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MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER

EIN 58-1933712 BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Revenue 2023
$7,501,450
Expenses 2023
$9,473,522

Program services were 89.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A520
Classification
2000
Street
200 19TH ST N

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).

Other organizations at this address

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

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.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CHANGE LIVES THROUGH SCIENCE AND WONDER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCIENCE MUSEUM - THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANZIATION IS TO PROVIDE EXPERIMENTIAL SCIENCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES

  • MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER CAMPS, CLASSES, AND OVERNIGHT CAMP-IN ADVENTURES MAKE LEARNING AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE THAT YOU JUST CAN'T EXPERIENCE ANYWHERE ELSE. OUR PROGRAMS SUPPORT YOUR CURRICULUM AND MEET THE ALABAMA COURSE OF STUDY STANDARDS (ACOSS) AND NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS (NSES). MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER MAKES SCIENCE EXCITING AND INSPIRES EXPLORATION IN EACH OF THE YOUNG MINDS THAT ENTER OUR DOORS. AT MCWANE THE BUDDING SCIENTIST CAN DISCOVER A DINOSAUR, TRAVEL INTO OUTER SPACE, OR EXPLORE THE OCEAN FLOOR. VARIOUS THEMES AND ACTIVITIES ALLOW CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY.

    Expenses $3,560,780 · Revenue $1,027,991

  • EXHIBITS MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER FEATURES FOUR FLOORS OF INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS. ALL EXHIBITS CELEBRATE SCIENCE AND WONDER - FROM AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF DINOSAURS TO INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SHOWCASES, IMAGINATIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUNDS, AND AN AWE-INSPIRING AQUARIUM

    Expenses $3,574,637 · Revenue $1,741,312

  • MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER'S IMAX DOME THEATER PUTS YOU IN THE CENTER OF THE ACTION BY PROJECTING BREATHTAKING QUALITY IMAGES ONTO THE 5-STORY-TALL DOME SCREEN AND DELIVERING INTENSE SURROUND SOUND THROUGH ALMOST 3 TONS OF SPEAKERS AND SUBWOOFERS.

    Expenses $1,274,108 · Revenue $931,518

  • THE COOL STUFF STORE SELLS MERCHANDISE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $36,450 · Revenue $220,267

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Stephen Owens

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zac Riddle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pronce Acker

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Bee Marshall

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Screws

    STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Galvin Billups

    EDUCATION CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harrison Bishop

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Henna Budhwani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Milton Davis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Harbert

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Loper

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Mather

    MARKETING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Ratliff

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maggie Bolin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Fisher Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Germany

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Killion

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Farah Lubin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lenus Perkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Adrienne Starks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Brooke

    ENDOWMENT BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Tipton

    VP FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIO

    Total calculated
    $111,853
    From this org
    $97,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,939
    Hours/week
    40
  • Courtney French

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Lee Meadows

    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,501,450
    Expenses
    $9,473,522
    Contributions
    $3,419,542
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,705,723
    Expenses
    $8,327,603
    Contributions
    $7,339,152
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $4,969,032
    Expenses
    $6,863,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,725,036
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,833,357
    Expenses
    $7,169,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,638,416
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,118,798
    Expenses
    $7,053,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,247,398
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,516,577
    Expenses
    $6,968,207
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,864,076
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,581,774
    Expenses
    $6,970,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,207,783
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,049,407
    Expenses
    $6,789,056
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,451,263
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,961,046
    Expenses
    $6,793,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,963,490
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,176,377
    Expenses
    $6,841,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,578,277
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,814,675
    Expenses
    $7,509,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,384,241
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,902,222
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,921,473

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

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 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.