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LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER INC

EIN 22-2302253 JERSEY CITY, NJ

Revenue 2024
$39,690,001
Expenses 2024
$33,319,712

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A570
Classification
2000
Street
222 JERSEY CITY BLVD

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 · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AND EXCITE LEARNERS OF ALL AGES ABOUT THE POWER, PROMISE, AND PURE FUN OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.LSC OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL SCIENCE LEARNING ONSITE, OFFSITE, AND ONLINE AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS.

  • LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER HAS BROAD AMBITIONS AND SOUND STRATEGIES TO CHANGE THE FACE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND. IN ADDITION TO ITS ENGAGING EXHIBITION AND THEATER OFFERINGS, AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN ACHIEVING THAT OBJECTIVE IS THE CENTER FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING. THE 19,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY IS DEDICATED TO DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS, GUESTS, TEACHERS, AND VISITORS. IT IS THE HOME OF LSC'S INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED "LIVE FROM SURGERY" PROGRAM, WHERE STUDENTS OBSERVE AND DISCUSS PROCEDURES AND RISK FACTORS WITH OPERATING STAFF VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING DURING LIVE SURGERY. IT ALSO FEATURES SEVEN WORKING LABS INCLUDING THE MAKERLAB, AS WELL AS THE STUDIO FOR ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIPS. IN THIS SPACE, LSC PROVIDES OUTSTANDING AND AFFORDABLE EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SCHOOL RESIDENCIES ARE AVAILABLE THERE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, HOME SCHOOLERS, AND OTHER STUDENTS. LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER ALSO CONDUCTS CURRICULUM-LINKED ONSITE, OFFSITE, AND ONLINE PROGRAMS INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS, CLASSROOM AND LAB INSTRUCTION, INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SETTINGS, TRAVELING SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SCIENCE PROGRAMMING. THE INSTITUTION ANNUALLY HOSTS HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE EVENTS FROM BIRTHDAY PARTIES TO HIGH-END PRODUCT LAUNCHES, HOSTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, AND SHOWCASES PUBLIC SCIENCE- AND TECHNOLOGY- RELATED EVENTS FROM ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS TO LIVE ANIMAL SHOWS TO ROCKETRY LESSONS.

    Expenses $25,445,182 · Grants $87,735 · Revenue $16,257,366

  • LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER'S SCITECH SCITY WILL BE A "BUSINESS OPTIMIZER", A NEW BREED OF INNOVATION CENTER THAT MAXIMIZES COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS. THE WORD SCITY (PRONOUNCED "CITY"), FROM SCIENCE + CITY, IS LSC'S PORTMANTEAU FOR A CITY INFUSED WITH SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY AND ACTIONABLE OPTIMISM ABOUT BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. ENVISAGED AS A SMALL-SCALE "CITY OF TOMORROW", SCITECH SCITY ASPIRES TO BE AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMMUNITY WHERE BUSINESSES TEST - AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS EXPERIENCE - NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BEFORE THEY COME TO MARKET. THE 30-ACRE INNOVATION CAMPUS WILL CONSIST OF: LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER, THE MOST VISITED CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN NEW JERSEY AND THE LARGEST IMMERSIVE SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER IN THE NJ-NYC METROPOLITAN AREA, EDGE WORKS, THE ECONOMIC AND CREATIVE HUB FOR SCITECH SCITY CONSISTING OF 120,000 SQUARE FEET OF MULTI-FUNCTION WORKSPACE FOR TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS, ENTREPRENEURS AND SKUNK WORKS PROJECTS OF ESTABLISHED COMPANIES, AND A STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE CENTER AND TECH EXHIBITION SPACE; LIBERTY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE-INTERESTED STUDENTS IN HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, SCHOLARS VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR ENTREPRENEURS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND TECH-SAVVY FAMILIES, AND A PUBLIC COMMONS AND PLAZA, CONSISTING OF A LARGE OUTDOOR AREA AND COMMON AREA SPACE FOR SOCIALIZING AND ENJOYMENT THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $645,034

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.

  • DAVID BARRY

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN R HOWE JR

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERI BRONSTEIN

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALMA DEMETROPOLIS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA OVERDECK

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD M HODOSH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRUCE L LEVY

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSH S WESTON

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KENNETH BURKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANETTE CALANDRA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARISSA GONCALVES

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSAY HANS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RALPH IZZO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • W NEVINS MCCANN JD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHIRAG PATEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC O PAVESE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AL REBA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMESON SCHRIBER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA SCULLY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY T SKIADAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLINE TILLETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY TRACY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREG TUSAR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENN YETTKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NING YUAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $39,690,001
    Expenses
    $33,319,712
    Contributions
    $15,647,250
    Grants paid
    $87,735
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,741,456
    Expenses
    $30,905,602
    Contributions
    $15,069,650
    Grants paid
    $113,750
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $40,343,463
    Expenses
    $29,921,074
    Contributions
    $22,558,114
    Grants paid
    $68,050

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 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
    $29,310,016
    Expenses
    $23,968,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,660,221

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,177,240
    Expenses
    $21,942,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $127,014,347

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,120,536
    Expenses
    $26,747,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,687,190

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $30,956,172
    Expenses
    $30,492,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,635,626

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $36,566,801
    Expenses
    $30,745,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,984,265

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • SCITECH SCITY LLC

    HOLD REAL ESTATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PARK · NJ · income $552,117 · assets $40,087,999

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.