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Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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.

Education$516kArts & Culture$92kScience & Tech$46kHealth$14kEnvironment$9k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $34,797, the rows itemized in this filing. The $44,597 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,800 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.
$34,797
Median grant
1
States reached
$187M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$34,797
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $9k → 22%CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FDN: $27k → 14%SCIENCENTER: $14k → 16%AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $10k → 17%JOHN P MCGOVERN MUSEUM OF HEALTH: $14k → 16%EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER: $10k → 14%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL: $9k → 14%UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $8k → 15%WESTED: $97k → 8%THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $23k → 16%CHICAGO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $24k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $155k → 19%WESTED: $21k → 8%THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $14k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $97k → 19%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

IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
MO
NM
DC
GA
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$552k · 4 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +126% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$552k
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+126%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationScience & 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

  • TB
    THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $251k
  • UO
    University of Miami
    6× · 2020–2025 · $146k · revenue +66%
  • W
    WESTED
    2× · 2019–2020 · $118k

Funded once

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +14%
  • CC
    Chicago Children's Museum
    one grant, 2017 · $24k · revenue +14%
  • SD
    SCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +94%
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
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Cook Museum of Natural Science
Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

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
The New Childrens Museum

The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Museum of Science & Industry Inc

Serve the public as a community-based institution and educational resource that is dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge and understanding of science, industry and technology.

Arts & Culture
10
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum

Children's discovery museum of san jose inspires creativity, curiosity and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
11
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc

Phipps' mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glasshouse.

Environment
12
American Museum of the Moving Image

See schedule omuseum of the moving image (momi) is the only museum in the u.s. that explores the central technology of the present moment.screens are all around us. we use them to educate, entertain, and communicate. the moving…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $251,499 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISWESTED: $118,103 · OtherWESTEDThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $36,620 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of …CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,522 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER…Chicago Children's Museum: $23,522 · Arts & CultureChicago Children's MuseumSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $14,038 · Arts & CultureSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUS…John P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $13,522 · Arts & CultureJohn P McGovern Museum of…EXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $10,151 · Arts & CultureEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & …American Museum of Natural History: $10,022 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natura…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $9,422 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $7,522 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Miami: $146,229 · EducationUniversity of MiamiTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $8,794 · Science & Tech
Other$369,602Arts & Culture$151,341Education$146,229Science & Tech$8,794

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Miami: $146,229 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $36,620 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $26,522 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $23,522 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $14,038 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJohn P McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science: $13,522 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEXPLORA SCIENCE CENTER & CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $10,151 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $10,022 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $9,422 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $8,794 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $7,522 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% 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)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 13 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $35k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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