Arkansas · Nonprofit
Ozark Natural Science Center Inc
Ozark Natural Science Center Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $616,838 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($551,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $635k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $617k
- Net assets
- $492k
What Ozark Natural Science Center Inc does
Mission
To enhance the understanding appreciation and stewardship of the ozark natural environment by providing education programs. These programs immerse participants in the ozarks ecosystems and celebrate ecological and cultural diversity foster conservation and stewardship and nurture appreciation of the nature of the ozarks. Our programs focus on helping children and adults develop a sense of place and a wonder for the diversity of life and the importance of natural systems around us.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School programs and camps - onscs main campus includes the ewing event center three lodges the smith education building guest housing faculty housing the stewart springfield memorial outdoor classroom the lewis pavilion an observation deck and hiking trails. Onscs urban locations include an education center and hiking trails at lake fayetteville and a nature center outdoor classroom and hiking trails at kessler mountain. Onscs school programming and camps offer hands-on experiential field science opportunities to more than 3,000 students per year. Onsc also offers public programs classes and workshops for adults and families. These are scheduled throughout the year in all three locations.
$402,001 spent100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $402,001.
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 2022 to 2023, from $874k to $705k (−19%).
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.
44% of Ozark Natural Science Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $43k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Ozark Natural Science Center 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
Ozark Natural Science Center Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Ozark Natural Science Center Inc's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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
Ozark Natural Science Center Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Ozark Natural Science Center 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ozark Natural Science Center 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 Ozark Natural Science Center Inc?
- Ozark Natural Science Center Inc (Arkansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $616,838 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($551,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ozark Natural Science Center Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $616,838 in grants to Ozark Natural Science Center Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ozark Natural Science Center Inc?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $551,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ozark Natural Science Center Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 6 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