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ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER

EIN 16-0794131 ROCHESTER, NY

Revenue 2025
$9,336,712
Expenses 2025
$9,766,664

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A560
Classification
2000
Street
657 EAST AVE

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

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER IS TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD THROUGH INSPIRING CURIOSITY, EXPLORATION, AND ENGAGEMENT ACROSS HISTORY, SCIENCE, CULTURE, AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A MUSEUM, SCIENCE CENTER, PLANETARIUM, AND NATURE CENTER.

  • IN 2025, THE RMSC GENERATED ESSENTIAL ADMISSION REVENUE BY WELCOMING OVER 160,000 VISITORS ACROSS ITS PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTER, THE STRASENBURGH PLANETARIUM, AND THE CUMMING NATURE CENTER. ADMISSION REVENUES DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE DAILY OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE CIVIC ASSETS. LEVERAGED ALONGSIDE VITAL CORPORATE, FOUNDATIONAL, INDIVIDUAL, AND MUNICIPAL SUPPORT, THESE EARNED REVENUE STREAMS PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL FOUNDATION REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN YEAR-ROUND OPERATIONS ACROSS ALL THREE REGIONAL LOCATIONS.

    Expenses $3,809,996 · Revenue $1,445,760

  • RMSC PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE STEAM AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND LIFELONG LEARNERS. IN 2025, PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED SERVING NEARLY 50,000 STUDENTS VIA MULTI-CAMPUS FIELD TRIPS AND OVER 10,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OFF-SITE COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. ITS SIGNATURE CURIOSITY CAMPS DELIVERED SPECIALIZED BREAK- AND SUMMER-INSTRUCTION FOR YOUTH AGES 3 TO 15, UTILIZING MUSEUM, PLANETARIUM, AND NATURE CENTER ASSETS TO ACHIEVE RECORD ENROLLMENT OF OVER 3,600 CAMPERS. PROGRAM OFFERINGS SPANNED OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, LECTURES, SCOUT WORKSHOPS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, PUBLIC CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, AND SIGNATURE EVENTS.

    Expenses $3,725,487 · Revenue $1,678,798

  • THE RMSC MAINTAINS WESTERN NEW YORK'S MOST DIVERSE ARRAY OF HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS, UTILIZING A UNIQUE HYBRID MODEL THAT BLENDS A 1.2 MILLION-OBJECT PERMANENT COLLECTION WITH IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS. MAJOR PHYSICAL EXHIBITS AND PUBLIC ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE HAUDENOSAUNEE COLLECTION; REGIONAL HISTORY DISPLAYS HIGHLIGHTING FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY; THE MUSICAL TWIN TESLA COIL ELECTRICITY THEATER; AND NATURAL HISTORY DISPLAYS SPANNING 435 MILLION YEARS. PUBLIC OFFERINGS ARE FURTHER EXTENDED THROUGH A PLANETARIUM FEATURING A CUTTING-EDGE, FULL-DOME DIGITAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM PROJECTING THROUGH ROCHESTER-MADE NAVITAR LENSES, AS WELL AS AN ACTIVE BEAVER POND WITH AN OUTDOOR OBSERVATION DECK AND 12 MILES OF INTERPRETIVE, EDUCATIONAL TRAILS AT THE CUMMING NATURE CENTER.

    Expenses $931,372

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • BRUCE BAKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • KURT BUTTON

    TREASURER AND VICE CHAIR,

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • JOHN CARVER PHD

    VICE CHAIR, VISITOR EXPERI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • WILLIAM COE PE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CAROLYN COSSAVELLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ROBERT DE LEON

    CO-VICE CHAIR, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ELIZABETH DEL VALLE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • WENDI HEINZELMAN PHD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ANDRE HUDSON PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DANIEL KEELEY

    CO-VICE CHAIR, ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • JACQUELINE B LEE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MICHAEL LAPIERRE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • YVERSHA ROMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • JAMES MEYER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ALEX MOLINICH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ELENA NESCIO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DAVID PAYNE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ALEXIS VOGT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • KELLEY ROSS-BROWN

    VICE CHAIR, GOVERNANCE/AUD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ANURAG SHRIVASTAVA MD

    VICE CHAIR, COMMITTEE ON T

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ERIC SNAVELY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • HILLARY OLSON

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $224,158
    From this org
    $219,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,468
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,394
    Nontaxable benefits
    $74
    Filer's total
    $224,158

  • WARD BRAMLETT

    VP OF FINANCE AND OPERATIO

    Total calculated
    $103,010
    From this org
    $91,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,520
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $9,336,712
    Expenses
    $9,766,664
    Contributions
    $4,931,794
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,694,897
    Expenses
    $9,746,377
    Contributions
    $4,240,678
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,855,597
    Expenses
    $9,589,355
    Contributions
    $6,088,538
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,111,872
    Expenses
    $8,536,129
    Contributions
    $3,490,257
    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
    $9,942,117
    Expenses
    $7,774,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,141,900

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,114,316
    Expenses
    $6,777,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,227,206

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,316,745
    Expenses
    $8,244,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,042,020

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,158,599
    Expenses
    $7,787,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,277,293

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,360,622
    Expenses
    $7,541,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,943,898

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,377,683
    Expenses
    $7,064,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,403,185

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,027,744
    Expenses
    $7,375,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,734,941

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,073,433
    Expenses
    $6,724,020
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,361,803

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,108,470
    Expenses
    $6,867,049
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,377,398

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,163,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,214,635

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

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.