MUSEUM OF SCIENCE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A570

Classification

2000

Street

1 SCIENCE PARK

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 · 2023

• EXHIBITS INCLUDE OVER 900 STANDING EXHIBITS, HOUSED IN 132,000 SQ FT OF GALLERY AND RELATED SPACE, PROVIDING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES IN ALL AREAS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR SOCIAL IMPACT. THE MUSEUM CREATES PERMANENT AND TRAVELLING EXHIBITS BOTH ON ITS OWN AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND IS ONE OF LEADERSHIP PARTNERS IN THE NATIONAL INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION NETWORK (NISENET), A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 600 MUSEUMS, COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, LIBRARIES, SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS WHICH CREATES AND SHARES EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS RELATING TO IMPORTANT CURRENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TOPICS. A MUSEUM-PRODUCED TRAVELING EXHIBIT CALLED THE SCIENCE BEHIND PIXAR HIGHLIGHTS THE MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS PIXAR FILMMAKERS USE IN BRINGING THEIR FILMS TO LIFE. TWO COPIES OF THIS EXHIBIT ARE CURRENTLY TOURING OTHER US AND INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTS TRAVELING EXHIBITS PRODUCED BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS. TRAVELING EXHIBITS HOSTED BY THE MUSEUM THIS YEAR INCLUDED: RESILIENT VENICE; NE CLIMATE STORIES; ALL ABOARD! TRAINS AT SCIENCE PARK; EMOTIONS AT PLAY WITH PIXAR'S INSIDE OUT; GAIA EARTH GLOBE; ELECTRIC PLAYHOUSE TRAVELS.

  Expenses $16,684,023 · Grants $12,764 · Revenue $3,018,798

• PUBLIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE EXHIBIT INTERPRETATION, LECTURE SERIES, LIVE ANIMAL DEMONSTRATIONS (THE MUSEUM IS ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS), PHYSICAL SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS, LIGHTNING SHOWS IN THE THOMSON THEATER OF ELECTRICITY, SPECIAL EVENTS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PODCASTS RELATING TO TOPICS OF CURRENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HANDS-ON DESGN CHALLENGES AND A WALK-THROUGH GARDEN WALK AND INSECT ZOO.

  Expenses $13,218,244 · Grants $451,878 · Revenue $10,409,595

• THEATERS INCLUDE THE CHARLES HAYDEN PLANETARIUM, OFFERING PRESENTATIONS, EVENTS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE TOPICS, CURRENT DISCOVERIES, AND OTHER SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY-INSPIRED PROGRAMMING. THE MUGAR OMNI THEATER, THE LARGEST DOMED IMAX THEATER IN NEW ENGLAND, OFFERS DIGITAL DOCUMENTARY AND SCIENCE-FICTION INSPIRED FILMS AND PRESENTATIONS, WHILE A SMALLER 4-D THEATER OFFERS SHORT 3-D FILMS ON A RANGE OF SCIENCE AND NATURE TOPICS AUGMENTED BY SENSORY EFFECTS SUCH AS WIND, MIST, AND SMELL. PLANETARIUM SHOWS THIS YEAR INCLUDED: BIG BIRD'S ADVENTURE: ONE WORLD, ONE SKY; DESTINATION MARS: THE NEW FRONTIER; FROM DREAM TO DISCOVERY: INSIDE NASA; EXPLORE OUR CHANGING EARTH; EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE; MOONS: WORLDS OF MYSTERY; UNDISCOVERED WORLDS: THE SEARCH BEYOND OUR SUN; THE BEYONCE EXPERIENCE; THE FLEETWOOD MAC EXPERIENCE; PINK FLOYD: THE WALL; THE PRINCE EXPERIENCE; THE RADIOHEAD EXPERIENCE IMAX FILMS INCLUDED: ANCIENT CAVES; BACK FROM THE BRINK: SAVED FROM EXTINCTION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS; SUPERPOWER DOGS. OMNI SCI-FI FILMS: DUNE; MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS 4D THEATER FILMS INCLUDED: SHARKS: A 4-D EXPERIENCE; ICE WORLDS: 4D; PENGUINS: 4D; POLAR EXPRESS: 4D; SPLASH & BUBBLES: 4D; THOMAS: 4D (480,000 THEATER VISITORS SERVED)

