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Museum of Science

The mission of the MUSEUM OF SCIENCE is to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Science & Tech$3.0MYouth Development$1.9MEducation$732kArts & Culture$439kHuman Services$353kCrime & Legal$334kRecreation & Sports$195kPublic Benefit$144kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $56,789 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,077,047 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,020,258 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$28,690
Median grant
2
States reached
$520M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY & AGRICULTURE & MECHANICAL COLLEGE$28,690
MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE$28,099
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Eden Youth & Family Center: $37k → 10%Family Services Association: $45k → 16%Eden Youth & Family Center: $36k → 10%Family Services Association: $43k → 16%Eden Youth & Family Center: $31k → 10%Family Services Association: $40k → 16%Howard Area Community Center: $22k → 14%CAST Inc: $61k → 8%Eden Youth & Family Center: $15k → 10%Family Services Association: $28k → 16%Howard Area Community Center: $93k → 14%CAST Inc: $11k → 8%Edtogether Inc: $29k → 16%Family Service Association: $25k → 16%Howard Area Community Center: $10k → 14%EDTOGETHER INC: $19k → 16%CAST Inc: $7k → 8%EdTogether: $194k → 16%EdTogether: $115k → 16%EdTogether: $87k → 16%Edtogether Inc: $50k → 16%HORIZON FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN INC: $13k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.7M · 37 repeat orgs$618k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

37 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
35

Total granted

$6.7M
$589k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+24%

Still filing today

78%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesScience & TechYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SM
    SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.9M · revenue +7%
  • TC
    THE CLUBHOUSE NETWORK INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $857k · revenue +18%
  • GC
    GOLD CROWN FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $284k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $65k · revenue +31%
  • DP
    DALLAS PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -76%
  • AI
    ALTERNATIVES IN ACTION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -46%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
2
Museum of Science

The mission of the museum of science is to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone. through exhibits, curricula, programs, and events, both live and virtual, we aim to make science and scientific thinking accessible, engaging, and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Discovery Museum Inc

The Discovery Museum strives to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Children's Museum of Oak Park

To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Pacific Science Center Foundation

Pacific science center (pacsci) ignites curiosity in every child and fuels a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking in all of us.

Arts & Culture
6
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Museum of Discovery

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

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Lincoln Children's Museum

The lincoln children's museum invites children to create, discover and learn through the power of play.

Arts & Culture
12
The Childrens Museum

Boston children's museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. boston children's museum is a welcoming,…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc and the most unlike its peers is ListoAmerica Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…School District FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Public Library OperationsLocal History Museums
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%12%20–35yr13%15%35–55yr16%50%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/73
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,492

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/61
Grantees still filing
52/61
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA — $1,923,493 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTANORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC — $218,085 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE IN…OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $210,478 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRYSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $184,529 · Arts & CultureSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM+19 more — $246,926 · Arts & Culture+19 moreFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY — $214,999 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN C…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — $188,912 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity Of Wisconsin Madison — $154,746 · OtherUniversity Of Wisconsin M…Northwest Community Programs Inc — $146,833 · OtherNorthwest Community Progr…FRIENDS OF EXPO CENTER — $103,023 · OtherFRIENDS OF EXPO CENTERROCKMAN ET AL INC — $86,270 · OtherPF Bresee Foundation — $85,000 · OtherBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC — $75,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $65,836 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — $60,000 · Other+18 more — $483,968 · Other+18 moreTHE CLUBHOUSE NETWORK INC — $856,603 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CLUBHOUSE N…COMPUTERS4KIDS — $122,932 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPUTERS4KIDSBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HUDSON COUNTY INC — $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentEDTOGETHER INC — $493,023 · Human ServicesEDTOGETHER INCFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc — $180,240 · Human ServicesFamily Service …Howard Area Community Center — $124,989 · Human ServicesHoward Area Com…EDEN YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER — $117,919 · Human ServicesEDEN YOUTH & FA…CAST INC — $78,934 · Human ServicesCAST INC+1 more — $13,000 · Human ServicesListoAmerica Inc — $149,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $118,793 · EducationLITTLE BLACK PEARL WORKSHOP — $71,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $68,388 · EducationLas Vegas Clark County Library District Foundation — $40,000 · EducationUrban College Of Boston — $20,000 · Education+3 more — $27,343 · EducationGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION — $284,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE — $64,651 · Science & TechCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Science & TechGREAT LAKES MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY — $8,000 · Science & Tech
Arts & Culture$2,783,511Other$1,664,587Youth Development$1,019,535Human Services$1,008,105Education$494,524Philanthropy$284,000Science & Tech$87,651

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA — $1,923,493 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CLUBHOUSE NETWORK INC — $856,603 over 3y, 15% of budgetEDTOGETHER INC — $493,023 over 6y, 99% of budgetGOLD CROWN FOUNDATION — $284,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC — $218,085 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY — $214,999 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $210,478 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM — $184,529 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc — $180,240 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetListoAmerica Inc — $149,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetHoward Area Community Center — $124,989 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCOMPUTERS4KIDS — $122,932 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $118,793 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER — $117,919 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF EXPO CENTER — $103,023 over 4y, 20% of budgetPF Bresee Foundation — $85,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCAST INC — $78,934 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC — $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $68,388 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $65,836 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE — $64,651 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS PARKS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetALTERNATIVES IN ACTION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN MARCOS — $50,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HUDSON COUNTY INC — $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLas Vegas Clark County Library District Foundation — $40,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 2y, 74% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — $35,625 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INC — $32,259 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKeystone Community Services — $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $26,593 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUrban College Of Boston — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER — $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH — $15,194 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EXPLORE CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS — $14,018 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOSTON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $12,318 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc — $11,215 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $10,677 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY — $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetPhase 4 Learning Center Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Association of Scienc…Gordon E and Betty I …New York Hall of Scie…Mr Metzger Family Fou…Carnegie Mellon Unive…Richard King Mellon F…Rockefeller Philanthr…Columbus FoundationLilly Endowment IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Community Foundation …Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Association of Science-Technology Centers IncDC15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · New York Hall of Science · Mr Metzger Family Foundation Inc · Carnegie Mellon University · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Columbus Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Museum of Science funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Education Development Center Inc — 65% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children — 21% of income from government
  • Cast Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University — 12% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences — 9% of income from government
  • Northeastern University — 7% of income from government
  • Orlando Science Centerinc — 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — 4% of income from government
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Clubhouse Network Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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