Indiana · Nonprofit
THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC
THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,542,626 to it, the largest being RAYMOND FOUNDATION INC ($1,051,440). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $638k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What The Wonderlab Museum of Science Health and Technology Inc does
Mission
The wonderlab museum of science, health and technology is a premier center for informal science education and discovery. Wonderlab provides opportunities for people of all ages, especially children, to experience the wonder and excitement of science through hands-on exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity, encourage exploration, foster lifelong learning and explore connections to the arts and everyday life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The wonderlab museum provides interactive exhibits, activities and special programs focused on science, technology, engineering and math. Prior to march 2020, the organization served over 85,000 visitors at its museum in downtown bloomington and at off-site experiences. After a steep decline in attendance during the years of the pandemic, attendance is moving strongly toward pre-pandemic levels. The organization served 80,909 visitors (children, adults, infants) at the museum. In-person outreach programs during that time reached an additional 10,468 children and adults. During the summer of 2024, the organization offered 31 different week-long sessions of wondercamp (a hands-on, in-person summer science enrichment experience) providing educational experiences for 479 registered campers. The organization's visitors are primarily from south central indiana.
$1,502,013 spent$613,868 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,502,013.
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 $4.4M to $5.7M (+29%).
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: 2020 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 Jepson-Innes
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $35k → $123k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY 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
THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 53% · 2020 72% · 2021 94% · 2022 47% · 2023 74% — 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
57% of THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
99% of THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $374k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC?
- THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,542,626 to it, the largest being RAYMOND FOUNDATION INC ($1,051,440). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,542,626 in grants to THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC?
- RAYMOND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,051,440 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 11 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