ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U300

Classification

1000

Street

3201 ARCH ST STE 400

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Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 400). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• 11TH STREET FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC

  EIN 46-4233500

• ACADEMIC ASSETS INC

  EIN 23-2455915

• ACADEMIC PROPERTIES INC

  EIN 23-2411680

• DREXEL UNIVERSITY

  EIN 23-1352630

Mission and programs · 2024

• SCIENCE DIVISION - ACADEMY SCIENTISTS CONDUCT RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD, COLLECTING SAMPLES THAT HELP THEM DOCUMENT BIODIVERSITY, TRACE EVOLUTION, AND TRACK ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES OVER TIME. FOR OVER 200 YEARS, ACADEMY SCIENTISTS HAVE PRESERVED, CURATED, AND STUDIED WHAT IS NOW A WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION OF AN ESTIMATED 19 MILLION BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS THAT DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH. THE ACADEMY'S ENVIRONMENTAL WORK INCLUDES A FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE VARIED IMPACTS OF HUMANS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON DIVERSE HUMAN COMMUNITIES. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH COMES FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS. THROUGH FESTIVALS (SUCH AS OUR POPULAR BUG FEST), MEMBERS' NIGHT, BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOURS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SCIENTISTS SHARE THEIR DISCOVERIES, ENABLING COLLEAGUES, VISITORS, AND MEMBERS TO GAIN FURTHER INSIGHT INTO EARTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES AND HOW TO MAINTAIN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. THROUGH RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS, ACADEMY SCIENTISTS PRODUCE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND EXPAND COLLECTIONS THAT SUPPORT RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE. THE ACADEMY AND DREXEL UNIVERSITY'S JOINT PROGRAM BIODIVERSITY, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (BEES) HAS GROWN, WITH MANY NEW PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON AS WE CONTINUE TO BE THE EPICENTER OF DISCOVERY. BY DIGITIZING THE COLLECTIONS, SEARCHING FOR GENETIC CLUES TO BIODIVERSITY, AND UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN LOCAL WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS, ACADEMY SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO BE LEADING RESEARCHERS IN NATURAL SCIENCES.

