Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,302,023 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR CULTURE HEALTH AND EDUCATION INC ($959,710). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts does
Mission
To create a space in our communities through education and cultural experiences that celebrate the joy of discovery and entertainment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Science center - with two floors of imaginative, engaging exhibits, the science center is an irresistible invitation to explore the sciences, perform experiments, and discover more about the world around you. From kidsplace - a kid-sized cityscape for children ages 5 and under - to forces of nature - a mind-blowing examination of how weather and geology affect planet earth - there is something for curious minds of all ages. A mixture of permanent and seasonal traveling science exhibits, workshops, and programs all combine to make a visit to the science center an extraordinary educational experience cleverly disguised as a whole lot of fun.
$946,244 spent$441,000 earned by the program37% of program spendingPerforming arts theatre- experience the intimacy and impact of live entertainment at central pa's finest performance venue. Outstanding acoustics, beautiful decor, and over 600 comfortable seats- each with an unobstructed view never more than 65 feet from the stage- make whitaker center the perfect space for live music, theater, dance and more. Whitaker center hosts everything from nationally touring acts to local resident companies, jazz to classical to folk, opera to ballet to musical comedy. From month to month and year to year you never know who will be gracing our broadway-style stage. But you can be sure they will create an unforgettable guest experience.
$1,218,257 spent$217,444 earned by the program48% of program spendingDigital cinema - you haven't seen a movie until you've seen a digital cinema movie. Central pa's biggest screen turns any movie into a total immersion experience. The screen itself is 38 feet high and 70 feet wide. That's a full four stories tall. The powerful 6-channel, 16,000 watt surround sound system makes every film sound as big as it looks. From under the sea to outer space, educational films to hollywood blockbusters, 2d to state-of-the-art 3d, digital cinema makes every movie experience a moment to remember.
$207,420 spent$100,715 earned by the program8% of program spendingInnovation zone - a first of its kind purposeful gaming studio in a state of the art space that engages today's youth in science, technology, engineering and math. This is accomplished through innovative programming, experiential learning, and deeper engagement for students and families. Whitaker center is committed to breaking boundaries and making stem education and programming accessible to everyone and bridging the digital divide that exists with underserved communities.
$104,652 spent4% of program spendingFacility rentalwhitaker center provides a vibrant backdrop for corporate meetings, receptions, dinners, private film screenings and more. Rentals of sunoco performance theater, upmc science center, select medical digital cinema, pnc innovation zone, amp or kunkel lobby and the entire 140,000 sq ft facility are available.
$51,015 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,527,588.
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 2021 to 2022, from $29M to $27M (−8%).
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 10% · 2018 11% · 2019 9% · 2020 25% · 2021 30% · 2022 9% · 2023 32% · 2024 12% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS’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. 6 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
Mary Oliveira
President & CEO
Board chair
Nicole Conway Esquire
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $98k → $218k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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: $671k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Upmc Group). These are real filings, and they are not money WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS raised.
From the IRS filings of WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS’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
WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 64% · 2019 88% · 2020 58% · 2021 52% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% — 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
36% of WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
94% of WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $720k 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
WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
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 WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: 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 WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS?
- WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,302,023 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR CULTURE HEALTH AND EDUCATION INC ($959,710). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,302,023 in grants to WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS?
- PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR CULTURE HEALTH AND EDUCATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $959,710 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 23 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