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New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the creation of learning experiences that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and agency.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$498k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MHealth$1.4MArts & Culture$1.2MScience & Tech$483kCrime & Legal$57kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $1,092,051, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,142,347 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,296 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 · FY2025

  • $50k–250k5 grants · $594k
  • $250k+1 grant · $498k
$152,655
Median grant
6
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING INC$497,612
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC$187,422
EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE$152,655
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$117,754
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH$80,082
KNIGHT WILLIAMS INC$56,526
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $325k → 8%SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $41k → 14%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $80k → 11%THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION: $64k → 8%DESIGN IO LLC: $191k → 8%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $158k → 10%KNIGHT WILLIAMS INC: $57k → 12%NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: $79k → 14%FAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING INC: $498k → 14%NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $20k → 17%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE: $153k → 14%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $62k → 8%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $374k → 14%PARTICIPATE INC: $93k → 13%COSI (FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY): $12k → 15%EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $187k → 8%SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $28k → 14%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $44k → 11%THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION: $51k → 8%NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: $63k → 14%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE: $46k → 14%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $35k → 8%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $290k → 14%PARTICIPATE INC: $85k → 13%COSI (FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY): $12k → 15%EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $179k → 8%THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION: $32k → 8%NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: $46k → 14%CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $13k → 8%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $216k → 14%PARTICIPATE INC: $61k → 13%EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $127k → 8%THE TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION: $21k → 8%NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: $31k → 14%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $198k → 14%PARTICIPATE INC: $46k → 13%DESIGN IO LLC: $217k → 8%NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION: $25k → 14%THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $99k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $118k → 14%PARTICIPATE INC: $36k → 13%CARNEGIE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING: $48k → 8%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $88k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $95k → 14%CARNEGIE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING: $38k → 8%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $49k → 17%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $53k → 14%AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $52k → 14%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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MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
NM
AR
NC
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 15 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$4.2M
$163k

Still filing today

80%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $554k 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 & CultureSocial ScienceEducationOther
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

  • NY
    NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $243k · revenue +62%
  • ES
    EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $199k · revenue +41%
  • BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $136k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE
    one grant, 2020 · $158k
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
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
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
4
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
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
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
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
Computer History Museum

Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.

Arts & Culture
9
Smithsonian Institution

*increase and diffusion of knowledge* is the mission set forth by james smithson. the smithsonian endeavors to shape the future by preserving our heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world.

Arts & Culture
10
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
11
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc

The organization's mission is to create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
12
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
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 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $818,407 · OtherEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INCDESIGN IO LLC: $408,023 · OtherDESIGN IO LLCPARTICIPATE INC: $321,515 · OtherPARTICIPATE INCNEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION INC: $243,441 · OtherNEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & TECHNO…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE: $157,642 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINECARNEGIE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING: $86,321 · Other+4 more: $130,721 · Other+4 moreAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $1,395,987 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARC…FAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING INC: $497,612 · Arts & CultureFAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE F…EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $198,992 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CH…THE TECH INTERACTIVE: $172,929 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH INTERACTIVECHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $124,461 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSB…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $121,292 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARK…SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $68,882 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA+1 more: $24,505 · Arts & CultureBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $136,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $99,421 · Education
Other$2,166,070Social Science$1,395,987Arts & Culture$1,208,673Education$235,421

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 budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: $1,395,987 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $818,407 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PICTURES INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSIVE STORYTELLING INC: $497,612 over 1y, 77% of budgetNEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION INC: $243,441 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $198,992 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $172,929 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $136,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $124,461 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $121,292 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $99,421 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING: $86,321 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $68,882 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $24,505 over 2y, 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.

Museum of ScienceGates FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Museum of ScienceMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Museum of Science · Gates Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 New York Hall of Science funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New York Hall of Science. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 65%
  • Education Development Center Inc: 65% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 20 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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