  Expenses $7,677,553 · Grants $539,691 · Revenue $2,272,278

• PUBLIC EDUCATION - THE ACADEMY BRINGS NATURAL SCIENCE TO LIFE THROUGH THREE FLOORS OF ENGAGING PERMANENT EXHIBITS THAT INCLUDE OUR HISTORIC DIORAMAS AND DINOSAUR HALL, AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN'S NATURE DISCOVERY CENTER, OUTSIDE IN, THAT FACILITATES HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH LIVE ANIMALS. WHILE VISITATION TO THE ACADEMY IS STILL REBOUNDING FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE WELCOMED MORE THAN 126,000 VISITORS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. THIS PAST SUMMER, THE NUMBER OF GROUP VISITS FOR SUMMER CAMPS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, AND ATTENDEES OF THE ACADEMY'S POPULAR SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY. THE ACADEMY CONTINUES TO OFFER EXCITING NEW EXPERIENCES TO THE PUBLIC. IN 2025, THE ACADEMY PRESENTED THE FIRST-EVER CO-CREATED EXHIBITION WITH DREXEL'S WESTPHAL COLLEGE. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED STUNNING AND PROVOCATIVE GARMENTS FROM DREXEL'S ROBERT AND PENNY FOX HISTORIC COSTUME COLLECTION ALONGSIDE SPECIMENS FROM THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY CHANGEMAKERS. TOGETHER, THE EXHIBITION BOLDLY EXPLORED HOW MATERIALS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES, AND OUR OWN PATTERNS OF CLOTHING CONSUMPTION IMPACT THE WORLD AROUND US. IN OUR SPOTLIGHT GALLERY, WE PRESENTED THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY SCIENCE IN ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL WORLD, INCLUDING HEIRLOOM PLANTS, NEIGHBORHOOD NATURALISTS, AND LIVING WITHIN THE WATERSHED, WHICH HELPED CATALYZE THE OPENING OF THE WATERSHED, A NEW CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB IN GERMANTOWN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MURAL ARTS PHILADELPHIA AND THE PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT. IN OUR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS GALLERY, WE PRESENTED ICE DINOSAURS, AN EXHIBITION BASED ON GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES SURROUNDING DINOSAURS THAT LIVED IN EXTREME POLAR ENVIRONMENTS. PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING THE ACADEMY TOWN SQUARE SERIES, DINOS AFTER DARK, AND FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE BELOVED BUG FEST AND CONFLUENCE FILM FESTIVAL, NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR, ANIMATED THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE ALSO CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH DREXEL FACULTY ON THE MUSEUM INNOVATION FUND, A MICRO-GRANTING OPPORTUNITY THAT INSPIRES FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE ACADEMY AS A SPACE FOR NEW APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.THE COMMUNITY LEARNING DIVISION CONTINUES TO CREATE COMMUNITY-CENTERED INITIATIVES THAT MOBILIZE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEADERS AND CIVICALLY MINDED INDIVIDUALS. PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY, THE ACADEMY PROVIDES SCIENCE-INFUSED CURRICULUM TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS, SUPPORTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A NETWORK OF EDUCATORS, AND CREATES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SCIENCE WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DREXEL'S ENVIRONMENTAL COLLABORATORY TO IDENTIFY AND DELIVER FUNDED PROJECTS IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES PARTNER WITH SCIENTISTS TO ANSWER AND ADDRESS REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS. DRAWING ON THE ACADEMY'S UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES - INCLUDING ITS SCIENTISTS, COLLECTIONS, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH DREXEL, THE EDUCATION, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT (ELD) DEPARTMENT CREATES PROGRAMS AND CURRICULA IN SUPPORT OF LIFELONG LEARNING. ELD HAS BEEN PROVIDING FOCUSED STEM LESSONS FOR 2ND AND 3RD GRADE STUDENTS AT THE FRIENDS SELECT SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. THE ACADEMY'S CENTER FOR STEAM EQUITY WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DREXEL (IN PARTICULAR, THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION) TO ADDRESS SOCIAL INEQUITY THROUGH STEAM TEACHING AND LEARNING BY CONDUCTING, CATALYZING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH. AMONG THESE EFFORTS, THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND AWARD-WINNING WOMEN IN NATURAL SCIENCES (WINS) PROGRAM, THE LONGEST-RUNNING OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION, CONTINUES TO DELIVER AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER ENRICHMENT FOR YOUNG WOMEN, INTRODUCING HUNDREDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO FUTURE CAREERS IN SCIENCE. OUR MOST RECENT ADDITION TO THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS WINS STUDENTS AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR YEARS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. WINS III FOLLOWS THE STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE, OFFERING MENTORSHIP, SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND CONTINUED ACADEMIC SUPPORT. THE EDUCATION, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM REACHES STUDENTS AGES 3 AND UP IN PRIVATE, CHARTER, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AS WELL AS IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS. WE ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OUR KEY PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION, IN COLOR BIRDING CLUB, SLOAN STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN AND BOTH LANKENAU AND OLNEY HIGH SCHOOLS. VOLUNTEER AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ENABLES RECRUITMENT, SCREENING, AND PLACEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT WORK THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY, SUPPORTS STAFF IN DESIGNING MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER, INTERN AND CO-OP POSITIONS THAT SERVE THE MISSION OF THE ACADEMY AND PROVIDES SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING TRAINING AND IN ONGOING SUPERVISION AND RECOGNITION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF VOLUNTEERS, UNPAID INTERNS, AND CO-OP STUDENTS. 217 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 17,566 HOURS TO THE ACADEMY.

