MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: MUSEUM OF INNOVATION AND SCIENCE (EIN 14-1275432)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2019-03-15
IRS object ID: 201910749349301261
Schema version: 2017v2.3
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	2019-03-15T14:39:12-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	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	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	141275432	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCHENECTADY MUSEUM ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SCHE	BusinessNameControlTxt
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	123083198	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AMY BURNS	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5183827890	PhoneNum
Signature	2019-02-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KEVIN TESTO	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01435881	PTIN
Phone	5184644080	PhoneNum
Preparation	2019-02-28	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	24.103.149.254	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2019-02-28	IPDt
IP Tm	14:43:59	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Federal Original Submission Id	14227220183120352e00	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2018-11-08	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	965D4368A5CC4225FDFBF03B4402BB85A5BF21B8	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	11C34F0BF83D75D6F025228539FF484EFEF9189B	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amended Return	Yes (X)	AmendedReturnInd

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCHENECTADY MUSEUM & SUITS-BUECHE PL	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	AMY BURNS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,161,824	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	21	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	21	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	76	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	160	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$649,076	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$859,564	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$580,837	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$562,412	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$120,320	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$78,191	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$74,886	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$123,618	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,425,119	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,623,785	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	$1,092,822	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,042,323	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$184,954	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,117,871	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$790,773	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,210,693	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,833,096	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$785,574	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$209,311	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,187,808	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,041,914	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$735,544	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$644,326	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,452,264	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,397,588	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	$956,403	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$665,588	RevenueAmt
Desc	MUSEUM PROGRAMS INCLUDE A PLANETARIUM; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING GUIDED TOURS AND CONTINUING PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE; MUSEUM DEVOTED TO THE SUBJECT OF SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY, AND HISTORY. APPROXIMATELY 67,590 GENERAL ADMISSIONS, 32,681 SERVED IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS, 1,945 SERVED IN FAMILY/PUBLIC PROGRAMS, 5,031 SERVED IN YOUTH PROGRAMS AND 221 SERVED IN ADULT PROGRAMS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$956,403	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	Yes (1)	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (1)	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	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	76	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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	21	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	21	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	AMY BURNS	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 (22 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
TONY A FARAH
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NANCY SANTANA
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOBI SAULNIER PHD
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRADLEY G LEWIS PHD
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DORIS WL CHOW
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEIDI DEBLOCK MD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JANE GOLUB
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARION M GRIMES
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HOWARD R HART JR PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARSHALL G JONES PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RAY LEGERE
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES LOMMEL PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DALE C MCHERRON PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN MACMINN PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN SCHNEITER PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILL SCHWARZ
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ESTHER SWANKER
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL NEWELL
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL HOUPT PHD
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EARL T REDDING ESQ
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EDWARD CAMPANELLA
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM MAC SUDDUTH PHD
PRESIDENT	42.00		Yes (X)	$86,914	$0	$5,220

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$86,914	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,220	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	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	$116,960	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$34,215	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$708,389	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$859,564	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAM INCOME	900099	$228,694	$228,694
ADMISSIONS	900099	$212,027	$212,027
DUDLEY INCOME	900099	$121,691	$121,691

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$562,412	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$34,028	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$34,028	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$491,187	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$73,813	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$482,612	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$38,225	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$8,575	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$35,588	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$44,163	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$44,163	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$115,835	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$17,202	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$98,633	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$98,633	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$24,985	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,985	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$24,985	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,623,785	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$665,588	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$98,633	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$92,134	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,820	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$64,494	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,820	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$804,482	TotalAmt
Program Services	$434,287	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$261,745	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$108,450	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$62,934	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,781	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,774	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,379	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$82,773	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,181	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,416	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,851	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,422	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,758	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,671	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,764	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,941	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,882	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,941	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,013	TotalAmt
Management And General	$22,013	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,823	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,823	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,637	TotalAmt
Management And General	$48,151	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$486	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,598	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,873	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,066	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,659	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$97,673	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,909	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,788	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,976	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,665	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,106	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$894	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,215	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,392	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,440	TotalAmt
Program Services	$74,957	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,483	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,321	TotalAmt
Management And General	$35,321	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM SERVICE EXHIBIT	$96,057	$96,057
DISPOSAL OF CONSTRUCTIO	$55,000	$55,000
PROGRAM SERVICES OTHER	$47,425	$47,425
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE	$41,883	$19,641	$18,388	$3,854

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,408	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,621	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$34,379	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,408	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,833,096	TotalAmt
Program Services	$956,403	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$691,739	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$184,954	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$137,424	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,513	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$479,082	BOYAmt
EOY	$636,667	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,893	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,793	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,112	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,316	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,831	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$4,855,721	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,105,763	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,909,122	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,749,958	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,434,579	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,474,928	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$118,765	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,908	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,187,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,041,914	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$523,416	BOYAmt
EOY	$435,707	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,628	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,119	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$157,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$157,500	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$735,544	BOYAmt
EOY	$644,326	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,145,094	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,024,921	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$404,088	BOYAmt
EOY	$497,363	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,903,082	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,875,304	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,452,264	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,397,588	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,187,808	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,041,914	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$209,311	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$154,635	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	$297,064	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,013,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$749,886	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$649,076	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$690,943	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,400,308	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$297,064	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,013,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$749,886	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$649,076	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$690,943	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,400,308	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$3,400,308	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$75,858	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$38,274	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$33,961	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$39,627	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$42,651	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$230,371	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$155,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$113,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$205,039	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$280,261	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$207,441	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$961,231	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,591,910	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.74050	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.73800	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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	$1,997,789	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$1,997,789	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,939,666	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$160,779	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$102,656	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,997,789	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,940,471	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$72,179	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$72,984	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,939,666	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,747,304	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$1,747,304	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,747,304	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$1,747,304	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.05000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.95000	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	$368,040	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$368,040	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,550,214	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,223,296	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,326,918	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$937,467	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$882,467	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$55,000	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,749,958	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	$115,835	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$115,835	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$24,810	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$115,835	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$115,835	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$24,810	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$24,810	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$91,025	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Historical Artifacts HistoricalArtifactsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	19	ContributionCnt
Method Of Determining Revenues	MUSEUM DOES NOT RECOGNIZ	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 COUNT THEM AS REVENUE.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 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.
AMENDED RETURN	THE FORM 990 WAS AMENDED TO PROPERLY STATE THE TOTAL REVENUE (FORM 990, PART VIII), AND TOTAL EXPENSES (PART IX) FOR 2017. DUE TO THE CHANGES IN REVENUE AND EXPENSES, THE BALANCE SHEET (FORM 990, PART X), WAS ALSO AMENDED.