MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE (EIN 14-1275432)
Tax period: 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Filed: 2024-02-20
IRS object ID: 202400519349301100
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-02-20T08:59:15-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	161131146	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BONADIO & CO LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6 WEMBLEY CT	AddressLine1Txt
City	ALBANY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12205	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	141275432	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MUSE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5183827890	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	15 MUSEUM DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SCHENECTADY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	123083198	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GINA GOULD	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5183827890	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-02-16	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	GINA	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	GOULD	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KEVIN TESTO	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01435881	PTIN
Phone	5184644080	PhoneNum
Preparation	2024-02-16	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MISCI	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GINA GOULD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	15 MUSEUM DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SCHENECTADY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	123083198	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,405,307	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SCHENECTADYMUSEUM.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1934	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO MAINTAIN A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM WHERE ALL OF OUR EXHIBITS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS ARE DESIGNED WITH OUR MISSION IN MIND: TO INSPIRE A SENSE OF WONDER ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	28	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	13	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,545,927	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$806,656	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$415,642	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$493,626	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$14,913	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$30,485	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$21,116	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$17,660	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,997,598	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,313,107	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$782,711	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$926,314	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$101,591	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$676,778	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$775,289	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,459,489	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,701,603	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,538,109	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$388,496	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,989,473	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,530,476	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$500,512	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$190,579	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,488,961	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,339,897	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO INSPIRE A SENSE OF WONDER ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.THE MUSEUM FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND CULTURE BEGININNING IN THE 19TH CENTURY. WE EXPLORE THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND HUMAN SPIRIT THAT INSPIRES DISCOVERY AND INVENTION, AND IMAGINE WHAT IS YET TO BE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$937,860	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$499,213	RevenueAmt
Desc	MUSEUM PROGRAMS INCLUDE A PLANETARIUM; EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING GUIDED TOURS AND CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE; MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECTS OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND HISTORY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$937,860	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	20	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	28	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GINA GOULD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5183827890	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	15 NOTT TERRACE HEIGHTS	AddressLine1Txt
City	SCHENECTADY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12308	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
NEIL GOLUB
CHAIR	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHELLE BENNETT
VICE PRESIDENT	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAUL HOUPT PHD
SECRETARY	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM FAUBION
TREASURER	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARSHALL G JONES PHD
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRADLEY G LEWIS PHD
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT SCHWARTZ
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALAN EVANS
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TODD ALHART
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOE SALINETTI
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TERRA JOY
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM SWEET
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAMEO ROWE JR
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GINA GOULD
PRESIDENT	40.00	1.00		Yes (X)	$105,868	$0	$8,202

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$105,868	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$8,202	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$53,613	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$50,799	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$171,922	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$313,157	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$217,165	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$806,656	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAMS AND ARCHIVES	900099	$355,147	$355,147
ADMISSIONS	900099	$138,479	$138,479

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$493,626	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$30,485	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$30,485	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$43,017	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$43,017	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$43,017	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$43,017	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$50,799	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$66,264	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$66,264	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$66,264	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$31,523	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$25,936	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,587	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,587	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,313,107	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$499,213	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$7,238	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,553	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,110	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,407	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$683,453	TotalAmt
Program Services	$506,438	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$109,490	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$67,525	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,730	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,410	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,273	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,061	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,546	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,606	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,104	TotalAmt
Management And General	$22,104	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$84,522	TotalAmt
Management And General	$84,522	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,523	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,523	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,414	TotalAmt
Management And General	$63,414	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,858	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,142	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$7,716	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,531	TotalAmt
Management And General	$31,531	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$89,061	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,955	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,042	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,064	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,160	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,160	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,174	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,817	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$106,357	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,829	TotalAmt
Management And General	$48,829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PROGRAM SERVICE EXHIBIT	$152,435	$152,435
IMPAIRMENT LOSS ON PROP	$70,800		$70,800
PROGRAM SERVICES EDUCAT	$30,927	$30,927
SUPPLIES	$13,832		$13,832

