Tennessee · Nonprofit
KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC
KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $570,000 to it, the largest being THE CLAYTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($570,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $289k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $570k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Knoxville Science Museum Inc does
Program
The knoxville science museum, inc. Was established to construct and operate a proposed 150,000 square foot science museum to provide area residents and visitors of all ages with interactive opportunities to explore and learn about science, technology, engineering and math (stem). The city of knoxville granted a parcel of property near downtown knoxville to serve as the museum's site. The property previously housed the knoxville police department facilities and some city court offices, the last of which was relocated by the city to another property in the summer of 2023. The relocation process was delayed by the covid pandemic and construction problems at the other property. Until the relocation of the police department and city court offices was completed, the knoxville science museum could not begin demolition and engineering site prep at the property. During 2023, progress was made on building demolition, abatement, and underground storage tank removal, to prepare the site for constr
$325,195 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $375k to $732k (+95%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC?
- KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $570,000 to it, the largest being THE CLAYTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($570,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $570,000 in grants to KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC?
- THE CLAYTON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $570,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KNOXVILLE SCIENCE MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing