Idaho · Nonprofit
THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC
THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,433,288 to it, the largest being LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION INC ($370,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What The Discovery Center of Idaho Inc does
Mission
To provide an educational facility, operation of a hands-on science museum used to conduct student and teacher workshops. The facility is open to the general public and youth and educational groups.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Science museum: the discovery center of idaho is dedicated to building and expanding our exhibits and programs in the capacity of museums and libraries to create and sustain a nation of learners. We are dedicated to presenting innovative public exhibits/programs that foster families learning together outside the classroom and play a key role in lifelong attitudes toward learning science, technology, engineering and math.
$889,559 spent$1,012,562 earned by the program80% of program spendingEducation classes/camps/outreach: we are dedicated to strengthening school partnerships to inspire teacher and student curiosity in the classroom and beyond. We use onsite education programs as well as statewide outreach.
$220,088 spent$47,604 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,109,647.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.9M to $4.2M (+46%).
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 3% · 2018 1% · 2019 9% · 2020 3% · 2021 22% · 2022 12% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO 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. 2 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
Eric T Miller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $28k → $162k.
6 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
26% 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 THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 28% · 2019 35% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 66% · 2023 24% — 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
44% of THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
71% of THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $378k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO 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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC?
- THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,433,288 to it, the largest being LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION INC ($370,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $1,433,288 in grants to THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC?
- LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $370,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 32 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing