ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A23

Classification

1000

Street

2000 FLORIDA AVE NW STE 300

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

• BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - -PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT MEMBERS TO PREPARE AND LEAD WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES - BUILDS CAPACITY AMONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS AND MUSEUMS AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS FOR LEADING WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES ON CRITICAL ISSUES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THROUGH LARGELY GRANT-SUPPORTED EFFORTS, ASTC DEVELOPS AND DEPLOYS PROGRAMS TO UNDERSTAND AND SCALE NEW APPROACHES TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING AMONG OUR MEMBERS. ASTC ALSO INVESTS IN RESEARCH TO HELP OUR MEMBERS RECOGNIZE AND ACT ON MARKET AND SOCIETAL TRENDS AFFECTING THEIR BUSINESSES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. -ADVANCE EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - BRINGS TOGETHER INSTITUTIONS RICH IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) THAT SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE, AND THAT RECOGNIZE THAT DIVERSITY, ACCESSIBILITY, INCLUSION, AND EQUITY ARE PARAMOUNT VALUES. INVESTS IN ACTION FOR THE FIELD IN SUPPORT OF THESE VALUES INCLUDING OUR DIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FELLOWS PROGRAM, COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT OF THE CULTURAL COMPETENCE LEARNING INSTITUTE, AND MULTIPLE PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN OUR FIELD AND IN STEM AROUND THE WORLD. HELPS ASTC MEMBERS THROUGH THESE EQUITY AND DIVERSITY PROGRAMS TO BECOME MORE WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE INSTITUTIONS, WITH AN AIM TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THOSE WHO VISIT AND WORK IN MUSEUMS; STEM; AND ENSURE THESE PLACE-BASED INSTITUTIONS REMAIN RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $3,138,202

• STRENGHEN MEMBERS AND THEIR CAPACITY - -ASTCS ANNUAL CONFERENCE - HOSTS ONE OF THE PREMIER PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GLOBAL SCIENCE-CENTER COMMUNITY, WHERE, EACH YEAR, 1,500 TO 2,000 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING SCIENCE CENTERS AND MUSEUMS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATORS, AND COMPANIES COLLABORATING WITH THE MUSEUM FIELD GATHER. OFFERS GENERAL SESSIONS, CONCURRENT SESSIONS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AT THIS ANNUAL CONVENING. -PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE - KEEPS MEMBERS APPRISED OF TRENDS, PRACTICES, PERSPECTIVES, AND NEWS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SCIENCE-MUSEUM FIELD THROUGH A DIGITAL MAGAZINE AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. PROVIDES RESOURCES, TIMELY INFORMATION AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND FORUMS THAT PROMOTE THE SHARING OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES THROUGH ONLINE COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE. -WORKSHOPS, WEBINARS, AND OTHER CONVENINGS - PROVIDES LEARNING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSEUM AND SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS ON A RANGE OF TOPICS. -RESEARCH SERVICES - TRACKS AND ANALYZES TRENDS AND COMPILES DATA, INFORMATION, AND STATISTICS FOR THE SCIENCE MUSEUM FIELD.

  Expenses $1,585,881 · Revenue $2,619,519

• CHAMPION AND SUPPORT SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT - -ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS - ADVANCES THE INTERESTS OF SCIENCE CENTERS, INFORMAL SCIENCE LEARNING, AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT BROADLY WITHIN THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ENCOURAGES MUSEUM VISITORSHIP THROUGH PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS AND A RECIPROCAL FREE ADMISSION PROGRAM. -PUBLIC AWARENESS AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT - CONDUCTS OUTREACH TO NORTH AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS TO POSITION THE SCIENCE MUSEUM FIELD AS A POTENTIAL PARTNER FOR CONNECTING THE PUBLIC TO SCIENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GLOBAL ISSUES. -COLLABORATING ACROSS THE SCIENCE-ENGAGEMENT ECOSYSTEM - SUPPORTS A GROWING NETWORK OF LEADERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENGAGEMENT NETWORKS TO FOSTER A MORE ROBUST ECOSYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN STEM. -INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AND MEMBER COLLABORATIONS - WORKS WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTER NETWORKS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT SCIENCE CENTERS AND MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE.

  Expenses $508,842 · Grants $375,044 · Revenue $23,531

• LEGACY PROJECTS -LEGACY PROJECTS REPRESENT MULTI-YEAR FUNDED PROJECTS THAT ASTC DOES NOT ANTICIPATE CONTINUING. WHILE THESE PROJECTS ADVANCE ASTC'S MISSION AND SUPPORT OUR WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS, THEY MAY NOT FALL INTO ONE OF ASTC'S NEW STRATEGIC PILLARS.

  Expenses $110,030

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.

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

  $11,437,803

  Expenses

  $5,978,752

  Contributions

  $8,588,778

  Grants paid

  $375,044

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,435,417

  Expenses

  $5,526,443

  Contributions

  $2,652,535

  Grants paid

  $47,864

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,969,572

  Expenses

  $6,197,096

  Contributions

  $1,932,765

  Grants paid

  $580,699

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

  $7,242,482

  Expenses

  $6,588,806

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,016,883

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,422,727

  Expenses

  $4,600,009

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,356,597

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,675,852

  Expenses

  $4,825,245

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,539,906

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,678,236

  Expenses

  $4,945,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,863,381

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,106,823

  Expenses

  $4,924,923

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,892,199

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

• NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE

  $57,145

  2024 · COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAM GRANT

• OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

  $30,670

  2022 · CAISE GRANT

• CABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

  $30,587

  2024 · COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAM GRANT

• SCIENCENTER

  $23,375

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

• EXPLORA OF ALBUQUERQUE

  $23,000

  2024 · NASA UNIVERSE OF LEARNING GRANT

• LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION

  $21,970

  2024 · COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAM GRANT

• ASSOCIATION OF TRIBAL ARCHIVES LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

  $20,000

  2022 · COMMUNITIES FOR IMMUNITY VACCINE CONFIDENCE PROGRAM GRANT AWARD

• LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION

  $19,000

  2022 · DIALOGUE AND DELIBERATION CHALLENGE GRANT

• SOUTH DAKOTA DISCOVERY CENTER

  $17,610

  2022 · UNIVERSE OF LEARNING MINIFUND, IF/THEN GENDER EQUITY GRANT AWARD

• GEORGIA MUSEUMS INC TA TELLUS SCIENCE MUSEUM

  $17,000

  2022 · VOYA STEM GRANT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $249,871

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $199,650

  2023 · Arts & Culture

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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