SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC (EIN 20-0384307)
Tax period: 2012-06-01 to 2013-05-31
Filed: 2014-03-20
IRS object ID: 201410799349300111
Schema version: 2012v2.1
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 L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-03-20T13:14:28-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-05-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200104286	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ALBRIGHT HILL & SUMPTER PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12160 NORTH ABRAMS RD SUITE 412	AddressLine1
City	Dallas	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75243	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-06-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200384307	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	SCI-	NameControl

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8004 N DALLAS EXPRESSWAY	AddressLine1
City	FRISCO	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75034	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	PAUL VINSON	Name
Title	ED	Title
Phone	9725463050	Phone
Date Signed	2014-01-19	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Jennifer S Hill	Name
PTIN	P00236976	PTIN
Phone	9722705452	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-03-20	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	PAUL VINSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson
Gross Receipts	1270922	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.MINDSTRECHINGFUN.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER PROVIDES DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO EMBRACE DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE ACTIVE EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	21	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	21	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	48	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	556	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	270564	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	786430	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	346463	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	407016	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	10	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	-2115	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	40504	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	614912	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1233960	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	348646	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	404214	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	26000	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	112182	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	250153	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	420204	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	598799	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	850418	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	16113	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	383542	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	125007	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	555466	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	131375	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	178292	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	-6368	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	377174	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER PROVIDES DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO EMBRACE DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE ACTIVE EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	684822	Expense
Description	THE SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER PROVIDES DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO EMBRACE DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE ACTIVE EXPLORATION OF SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY. SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER HOPES TO INSPIRE BY PROVIDING HANDS-ON DISCOVERY EXPERIENCES IN THE ESSENTIAL AREAS OF SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER SEEKS TO SPARK A LIFELONG INTEREST AND HELP EQUIP OUR AREAS CHIDLREN WITH THESE ADVANCED SKILLS. AT SCI-TECH WE BELIEVE IN ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROVIDING INSPIRATION TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS AND INNOVATORS.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	684822	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	true	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	true	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	true	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	48	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	21	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	21	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	PAUL VINSON	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9725463050	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8004 N DALLAS EXPRESSWAY	AddressLine1
City	FRISCO	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75034	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee
BARRY GOLDBLATT
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
BOB DRY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
BRAD BUSH
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CAROL CLAXTON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CAROL GREISDORF
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CECE LIEKAR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CHARLYN PLUNK
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CYNTHIA NEHLS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
DEIDRE PARISH
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
HEATHER SPROCK
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JEFF KENNEDY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JIM HIRSCH
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JOHN LAMARQUE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
JULES ELLIS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
LAURA BASS
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
LAURA CURRAN
DIRECTOR	0.00	X	0	0	0
ROB HALE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ROBERT DROTMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
SCOTT DAVIES
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
SHELLEY MCMANAMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
WHITNEY SHELLEY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ERICA YAEGER
ED	40.00		38076	0	0	X	X
PAUL VINSON
ED	40.00		44531	0	0	X	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	82607	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	35354	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	751076	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	380000	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	786430	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
PROGRAM INCOME	900099	228247	228247
ADMISSIONS	900099	150775	150775
BUSINESS UNIT INCOME	900099	27994	27994

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	407016	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$10	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	77466	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	36962	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	40504	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$40,504	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1233960	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	407016	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$40,514	ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	82607	Total
Program Services	53694	ProgramServices
Management And General	24782	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4131	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	291032	Total
Program Services	235039	ProgramServices
Management And General	11670	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	44323	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30575	Total
Program Services	23378	ProgramServices
Management And General	3313	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3884	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6750	Total
Program Services	5400	ProgramServices
Management And General	810	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	540	Fundraising

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26000	Total
Fundraising	26000	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19012	Total
Program Services	15035	ProgramServices
Management And General	2076	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1901	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	955	Total
Program Services	955	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	46015	Total
Program Services	26107	ProgramServices
Management And General	7799	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12109	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	43682	Total
Program Services	41937	ProgramServices
Management And General	1562	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	183	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5704	Total
Program Services	5704	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65941	Total
Program Services	65941	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10317	Total
Program Services	8254	ProgramServices
Management And General	1238	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	825	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
FOOD	19761	1311	164	18286
EXHIBIT EXPENSE	133945	133945
PROGRAM EXPENSE	57177	57177
RETAIL STORE EXPENSE	10945	10945