  Expenses $7,684,285 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $3,047,810

• LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES - THE ACADEMY'S LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS RARE AND HISTORIC COLLECTION OF 80,000 TITLES SPANNING FIVE CENTURIES AS WELL AS OVER 1 MILLION ARCHIVAL ITEMS INCLUDING MANUSCRIPTS, CORRESPONDENCE, FIELD NOTEBOOKS, FILMS, JOURNALS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WORKS OF ART. THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES PROVIDES SERVICES TO BOTH A WIDE RANGE OF SCHOLARLY USERS AND THE PUBLIC. THE DEPARTMENT FREQUENTLY HOSTS RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS, CLASS VISITS, AND SPECIAL SESSIONS WITH THE DREXEL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY. ITS HOLDINGS AND SERVICES ARE REGULARLY USED BY ACADEMY SCIENTISTS AND COLLECTIONS EXPERTS, DREXEL FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AND EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS. IT ALSO PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE ACADEMY'S EFFORTS TO MAKE ITS COLLECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED DATA MORE WIDELY ACCESSIBLE. ITS STAFF ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONCEPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMY EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS, AND ITS MATERIALS CONTINUE TO BE POPULARLY FEATURED IN THE MUSEUM'S OFFERINGS AND DIGITAL OUTREACH. LIBRARY & ARCHIVES IS A MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDICINE (TOGETHER WITH DREXEL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND THE LEGACY CENTER); A PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTOR OF THE BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE LIBRARY; AND AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN PACSCL - THE PHILADELPHIA AREA CONSORTIUM OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIES. IN 2025 LIBRARY & ARCHIVES JOINED PA PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTS, WHICH IS PART OF PENNSYLVANIA'S POWER LIBRARY.

  Expenses $1,254,140 · Grants $3,000 · Revenue $610,162

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $25,774,400

  Expenses

  $23,780,439

  Contributions

  $12,247,339

  Grants paid

  $543,691

• 2023

  Revenue

  $22,405,093

  Expenses

  $23,693,211

  Contributions

  $13,264,512

  Grants paid

  $586,488

• 2022

  Revenue

  $21,850,623

  Expenses

  $21,659,963

  Contributions

  $11,477,927

  Grants paid

  $456,939

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,870,111

  Expenses

  $20,597,620

  Assets (EOY)

  $101,031,754

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,108,595

  Expenses

  $17,281,895

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,852,043

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,101,450

  Expenses

  $20,968,377

  Assets (EOY)

  $90,703,595

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,561,542

  Expenses

  $21,149,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,884,997

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,774,475

  Expenses

  $23,267,223

  Assets (EOY)

  $106,513,904

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,998,558

  Expenses

  $20,069,886

  Assets (EOY)

  $104,323,283

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• IUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  $127,723

  2024 · RESEARCH

• TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

  $111,282

  2024 · RESEARCH

• GROWING GREAT

  $92,509

  2022 · RESEARCH

• THE COMMONS

  $90,023

  2023 · RESEARCH

• TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

  $84,004

  2023 · RESEARCH

• ENVIROSCIENCE INC

  $69,499

  2024 · RESEARCH

• TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

  $69,125

  2022 · RESEARCH

• GROWING GREAT

  $66,776

  2023 · RESEARCH

• MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION

  $60,000

  2023 · RESEARCH

• MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION

  $60,000

  2024 · RESEARCH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $512,522

  2022 · DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED

• PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

  $440,000

  2024 · Civic Life

• NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

  $210,000

  2022 · CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

• PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

  $186,300

  2024 · Civic Life

• CATHERINE D SHARPE CHARITABLE TRUST

  $145,510

  2022 · FOR THE MAINTENANCE

• CATHERINE D SHARPE CHARITABLE TRUST

  $138,825

  2025 · FOR THE MAINTENANCE

• CATHERINE D SHARPE CHARITABLE TRUST

  $133,272

  2023 · FOR THE MAINTENANCE

• CATHERINE D SHARPE CHARITABLE TRUST

  $130,022

  2024 · FOR THE MAINTENANCE

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $104,669

  2024 · EVALUATING BIODIVERSITY IN THE DELAWARE BASIN

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $99,550

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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