Florida · Nonprofit
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $662,806 to it, the largest being The Saunders Foundation ($228,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $663k
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What Museum of Science & Industry Inc does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In fy2025, the museum of science and industry (mosi) continued advancing its mission to make science real for people of all ages and backgrounds by providing equitable access to high-quality steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education throughout the tampa bay region. Mosi served over 175,000 visitors through exhibits, educational programs, outreach initiatives, and community events that fostered curiosity, creativity, and lifelong learning. (see schedule o for continuation)through collaborations with the florida department of state, hillsborough county public schools, the lego foundation, the amgen foundation, mosaic, pwc-price waterhouse coopers, children's board, and the bloomberg foundation, mosi strengthened the regional stem ecosystem and expanded opportunities for students, families, and educators to engage in hands-on learning experiences beyond the classroom. More than 82,000 students participated in mosi field trips, homeschool programs, and scouting sessions. The museum's mosi in motion outreach program reached an additional 21,000 students through school-based workshops aligned with florida's educational standards.during the year, mosi…
$1,459,455 spent$1,357,439 earned by the program39% of program spendingIn fy2025, mosi continued to offer diverse steam exhibits, including mission moonbase, saunders planetarium, and interactive sports science exhibits like slippery science, a collaboration with the tampa bay lightning. Mosi focused on refurbishing exhibits and creating and adding new permanent exhibits such as dino-dig, history of flight aviation maze, and drone zone. (see schedule o for continuation)this major enhancement, made possible through community and foundation support, positioned mosi as home to one of the largest and most advanced digital domes in the united states. The new theatre opened to the public on april 1, 2025, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by retired nasa astronaut nicole stott and the first hillsborough county student field trip to experience the dome's live astronomy programming. The 8k digital dome theatre now offers daily planetarium shows, immersive full-dome films, and laser light experiences, increasing both mosi's educational capacity and earned-revenue potential through new ticketed evening programs.throughout the fiscal year, mosi also presented several major traveling and special exhibitions. In january 2025, the museum opened dinosaur…
$2,254,650 spent$1,477,728 earned by the program61% of program spendingDuring fy2025, mosi deepened its commitment to community engagement through inclusive programming, educational partnerships, and events that inspired curiosity and celebrated science as a shared experience. The museum hosted sensory saturdays in november 2024, february 2025, may 2025, and september 2025, providing sensory-friendly experiences for children and families with autism and other sensory sensitivities. These events featured adjusted lighting, reduced sound, and trained staff to ensure a welcoming, accessible, and supportive environment for all guests.(see schedule o for continuation)in november 2024, mosi partnered with hillsborough county public schools to host the annual science olympics, a districtwide competition where students applied their knowledge of scientific inquiry, problem-solving, and engineering design. In february 2025, mosi participated in the hcps stem fair, offering complimentary museum admission to all student participants as a celebration of their scientific accomplishments. The collaboration between mosi and hcps continued in march 2025 with the hosting of a large-scale family night at the museum, which provided families free access to exhibits and…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,714,105.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.8M to $4.8M (+75%).
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 18% · 2018 25% · 2019 30% · 2020 38% · 2021 41% · 2022 40% · 2023 31% · 2024 33% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC’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. 4 of the last 9 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
John Graydon Smith
President/CEO
Board chair
Holly Markham
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income fell $117k → $114k.
2 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $814k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Museum of Science & Industry Endowment Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2019 88% · 2020 99% · 2021 45% · 2022 38% · 2023 37% — 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
20% of MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% 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
72% of MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.
- PROPERTY RENTAL - GENERAL $8k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $269
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Museum of Science & Industry Endowment Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC: 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 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC?
- MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $662,806 to it, the largest being The Saunders Foundation ($228,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $662,806 in grants to MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC?
- The Saunders Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $228,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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