DISCOVERY CENTER OF SPRINGFIELD INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A57

Classification

1280

Street

438 E SAINT LOUIS 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• MUSEUM DISCOVERY CENTER PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO COMBINE FUN AND LEARNING WHILE INTERACTING WITH REAL LIFE EXHIBITS. THESE INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS COMBINE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND HEALTH TO STIMULATE YOUNG AND MATURE MINDS. VISITORS ARE ENGAGED IN EXPERIMENTS AND EXPERIENCES THAT ARE FUN AND ENCOURAGE ASKING THE QUESTIONS OF "HOW?- AND "WHY?". EXHIBITS ARE KEPT CURRENT AND RELEVANT FOR THE INQUIRING MINDS OF TODAY.

  Expenses $1,120,427 · Revenue $299,941

• EDUCATION DISCOVERY CENTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS EXIST TO HELP CLASSROOM EDUCATORS, HOME SCHOOL EDUCATORS, SCOUT LEADERS, OR COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COORDINATORS WITH ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES POSSIBLE. WHILE DCS IS A COMMON CHOICE FOR FIELD TRIPS, WE ALSO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF SCIENCE EXPERIENCES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO SCHOOL SITES. BECAUSE FUNDS FOR ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES ARE LIMITED, WE CONSTANTLY STRIVE TO MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAMS ARE THE HIGHEST QUALITY, MEET MISSOURI GLES AND NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS, AND GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS TO HANDS-ON SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT GENERATE EXCITEMENT FOR LEARNING SCIENCE CONTENT. STIMULATING SUMMER WORKSHOP THEME EVENTS AND PARENT CHILD WORKSHOPS ALSO BRING THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT OF SCIENCE TO THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF TODAY'S YOUTH.

  Expenses $611,142 · Revenue $1,128,118

• THE DISCOVERY SCHOOL PROGRAM STARTED AS A RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR IN-PERSON FORMAL EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE. THIS ACCREDITED EDUCATION PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS EITHER MEET GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI LEARNING STANDARDS, OR MOVE BEYOND THEIR AGE-ASSIGNED GRADE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

  Expenses $305,571 · Revenue $147,185

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,595,461

  Expenses

  $2,648,670

  Contributions

  $470,044

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,306,657

  Expenses

  $2,767,542

  Contributions

  $1,648,076

  Grants paid

  $12,612

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,629,949

  Expenses

  $2,563,701

  Contributions

  $1,438,939

  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

  $2,548,461

  Expenses

  $2,233,515

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,978,802

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $767,451

  Expenses

  $1,092,319

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,008,151

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $911,225

  Expenses

  $1,154,192

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,343,716

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $982,854

  Expenses

  $1,271,052

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,567,440

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $960,467

  Expenses

  $1,262,801

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,856,105

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,133,826

  Expenses

  $1,436,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,158,147

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,616,825

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,541,421

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,510,786

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,056,174

• 2010 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,563,454

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,672,990

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.

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

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC

  $122,788

  2023 · SPECIFIC PROGRAM

• MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME

  $38,349

  2022 · COMMUNITY

• MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME

  $27,520

  2023 · COMMUNITY

• MERCY HEALTH SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITIES

  $10,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT MISSION OF ORGANIZATION

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC

  $7,906

  2022 · SHADE STRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM

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