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	850418	Total
Program Services	684822	ProgramServices
Management And General	53414	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	112182	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	92912	BOY
EOY	75579	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	50010	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	58989	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1453	BOY
EOY	5043	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13039	BOY
EOY	30989	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	423289	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	88433	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	17603	BOY
EOY	334856	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	125007	BOY
EOY	555466	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	82020	BOY
EOY	87229	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	49355	BOY
EOY	87063	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	4000	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	131375	BOY
EOY	178292	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-6368	BOY
EOY	322174	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	55000	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-6368	BOY
EOY	377174	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	125007	BOY
EOY	555466	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	383542	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	0	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	36535	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	157018	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	407915	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	270564	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	786430	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1658462	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	102988	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	214438	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	385964	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	484482	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1187872	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	36535	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	260006	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	622353	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	656528	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1270912	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2846334	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	50000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	50000	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	50000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	50000	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	2796334	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1710	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	290	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year	10	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2016	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1710	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	290	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year	10	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2016	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	14133	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	25793	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3947	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	43873	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	52378	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	286089	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	622359	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	660475	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1270922	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2892223	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.96680	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.00070	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	423289	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	88433	Depreciation
Book Value	334856	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	334856	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Footnote In Part XIII	X	FootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1513698	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	242776	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	36962	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	279738	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	1233960	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1233960	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1130156	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	242776	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Other Expenses Included	36962	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	279738	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	850418	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	850418	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
D9	Other revenues non included on Form 990 Part XI line 2d	SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES
D11	Other expenses not included on Form 990 Part XII line 2d	SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES
D13	Footnote for uncertain tax position under FIN 48 Part X	THE CENTER FILES AN ANNUAL INFORMATION RETURN. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE CENTER IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO US FEDERAL INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE MAY 2010. THE CENTER HAS ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF FASB ASC 740, ACCOUNTING FOR UNERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES. THERE WERE NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS AS OF MAY 31, 2013. THE CENTER RECOGNIZES INTEREST ACCRUED RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES IN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE. THERE WERE NO SUCH INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2013.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Individual	CHRIS RYAN	NameOfIndividual
Activity	EVENT FUNDRAISING	Activity
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFunds
Gross Receipts	45000	GrossReceipts
Amount Retained By Contractor	26000	AmountRetainedByContractor
Net To Organization	19000	NetToOrganization

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	45000	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	26000	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	19000	TotalNetToOrganization

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	SPECIAL EVEN	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	77466	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	77466	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	36962	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	77466	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	77466	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	36962	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	36962	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	40504	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loan Table LoanTable (3 entries)

Relationship With OrganizationRelationshipWithOrganization	Purpose Of LoanPurposeOfLoan	Loan To OrganizationLoanToOrganization	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmount	Balance DueBalanceDue	DefaultDefault	Approved By BoardApprovedByBoard	Written AgreementWrittenAgreement
HEATHER SPROCK
DIRECTOR	EXPANSION	X	$1,000	1000	false	true	true
BOB DROTMAN
DIRECTOR	EXPANSION	X	$1,000	1000	false	true	true
RAY CLAXTON
DIRECTOR	EXPANSION	X	$2,000	2000	false	true	true

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	4000	TotalBalanceDue

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Scientific Specimens ScientificSpecimens

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	1	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	380000	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	true	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
O01	Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	THE DRAFT 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION9S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ANY QUESTIONS RESULTING FROM THAT REVIEW ARE PASSED TO THE AUDITORS.
O02	Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	AT THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING EACH YEAR, TAKING PLACE IN MAY, THE FINAL MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR, CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENJOINED TO SELF-REPORT CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY REVIEWING AND SIGNING THE BOARD-APPROVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AT THE MEETING. REPORTS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED BY THE BOARD CHAIR AND APPROPRIATE STEPS TAKEN TO ACCOMMODATE DISCLOSURES.
O03	CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a	THE ORGANIZATION HAS ELECTED AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHO MONITORS THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
O04	Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b	SEE ANSWER TO 15A
O05	Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	ALL REQUESTS FOR THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION.

SCI-TECH DISCOVERY CENTER INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (23 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Total509 Total509

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII (3 entries)

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation

Events Information EventsInformation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loan Table LoanTable (3 entries)

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Scientific Specimens ScientificSpecimens

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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