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Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc

The association of science-technology centers (astc) is a professional membership organization with a vision of increased understanding of-and engagement with-science and technology among all people and a mission to champion and support science and technology centers and museums.

$375k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.6MArts & Culture$664kScience & Tech$334kEducation$264kYouth Development$111kEnvironment$39kAnimals$23kInternational$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $282,682, the rows itemized in this filing. The $375,044 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $92,362 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $186k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$11,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE$57,145
CABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$30,587
EXPLORA OF ALBUQUERQUE$23,000
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION$21,970
SPACE CENTER HOUSTON$11,000
LONG ISLAND EXPLORIUM$11,000
DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC$11,000
CATAWBA SCIENCE CENTER$11,000
REUBEN H FLEET SCIENCE CENTER$11,000
SANTA CRUZ MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$11,000
PUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER$11,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION$11,000
FERNBANK SCIENCE CENTER$11,000
THE WORKS MUSEUM$11,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA$8,300
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EXPLORATIONWORKS INC: $10k → 9%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS AND LEARNING: $7k → 11%POLYNESIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALASKA: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$830k · 25 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
115

Total granted

$830k
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+33%

Still filing today

96%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Oregon State University Foundation
    3× · 2020–2022 · $127k · revenue +33%
  • ES
    EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $78k · revenue +143%
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $68k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • CW
    C WILLIAMS RUSH LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $110k · revenue -41%
  • NG
    NATIONAL GIRLS COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +18%
  • DC
    DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $86k · revenue +22%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Cook Museum of Natural Science
Arts & Culture
2
Science & Discovery Center of Northwest Florida Inc

To educate and inspire children and adults through hands-on, interactive exhibits and programs that promote discovery of science, technology and history.

Arts & Culture
3
National Children Museum

To inspire children to care about and change the world. National Children's Museum (NCM) is a next generation institution that sparks curiosity and ignites creativity for children under 12 by fostering critical competencies in S.T.E.A.M.…

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4
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
5
Museum of Discovery

To ignite and fuel a passion for science, technology, arts and math through dynamic interactive experiences.

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of Innovation and Science

To inspire a sense of wonder about extraordinary scientific and technological developments: past, present and future.the museum fulfills this mission by preserving and interpreting the history of technological change and its impact on…

Arts & Culture
7
Omaha Discovery Trust

The luminarium opened in april 2023 with more than 125 interactive exhibits and a kaleidoscope of engaging programs focused on science, art, and human perception. the luminarium is an innovative community space and learning environment…

Education
8
The Children's Museum of Northern N

To educate and delight children in the company of their parents.

Arts & Culture
9
The Children's Museum of Science and Technology Inc

Install a sense of wonder and discovery in youth minds, inspiring a lifelong exploration of science and technology.

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Art Explorium
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Discovery World Ltd

Discovery World educates, motivates,mobilizes and inspires the innovators and entrepreneurs of the 21st century. We connect innovation, science, and technology with exploration, environment, and our Great Lakes freshwater resources through…

Education
12
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum

We believe that children should be able to explore their curiosities in a safe environment. engaging the community, including the family unit, is imperative in a child's development. to educate children means more than sending them…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Discovery Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mexican Cultural Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

129 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 129 of the 150 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
127/129
Grantees still filing
97/129
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

C WILLIAMS RUSH LLC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureC WILLIAMS RUSH LLCDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $86,181 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $77,616 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $67,500 · Arts & Culture+89 more: $1,579,027 · Arts & Culture+89 moreKANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $79,935 · OtherKANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRAR…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $57,833 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY…AUGUSTA LIBRARY OF THE YOUNG MENS LIBRARY ASSOC: $55,569 · OtherAUGUSTA LIBRARY OF THE YO…QUAPAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA: $49,243 · OtherQUAPAW NATION OF OKLAHOMAPublic Library of MTV - Knox: $37,852 · OtherPublic Library of MTV - K…HYRUM CITY MUSEUM: $32,000 · OtherRICHLAND LIBRARY: $28,920 · OtherPULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $28,051 · OtherCity of Takoma Park: $22,993 · Other+25 more: $293,580 · Other+25 moreOregon State University Foundation: $126,961 · EducationOregon Sta…Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums: $20,000 · EducationAssociatio…ALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK: $19,536 · EducationALASKA LIB…SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS CORPORATION: $17,285 · EducationSPRINGFIEL…SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $14,700 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $10,496 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationIHANKTONWAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $9,660 · Education+7 more: $47,236 · Education+7 moreNATIONAL GIRLS COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentEXPLORATIONWORKS INC: $10,063 · Human ServicesPolynesian Association of Alaska Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesOLIVEWOODS GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $6,950 · Human ServicesEllerbee Creek Watershed Association: $14,500 · EnvironmentJAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF SAN DIEGO INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSouth Dakota Discovery Center: $22,773 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,920,324Other$685,976Education$286,874Youth Development$100,000Human Services$27,013Environment$24,500Animals$22,773

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon State University Foundation: $126,961 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL GIRLS COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetDISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $86,181 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $77,616 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $67,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $62,118 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $59,600 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC: $57,145 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $53,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $52,279 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $49,223 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION: $40,970 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER: $40,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $33,406 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $32,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM CORPORATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY INC: $31,110 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $31,055 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER INC: $31,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCABLE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $30,587 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWitte Museum: $30,318 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $27,191 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PENSACOLA MESS HALL INC: $26,800 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $24,605 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAUSTIN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $24,168 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $23,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Dakota Discovery Center: $22,773 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMcALLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM: $22,280 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREAT LAKES MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY: $22,220 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $21,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WORKS: $21,075 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCATAWBA SCIENCE CENTER INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRICKSTER ART GALLERY: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAssociation of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetALASKA LIBRARY NETWORK: $19,536 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OKLAHOMA INC: $19,203 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDAYTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY: $18,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDISCOVERY GATEWAY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $18,680 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetECOEXPLORATORIO INC: $18,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $17,689 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER CORP: $17,678 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS CORPORATION: $17,285 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $17,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREUBEN H FLEET SCIENCE CENTER: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Association of Childr…Mr Metzger Family Fou…Ibm International Fou…Union Pacific Foundat…Museum of SciencePublix Super Markets …Dominion Energy Chari…Pwc Foundation IncHighland Street Conne…Fidelity FoundationCorning Incorporated …The Nordson Corporati…
Association of Children's Museums IncVA32× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Association of Children's Museums Inc · Mr Metzger Family Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Museum of Science · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Pwc Foundation Inc · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Fidelity Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Springfield Cultural Partnership Inc Attn Karen Finn: 31% of income from government
  • Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums: 21% of income from government
  • The Discovery Museum Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Connecticut Science Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Liberty Science Center: 14% of income from government
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc: 13% of income from government
  • The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Children's Discovery Museum of Cape Cod Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Pensacola Mess Hall Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Springfield Museums Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
46report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 150 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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By state
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