MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE (EIN 14-1275432)
Tax period: 2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Filed: 2023-02-01
IRS object ID: 202340329349300314
Schema version: 2021v4.2
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 M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-02-01T09:05:35-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-06-30	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	2021-07-01	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	2023-01-23	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

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KEVIN TESTO	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01435881	PTIN
Phone	5184644080	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-01-23	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	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-03-07 01:45:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Change	Yes (X)	NameChangeInd

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	$4,205,050	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	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	23	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,371,058	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,545,927	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$59,134	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$415,642	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$8,617	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$14,913	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$43,684	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$21,116	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,395,125	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,997,598	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	$483,256	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$782,711	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$88,968	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$547,029	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$676,778	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,030,285	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,459,489	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$364,840	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,538,109	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,531,782	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,989,473	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$297,107	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$500,512	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,234,675	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,488,961	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	$760,710	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$433,692	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	$760,710	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	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	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	13	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	23	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	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	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 (13 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
JOHN POLIMENI PHD
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALAN EVANS
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EARL REDDING
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOE SALINETTI
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT SCHWARTZ
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM SWEET
TRUSTEE	0.75	0.25	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GINA GOULD
PRESIDENT	40.00	1.00		Yes (X)	$109,649	$0	$7,358

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$109,649	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$7,358	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	$38,942	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$46,106	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$832,660	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,628,219	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,015,520	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,545,927	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAMS AND ARCHIVES	900099	$300,954	$300,954
ADMISSIONS	900099	$114,688	$114,688

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$415,642	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$13,734	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$13,734	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$33,537	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	$33,537	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$33,537	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$33,537	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,158,864	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,157,685	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,179	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,179	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,179	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$46,106	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$30,471	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$30,471	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$30,471	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$18,082	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$19,296	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,214	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$1,214	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	221000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$19,264	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$19,264	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$19,264	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,997,598	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$433,692	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$17,979	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117,007	TotalAmt
Program Services	$87,755	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,551	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,701	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$578,431	TotalAmt
Program Services	$428,641	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$92,637	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$57,153	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,732	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,549	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,310	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,873	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,541	TotalAmt
Program Services	$43,906	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,781	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,854	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,091	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,091	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,252	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,252	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$126,315	TotalAmt
Management And General	$126,315	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,082	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,082	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,964	TotalAmt
Management And General	$34,964	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,940	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$8,313	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,179	TotalAmt
Management And General	$56,179	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$148,243	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,103	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$99,066	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,074	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$400	TotalAmt
Management And General	$400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,647	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,365	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$93,282	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,153	TotalAmt
Management And General	$37,153	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PROGRAM SERVICE EXHIBIT	$69,164	$69,164
PROGRAM SERVICES OTHER	$28,284	$28,284
SUPPLIES	$13,044		$13,044
LEASES	$1,704		$1,704

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,459,489	TotalAmt
Program Services	$760,710	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$609,811	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88,968	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$601,879	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,006,212	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,124	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,266	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,774	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$159,552	BOYAmt
EOY	$83,489	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,510,072	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,392,484	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,718,272	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,117,588	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,023,508	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,735,143	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	$3,531,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,989,473	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,376	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,999	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,931	BOYAmt
EOY	$410,513	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$170,800	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$297,107	BOYAmt
EOY	$500,512	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	$1,655,971	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,051,692	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,578,704	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,437,269	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,234,675	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,488,961	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,531,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,989,473	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,538,109	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$297,784	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$13,961	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
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	$690,943	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$431,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$403,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,262,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,713,267	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,501,357	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$690,943	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$431,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$403,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,262,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,713,267	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,501,357	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$4,501,357	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$42,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$42,472	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$10,536	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,617	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,734	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$118,010	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$207,441	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$115,562	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,652	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$59,126	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$52,801	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$441,582	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,060,949	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.88940	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.80870	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	$1,578,704	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$141,435	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,437,269	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,875,304	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$4,986	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	-$414,471	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,455,847	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	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	$1,868,384	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,219,777	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$993,072	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$524,100	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$468,972	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$60,800	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$60,800	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,117,588	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	$46,106	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$46,106	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$30,471	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$46,106	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$46,106	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$30,471	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$30,471	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$30,471	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,015,520	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 32B:	THE MUSEUM HIRED AN UNRELATED AUCTION HOUSE TO SELL PREVIOUSLY ACCESSIONED ITEMS THAT DO NOT FIT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OF INSPIRING A SENSE OF WONDER ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS.
PART I, LINE 33:	THE MUSEUM DOES NOT VALUE THEIR HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND THEREFORE DOES NOT RECORD THEM AS REVENUE.

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.