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,119	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,701,603	TotalAmt
Program Services	$937,860	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$662,152	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$101,591	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,006,212	BOYAmt
EOY	$389,336	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,266	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,722	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,774	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,567	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$83,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$155,561	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,452,597	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,510,657	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,117,588	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,941,940	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,735,143	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,988,349	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1	BOYAmt
EOY	$1	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,989,473	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,530,476	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,999	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,533	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$410,513	BOYAmt
EOY	$134,046	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$500,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$190,579	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,051,692	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,752,177	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,437,269	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,587,720	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,488,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,339,897	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,989,473	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,530,476	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$388,496	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$239,432	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$431,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$403,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,262,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,713,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$320,566	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,130,980	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$431,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$403,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,262,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,713,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$320,566	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,130,980	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$4,130,980	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$42,472	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$10,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,617	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,734	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$30,485	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$105,844	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$115,562	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,652	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$59,126	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$52,801	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$222,563	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$456,704	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,693,528	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88010	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.88940	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,437,269	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$134,931	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,572,200	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,578,704	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$141,435	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,437,269	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,504,116	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$312,353	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$37,235	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$275,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,578,704	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,477,083	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$27,033	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,504,116	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,455,847	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$21,236	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,477,083	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.06000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.94000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$368,039	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$368,039	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,088,161	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,939,568	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,148,593	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$996,397	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$571,089	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$425,308	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,941,940	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART III, LINE 1A:

COLLECTIONS THE MUSEUMS'S COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, OR SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC, OR CURATORIAL PURPOSES. EACH OF THE ITEMS IS CATALOGED, PRESERVED, AND CARED FOR, AND ACTIVITIES VERIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE AND ASSESSING THEIR CONDITION ARE PERFORMED CONTINUOUSLY. THE COLLECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A POLICY THAT REQUIRES PROCEEDS FROM THEIR SALES TO BE USED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING COLLECTIONS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE GENERALLY FOLLOWED BY MUSEUMS, THE VALUE OF OBJECTS IN THE COLLECTIONS IS EXCLUDED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; COLLECTIONS ARE REFLECTED IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT A NOMINAL VALUE OF $1. SINCE THE MUSEUM'S INCEPTION, SUCH COLLECTIONS WERE ACQUIRED PRIMARILY THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS. PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE RECORDED AS DECREASES IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ITEMS ARE ACQUIRED OR AS DECREASES IN TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS, IF THE ASSETS USED TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS ARE RESTRICTED BY DONORS. CONTRIBUTED COLLECTION ITEMS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. PROCEEDS FROM DEACCESSIONS OR INSURANCE RECOVERIES ARE REFLECTED AS INCREASES IN NET ASSETS.

PART V, LINE 4:

INCOME FROM ENDOWMENT FUND IS TO BE USED FOR OPERATING PURPOSES.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	ANNUAL GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$50,799	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$50,799	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$66,264	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$50,799	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$50,799	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$66,264	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$66,264	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$66,264	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE MUSEUM HAS DUES PAYING MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE DRAFT 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ANY CHANGES, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ARE REVIEWED WITH THE TAX PREPARER. A REVISED DRAFT IS COMPLETED AND FORWARDED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY, FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	TRUSTEES SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY YEARLY AND PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF ALL DISCLOSED CONFLICTS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	COMPARISON TO 2 INDUSTRY SALARY GUIDES AND THEN APPROVED BY FINANCE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED AT WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	NO CHANGE FROM PRIOR YEAR.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24A:	ALL LOBBYING EXPENSES ARE REFLECTED IN PART IX, STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES, IN THE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNING INCLUDED ON LINE 24A, AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE MUSEUM'S PLANS FOR BUILDING A NEW SCIENCE CENTER.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	15 MUSEUM DRVIE	AddressLine1Txt
City	SCHENECTADY	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	12301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	141811320	EIN
Primary Activities	TO PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER OF THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	Q	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$171,922	InvolvedAmt