SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

U330

Classification

1000

Street

315 CHESTNUT 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).

Other organizations at this address

5 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.

• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS INC

  EIN 13-1525325

• ORAL HISTORY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION - OHMAR

  EIN 52-1103821

• PHILADELPHIA AREA CENTER FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE

  EIN 80-0218628

• SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE SUPPORT COMPANY

  EIN 23-2909123

• SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AMERICAN SECTION

  EIN 04-6208990

Mission and programs · 2024

• BECKMAN CENTER: THE ARNOLD AND MABEL BECKMAN CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY SUPPORTS A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS DOING RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES OF CHEMISTRY AND RELATED SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND INDUSTRIES USING THE INSTITUTE'S COLLECTIONS. IT IS ALSO HOME TO ASSOCIATED SCHOLARLY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE, A PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES, WRITING WORKSHOPS, A BOOK SERIES, AND A NETWORK OF OVER 250 ALUMNI.THE BECKMAN CENTER OFFERS SEVERAL FELLOWSHIP TYPES: CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIPS (2 YEARS), POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (12 MONTHS), DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS (9 MONTHS), SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS (1-4 MONTHS), AND DISTINGUISHED FELLOWSHIPS (4 MONTHS).

  Expenses $1,190,915 · Grants $285,100 · Revenue $6,428

• MUSEUM: SCIENCE IS ALL AROUND US. IT SHAPES WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, FROM THE CLOTHES WE WEAR AND THE PHONES WE CARRY, TO THE FOOD WE EAT AND THE WATER WE DRINK. BUT SCIENCE HAS A PAST-A RICH AND OFTEN SURPRISING PAST THAT REVEALS THE ORIGINS OF IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS THAT IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES. AT OUR MUSEUM, WHICH IS FREE, YOU CAN EXPLORE THE AMAZING SUCCESSES, ASTONISHING FAILURES, AND STRANGE SURPRISES BEHIND THE SCIENCE THAT SHAPES OUR WORLD. RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE LUNCHTIME: THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE ON THE SCHOOL FOOD TRAY, WHICH OFFERS A NOVEL HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON EFFORTS TO FEED CHILDREN IN U.S. SCHOOLS, AND EARTHLY MATTERS, A NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION INSTALLED IN THE LOBBY FEATURING A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 20 MINERALS RECENTLY DONATED TO THE INSTITUTE.

  Expenses $1,465,224 · Revenue $4,865

• DIGITAL CONTENT: IN OUR DISTILLATIONS DIGITAL CONTENT, WE REVEAL SCIENCE'S ROLE IN A COMPLICATED, EVER-CHANGING, AND OFTEN STRANGE WORLD. WE ARE STORYTELLERS WHO TAP INTO THE WORK OF HISTORIANS AND OTHER RESEARCHERS TO PRODUCE ARTICLES, PODCASTS, AND VIDEOS THAT UNCOVER HIDDEN STORIES AND SEEK NEW PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. WITH THE HELP OF THE SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE'S UNIQUE COLLECTIONS, WE CHRONICLE THE POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE ON OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

  Expenses $1,103,336

• VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE AND TO FOSTER DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY.

  Expenses $3,215,669 · Revenue $505,132

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

  $9,264,372

  Expenses

  $9,254,323

  Contributions

  $8,624,135

  Grants paid

  $285,100

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,017,786

  Expenses

  $8,800,420

  Contributions

  $10,311,476

  Grants paid

  $225,443

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,789,030

  Expenses

  $8,976,013

  Contributions

  $7,038,935

  Grants paid

  $452,817

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

  $7,703,716

  Expenses

  $7,776,104

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,869,660

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,373,108

  Expenses

  $7,346,332

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,075,495

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,497,963

  Expenses

  $10,182,469

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,440,192

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,865,868

  Expenses

  $9,941,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,260,746

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,500,139

  Expenses

  $11,642,943

  Assets (EOY)

  $48,449,235

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,265,512

  Expenses

  $11,259,245

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,236,655

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,014,659

  Expenses

  $9,819,769

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,225,724

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,443,828

  Expenses

  $6,662,310

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,259,105

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $5,631,682

  Assets (EOY)

  $56,793,084

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $5,533,097

  Assets (EOY)

  $66,820,854

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

• SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE SUPPORT COMPANY

  $6,160,985

  2023 · GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE SUPPORT COMPANY

  $5,811,625

  2022 · GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• SCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE SUPPORT COMPANY

  $4,450,207

  2024 · GENERAL ASSISTANCE

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $272,000

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

  $149,782

  2024 · Civic Life

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $125,685

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $76,250

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $60,000

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $42,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $41,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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.

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