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Funders to approach for The Discovery Museum Inc

Bridgeport, Connecticut$2.0M revenue32 funders on file

The Discovery Museum strives to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning.The Museums core audience is young learners ages 5-14 who connect to us with their teachers and classmates during the school day or by themselves or with their families, mentors, or social groups after school, on weekends, during school vacations or in the summer. We provide a hardy portfolio of STEM learning experiences including; unmediated gallery-based exploration of STEM focused temporary and permanent exhibits; over 80 unique onsite and offsite mediated demonstrations and learning labs; a Challenger Learning Center space exploration simulation; Planetarium shows; unique grant-funded school-museum science learning partnerships; and an engaging 7-week summer STEM learning…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$13k, your typical grant1 in 1001 in 401 in 201 in 10$1k$3k$10k$30k$100kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$24k–$120kover two years, from 3–6 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$140kfrom 5 new funders

Half the value is in your top 18 funders, of 152

$0$59k$120khalf from the top 18likely range1st10thAll 152
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1The Bauer Family Foundation IncGives in Connecticut (28 of 51)Similar grantees: Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc ($240k/yr), The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc ($75k/yr)1 in 13$33k
  2. 2Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc ($1.0M/yr)1 in 25$76k
  3. 3Ridgefield Thrift Shop IncGives in Connecticut (32 of 34)No similar grantees yet1 in 14$15k

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