SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A570

Classification

1000

Street

601 1ST ST

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

• EXHIBITS:THE SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM IS A HANDS-ON MUSEUM, OFFERING OVER 250 INTERACTIVE SCIENCE EXHIBITS THAT INVITE FAMILIES TO EXPLORE TOPICS LIKE ENGINEERING, PHYSICS, LIVE ANIMALS, AND PHENOMENA LIKE WEATHER. EXHIBITS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE SCIENCENTER'S 36,000 SQUARE-FOOT MUSEUM, ITS 20,000 SQUARE-FOOT OUTDOOR SPACE AND A SCIENCE-THEMED MINI-GOLF COURSE. THE SCIENCENTER ALSO DESIGNS, FABRICATES, AND MANAGES RENTALS OF SCIENCE-THEMED INTERACTIVE EXHIBITIONS TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

  Expenses $696,880 · Revenue $768,150

• EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:THE SCIENCENTER OFFERS ROBUST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES, CAMPS FOR CHILDREN, FIELD TRIPS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL NY AND NORTHERN PA, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS IN THE REGION. THE SCIENCENTER ALSO DEVELOPS COLLABORATIVE INFORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE.

  Expenses $301,823 · Revenue $126,790

• MUSEUM ADMISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIP:THE SCIENCENTER WELCOMES OVER 100,000 VISITORS TO EXPLORE EXHIBITS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM. MORE THAN 2,600 FAMILIES HAVE AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE SCIENCENTER. THE SCIENCENTER WELCOMES OVER 20,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH ACCESS PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FREEOR DEEPLY DISCOUNTED ADMISSION FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

  Expenses $687,799 · Revenue $678,756

• Expenses $434,135 · Revenue $131,697

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

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

  $4,119,756

  Expenses

  $3,040,925

  Contributions

  $2,054,072

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,484,361

  Expenses

  $3,441,902

  Contributions

  $1,734,105

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,857,201

  Expenses

  $2,987,794

  Contributions

  $1,473,984

  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

  $3,575,677

  Expenses

  $2,610,198

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,990,540

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,432,970

  Expenses

  $2,323,921

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,819,846

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,937,033

  Expenses

  $2,937,524

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,231,460

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,226,379

  Expenses

  $3,196,683

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,538,316

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,290,829

  Expenses

  $2,818,571

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,934,457

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,542,070

  Expenses

  $2,791,616

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,969,071

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,682,453

  Expenses

  $2,786,096

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,564,549

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,734,087

  Expenses

  $2,594,829

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,544,934

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,325,311

  Expenses

  $2,648,412

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,246,234

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

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

  $1,000,000

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $70,850

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  $68,798

  2023 · Research

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $66,050

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES

  $50,000

  2022 · GENERAL PURPOSES

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY

  $46,948

  2022 · RESEARCH

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

  $27,835

  2023 · ARTS AND CULTURE-MUSEUM

• ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INCORPORATED

  $23,375

  2022 · DIALOGUE AND DELIBERATION CHALLENGE GRANT, UNIVERSE OF LEARNING MINIFUND

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

  $17,585

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC

  $14,350

  2025 · EDUCATION

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

Other IRS files