DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

1000

Street

506 2ND AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND CULTURE PROMOTES RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND DISCUSSION RELATING TO THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN. THE CENTER'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE SPONSORSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND WRITING; THE PRODUCTION OF BOOKS, ARTICLES, REPORTS, AND CURRICULA; THE ORGANIZING OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES; AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES, PODCASTS, AND VIDEOS.

  Expenses $10,501,059 · Grants $3,612,702 · Revenue $2,723,723

• THE CENTER ON WEALTH AND POVERTY CONNECTS THE PRACTICAL TRUTHS OF ECONOMICS WITH THE PERENNIAL TRUTHS OF ETHICS. THE PROGRAM - HOME TO LEADING SCHOLARS IN PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS - IS BUILDING SUSTAINED AND ACCESSIBLE DEFENSE OF FREE ENTERPRISE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND STEWARDSHIP IN THE MORAL CATEGORIES CONSONANT WITH MOST AMERICANS.

  Expenses $932,528 · Grants $211,913 · Revenue $2,761

• THE AI PROGRAM (WALTER BRADLEY CENTER FOR NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT DISCOVERY INSTITUTE) EXPLORES THE BENEFITS AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES RAISED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN LIGHT OF THE ENDURING TRUTH OF HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM. PEOPLE KNOW AT A FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL THAT THEY ARE NOT MACHINES. BUT FAULTY THINKING CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO ASSENT TO VIEWS THAT IN THEIR HEART OF HEARTS THEY KNOW TO BE UNTRUE. THE BRADLEY CENTER SEEKS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS - AND OUR SOCIETY AT LARGE - TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT MACHINES WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPING TO PUT MACHINES (ESPECIALLY COMPUTERS AND AI) IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE.

  Expenses $680,957 · Grants $21,000 · Revenue $199,975

• OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE: THE CHAPMAN CENTER FOR CITIZEN LEADERSHIP IS A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN PUBLIC AND/OR COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE CENTER ENABLES YOUNG LEADERS TO CONSIDER THE FOUNDATIONAL IDEAS OF LEADERSHIP IN A FREE SOCIETY BY CONNECTING THEM WITH MENTORS AND FELLOW YOUNG LEADERS THROUGH SEMINARS, LECTURES, AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. THE TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY PROJECT EXAMINES HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE TRANSFORMING BUSINESS, EDUCATION, DEFENSE, AND GOVERNMENT AND PROPOSES HOW SOCIETY CAN GET THE MOST BENEFIT (AND LEAST HARM) FROM THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THE CASCADIA CENTER PROGRAM PROMOTES REGIONAL COOPERATION AS THE KEY TO ENSURING MOBILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE CENTER ON HUMAN EXCEPTIONALISM EXAMINES A CONSTELLATION OF ISSUES SUCH AS ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA, EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH, HUMAN GENETIC MANIPULATION, HUMAN CLONING, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS ISSUES. THE RELIGION, LIBERTY, AND CIVIC LIFE PROGRAM EXAMINES THE PROPER ROLE OF RELIGION IN A FREE SOCIETY. THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING EDUCATION WORKS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND PARENTS TO PROMOTE SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO OUR NATION'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PARENTAL CHOICE, IMPROVED TEACHER QUALITY, AND BETTER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES.

  Expenses $534,669 · Grants $95,123 · Revenue $14,871

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $16,504,703

  Expenses

  $13,687,140

  Contributions

  $15,676,576

  Grants paid

  $3,940,738

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,832,816

  Expenses

  $13,203,778

  Contributions

  $11,094,017

  Grants paid

  $4,541,027

• 2024

  Revenue

  $11,832,816

  Expenses

  $13,203,778

  Contributions

  $11,094,017

  Grants paid

  $4,541,027

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,240,771

  Expenses

  $9,846,072

  Contributions

  $9,373,910

  Grants paid

  $2,330,001

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,099,775

  Expenses

  $10,816,758

  Contributions

  $9,462,524

  Grants paid

  $3,834,210

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,706,535

  Expenses

  $11,467,910

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,437,135

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,706,535

  Expenses

  $11,467,910

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,437,135

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,291,981

  Expenses

  $5,859,879

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,143,661

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,637,803

  Expenses

  $6,865,358

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,719,373

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,193,998

  Expenses

  $6,303,202

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,938,771

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,583,550

  Expenses

  $5,886,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,052,972

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,677,952

  Expenses

  $5,325,118

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,351,550

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,928,826

  Expenses

  $4,235,611

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,022,393

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,828,431

  Expenses

  $4,577,829

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,629,183

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,074,669

  Expenses

  $4,981,381

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,428,628

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

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $260,000

  2023 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $260,000

  2024 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $260,000

  2022 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY

  $160,000

  2025 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• EDUCATION ACCESS LLC

  $125,000

  2024 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• EDUCATION ACCESS LLC

  $125,000

  2022 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• EDUCATION ACCESS LLC

  $120,000

  2023 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• EDUCATION ACCESS LLC

  $93,750

  2025 · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

• STONY BROOK FOUNDATION

  $93,000

  2025 · RESEARCH

• HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE

  $87,100

  2025 · SCIENTIFICRESEARCH

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $3,101,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $2,516,100

  2022 · for general operations

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $2,505,000

  2023 · for general operations

• DONORS TRUST INC

  $1,875,200

  2024 · for general operations

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $1,238,040

  2022 · CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $915,470

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $913,183

  2022 · EDUCATION

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $888,440

  2024 · PUBLIC POLICY

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $808,944

  2023 · CULTURE

• SIGNATRY CHARITABLE TRUST

  $757,080

  2024 · COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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.

Other IRS files