  Expenses $7,977,042 · Grants $30,139 · Revenue $2,515,866

• SERVICES PROVIDED PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE OUR PARKING FACILITY, MEMBERSHIP OFFICE, AND GIFT SHOP. (24,037 MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS)

  Expenses $5,493,888 · Grants $61,275 · Revenue $4,847,509

• EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL GROUPS, CURRICULUM MATERIALS UNDER OUR EIE. THE MUSEUM IS PART OF AN AWARD-WINNING DIVISION, EIE, THAT DEVELOPS FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) SUBJECTS FOR ALL STUDENTS. THE RESEARCH-BASED, HANDS-ON CURRICULA ARE DESIGNED TO BEST INNOVATE FOR THE REALITY OF TODAY'S EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE AND TO ENGAGE ALL STUDENTS. RECENTLY MOS PARTNERED WITH KAHOOT TO CREATE EXCITING, ENGAGING AND FUN LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR LEARNERS GRADES 1-8. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, EIE HAS REACHED AN ESTIMATED 20 MILLION STUDENTS AND 200,000 EDUCATORS IN ALL 50 STATES.

  Expenses $6,450,682 · Grants $438,591 · Revenue $3,020,728

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.

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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $211,850,719

  Expenses

  $67,836,371

  Contributions

  $163,862,468

  Grants paid

  $994,647

• 2022

  Revenue

  $72,506,770

  Expenses

  $66,023,873

  Contributions

  $30,533,140

  Grants paid

  $821,590

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

• 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

  $71,466,361

  Expenses

  $58,555,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $344,840,843

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $53,494,363

  Expenses

  $49,559,451

  Assets (EOY)

  $361,087,137

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $49,955,104

  Expenses

  $60,601,151

  Assets (EOY)

  $308,551,835

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $84,543,128

  Expenses

  $66,622,105

  Assets (EOY)

  $313,286,665

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $80,541,213

  Expenses

  $65,939,416

  Assets (EOY)

  $290,712,548

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $95,565,729

  Expenses

  $62,392,418

  Assets (EOY)

  $276,492,825

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

• MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE

  $75,788

  2023 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT W/SCI., CITIZEN SCI, CIVICS, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

• MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE

  $20,096

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT W/SCI., CITIZEN SCI, CIVICS, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

• EDTOGETHER INC

  $18,758

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: APPRAISAL IN DIVERSE POPULATIONS: PILOT RESEARCH ABOUT INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITY IN SCIENCE EXHIBITS

• ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

  $15,128

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: CHEMATTITUDES,BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT W/SCI.

• HORIZON FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC

  $13,000

  2023 · GRANTS

• ROCKMAN ET AL INC

  $12,865

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT W/SCI., CITIZEN SCI, CIVICS, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

• NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

  $10,135

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARD: CITIZEN SCIENCE, CIVICS, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES (CSCRC)

• SCIENCENTER

  $9,750

  2022 · FED'L STIPEND: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON IMAGINATION IN INFORMAL STEM ENVIRONMENTS

• DA VINCI SCIENCE CENTER

  $8,250

  2022 · EIE FAMILIES STEM EVENT PILOT

• GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER

  $8,000

  2022 · FED'L SUBAWARDS: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CO-CREATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT W/SCI., CITIZEN SCI, CIVICS, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $3,309,100

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION

  $3,000,000

  2023 · TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,921,702

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,664,276

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,171,517

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $1,157,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $754,010

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $336,000

  2024 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $325,600

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $300,384

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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.

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.

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