    securities $51,386

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $82,612

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $82,612 · excluded $82,612

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $45,300

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,890

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $22,410 · excluded $22,410

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $82,213

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $44,853

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $37,360 · related or exempt $37,360

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,993 · program services $57,587 · management and general $8,254 · fundraising $7,152

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $589,235 · program services $464,874 · management and general $66,629 · fundraising $57,732

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,325 · program services $34,475 · management and general $20,316 · fundraising $4,534

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $49,562 · program services $28,802 · management and general $16,973 · fundraising $3,787

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,774 · program services $36,774

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,958 · program services $4,958

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,951 · program services $1,435 · fundraising $4,516

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,002 · program services $11,375 · management and general $19,627

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $164,168 · program services $144,262 · management and general $10,703 · fundraising $9,203

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $146,444 · program services $146,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $88,438 · program services $76,715 · management and general $6,033 · fundraising $5,690

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $24,489 · program services $9,614 · management and general $12,888 · fundraising $1,987

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $18,736 · program services $18,736

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBIT EXPENSES

    total $10,427 · program services $10,427

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $1,150 · program services $1,122 · fundraising $28

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,843 · end of year $684,427

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $664,716 · end of year $547,471

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $297,659 · end of year $2,569,706

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,349 · end of year $2,814

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,916 · end of year $17,553

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,814 · end of year $11,751

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

    $10,032,504

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

    $7,959,998

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,030,278 · end of year $2,072,506

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $440,834 · end of year $496,504

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $301,858 · end of year $314,220

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $72,246 · end of year $97,396

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $71,814 · end of year $137,231

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $18,957 · end of year $16,616

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,237,267 · end of year $3,148,323

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $744,983 · end of year $3,317,386

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MUSEUM IS A REGIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, SCIENCE, AND LOCAL HISTORY SERVING THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY REGION OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR THE MISSION STATEMENT. ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS (AAM), IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS (ASTC) AND IS HOME TO A DIGITAL PLANETARIUM. ROBERSON ENGAGES AND EDUCATES A DIVERSE POPULATION BY PROVIDING REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS IN ART, HISTORY AND SCIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MUSEUM IS A REGIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, SCIENCE, AND LOCAL HISTORY SERVING THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY REGION OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR THE MISSION STATEMENT. ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER IS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS (AAM), IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS (ASTC) AND IS HOME TO A DIGITAL PLANETARIUM.

  • ROBERSON OPERATES A MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER TO PROMOTE ARTS, HISTORY AND SCIENCES (BOTH NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL) THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIONS AND SCHOOL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING. ROBERSON'S FACILITIES INCLUDE GALLERIES, STUDIOS, A THEATER, LABS AND A DIGITAL PLANETARIUM. ITS COLLECTIONS ARE EXTENSIVE AS WELL AS DIVERSE.

    Expenses $1,047,600

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JUDY GHOSIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • SPENCER SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • STACEY DUNCAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • PAMELA MISCHEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MATT BOECKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • PATRICK DOYLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARK GORGOS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DAVID GUY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DON HARRIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • M BROOKE ROBERSON CUSHMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • DAVID SCHUMANN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KATHLEEN LAKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TIM STRONG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ROBERT S ROBERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JOAN LACEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GLENN SMALL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • TSHIJUKA NELSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MARY O'MALLEY-TRUMBLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MICHAEL GRASSO

    EXECUTIVE DIR.

    Total calculated
    $72,993
    From this org
    $72,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
20 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511129349300521

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