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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 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 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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $56,789, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,077,047 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,020,258 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.
$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

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 (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 its 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
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

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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +24% for those 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

+42%
+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
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

  • 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%
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.

1
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
2
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
3
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
4
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
5
Liberty Science Center

To inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and excite learners of all ages about the power, promise, and pure fun of science and technology.lsc offers exceptional science learning onsite, offsite, and online as well as…

Arts & Culture
6
Moco Kidsco Inc

Kid museum is our region's pioneering experiential museum and educational makerspace. we foster the "mind of a maker" in kids and youth, empowering the next generation with the skills to invent the future.

Arts & Culture
7
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
8
San Antonio Children's Museum

Through joyful learning and discovery, the doseum experience grows curious minds, connects families, and transforms communities.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
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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11
Harmony Dc Public Charter Schools

The mission of the charter school is to prepare students for higher learning in a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on science, technology, engineering,…

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 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.

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

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/61
Grantees still filing
51/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN MARCOS: $50,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetALTERNATIVES IN ACTION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLas Vegas Clark County Library District Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF HUDSON COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% 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 budgetHOPE COMMUNITY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 budgetTHE EXPLORE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN PHOENIX INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhase 4 Learning Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.6% 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 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

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 Museum of Science funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Museum of Science. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's 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
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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home