MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $8.9M · expenses $6.1M · assets $7.9M

EIN

45-5190355

Address

5020 JOHN R ST, DETROIT, MI 48202-4027

NTEE code

B90

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

August 2012 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER IS TO INSPIRE CURIOUS MINDS OF ALL AGES TO DISCOVER, EXPLORE AND APPRECIATE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH IN A CREATIVE, DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

20 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

85 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER Detroit, MI · 3 people in common (J Thomas Macfarlane, Shelly Otenbaker, Thomas G Stephens)
• FIRST IN MICHIGAN Southfield, MI · 2 people in common (Don Manvel, Steve Ambrose)

Funders of this organization

53 grantors reported grants to this organization, $11,583,864 in all, tax years 2012 to 2025; the 25 largest shown (all 53). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.