Washington · Nonprofit
MOBIUS SPOKANE
MOBIUS SPOKANE (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,291 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($165,218). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $353k
- Net assets
- $548k
What Mobius Spokane does
Mission
Sparking the curiosity of children through exploration, play, and the arts, and igniting imaginations with fascinating exhibits, s.t.e.a.m. Experiences, and skill building activities. Mobius discovery center provides a unique continuum of experiential learning that cultivates critical thinking and problem-solving abilities - foundational skills that create lifelong learners.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mobius discovery center is located in downtown spokane, washington and provides children, families, and students with a fun and safe place to explore exhibits and learn s.t.e.a.m. (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). Mobius offers visitation via daily admission, year-long exploration for families with memberships, field trips for classes and groups, and community partnerships.
$905,905 spent$415,432 earned by the program78% of program spendingWorkshops, camps & classes: mobius provides on-site educational experiences that cover a variety of topics and grade ranges. Our educators inspire students with fun hands-on s.t.e.a.m. Based activities that spark curiosity and motivate learning. Mobius educators have also developed a series of s.t.e.a.m. Kits that can bring learning to kids wherever they are and come complete with instructions and supplies. On-site experiences also include birthday parties and private venue programs.
$65,943 spent$100,424 earned by the program6% of program spendingOutreach: mobius on the move is the department of mobius that travels. The team takes s.t.e.a.m. On the road with hands-on learning. They offer in-person classroom experiences, s.t.e.a.m. Workshops, a mobile planetarium, science shows,and demonstrations. We believe every child deserves the right to education, science, innovation, and invention which is why we provide no-barrier access from the support of donors and grants.
$191,223 spent$108,372 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,163,071.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.5M to $2.0M (−20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 12% · 2018 10% · 2019 8% · 2020 42% · 2021 9% · 2022 12% · 2023 10% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of MOBIUS SPOKANE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Chief executive
Karen Hudson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $24k → $47k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MOBIUS SPOKANE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
MOBIUS SPOKANE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MOBIUS SPOKANE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 65% · 2020 61% · 2021 57% · 2022 67% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of MOBIUS SPOKANE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
65% of MOBIUS SPOKANE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $124k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $229k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
MOBIUS SPOKANE is better cushioned than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MOBIUS SPOKANE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MOBIUS SPOKANE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOBIUS SPOKANE?
- MOBIUS SPOKANE (Washington) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $353,291 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($165,218). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MOBIUS SPOKANE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $353,291 in grants to MOBIUS SPOKANE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOBIUS SPOKANE?
- Innovia Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $165,218 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOBIUS SPOKANE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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