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KENNETH C GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

EIN 36-2167797 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$66,431,592
Expenses 2024
$62,342,402

Program services were 84.4% 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
5700 S DUSABLE LAKE SHORE DR

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

The Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (the Museum), a 501(c)(3) corporation, is the largest science museum in the Western hemisphere and home to thousands of artifacts. For 90 years, the Museum has been a premier destination in Chicago, Illinois. The Museum's mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone, and its vision is rooted in the Museum's historic rotunda engraving: Science discerns the laws of nature, industry applies them to the needs of humankind. The Museum welcomes over 1.4 million guests annually and is the top Chicago museum field trip destination for students. Through its education programs, the Museum engages over half a million participants annually in science education programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry's mission is to inspire the inventive genius in everyone, and its vision is rooted in the Museum's historic rotunda engraving: Science discerns the laws of nature, industry applies them to the needs of humankind.

  • Griffin MSI features world-class permanent exhibitions that inspire and excite guests and imbue interest in STE(A)M. In Science Storms, guests can experience the extraordinary science behind some of nature's most powerful and compelling phenomena. Visitors can step aboard the U-505 Submarine to learn about the only German U-boat captured during World War II, surrounded by historic artifacts and interactive activities. Guest can also take a real hoist 50 feet down to the Coal Mine, a reproduction of an Illinois mineshaft that first opened along with the Museum in 1933. One of the Musuem's newest acquisitions which debuted in 2024, the Space X Dragon, is featured in the Henry Crown Space Center, where guests can explore and understand the cosmos. And the Griffin Studio is an immersive multimedia space offering state-of-the-art technology to host dynamic and ever-changing exhibits.

    Expenses $35,598,467 · Revenue $16,603,274

  • Educational Programs and Activities. Education at the museum occurs both inside the museum walls, and the community and schools surrounding the museum and beyond. Hands-on student programming such as labs, STEAM clubs, Girls in STEM events, career showcases, teacher professional development, maker space training, and camps are some of the ways the museum approaches reaching students and their ecosystem to ensure STEAM opportunities and exposure is at the forefront of what the museum does to prepare them for skills needed beyond school.

    Expenses $8,568,521 · Revenue $942,089

  • Museum and Operations, which include Program Support Services and Exhibit Maintenance. These expenses support the Museum's mission of inspiring the inventive genius in everyone by providing guests and teachers with integrated learning experiences and programming that is centered on exciting and interactive exhibits that help explain how science directly impacts our daily lives.

    Expenses $7,034,492 · Revenue $2,836,904

  • Retail and supporting services represent various program offerings that enhance the guest experience. These include the museum store, food services, and parking services.

    Expenses $1,444,103 · Revenue $1,848,589

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.

  • A Chevy Humphrey

    President & CEO/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $923,879
    From this org
    $806,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,067
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $623,827
    Bonus
    $180,000
    Other
    $2,985
    Deferred
    $81,772
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,295
    Filer's total
    $923,879

  • David J Vitale

    Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David A Fisher

    Treasurer/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle L Collins

    Secretary/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew J Boler

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allan E Bulley Jr

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank M Clark

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas M Cook

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kent P Dauten

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony B Davis

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pedro DeJesus Jr

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann M Drake

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph M Erlinger

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert A Livingston

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barry L MacLean

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duncan A MacLean

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DG Macpherson

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert F Pasin

    Vice Chairman/Trustee (until 7/8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila A Penrose

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • E Scott Santi

    Vice Chairman/Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Uma M Amuluru

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey R Applebaum

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat A Basu

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Birkeland

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Boersma

    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. 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
    $66,431,592
    Expenses
    $62,342,402
    Contributions
    $23,562,202
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $58,414,869
    Expenses
    $56,870,519
    Contributions
    $28,557,784
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $64,412,383
    Expenses
    $52,060,533
    Contributions
    $37,451,255
    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

  • 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
    $169,067,056
    Expenses
    $46,466,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $427,907,232

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,692,982
    Expenses
    $46,601,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $301,079,614

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,856,512
    Expenses
    $62,548,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,584,839

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $87,049,282
    Expenses
    $65,750,821
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,074,322

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,033,655
    Expenses
    $64,170,734
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,192,611

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Ethridge Darlene
Mailing address
5700 s lake shore drChicago IL 60637
Website
Www.MuseumofScienceIndustry.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 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 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.