IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile

The Discovery Museum INC

The discovery museum strives to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) learning.The museums core audience is young learners ages 5-14 who connect to us with their teachers and classmates during the school day or by themselves or with their families, mentors, or social groups after school, on weekends, during school vacations or in the summer. we provide a hardy portfolio of stem learning experiences including; unmediated gallery-based exploration of stem focused temporary and permanent exhibits; over 80 unique onsite and offsite mediated demonstrations and learning labs; a challenger learning center space exploration simulation; planetarium shows; unique grant-funded school-museum science learning partnerships; and an engaging 7-week summer stem learning program.

Filing year
2024
Total revenue
$1.8M
Total expenses
$2.6M
Program expenses
$1.9M
Administration
$305K
Fundraising
$377K
Program share of expenses
73%
EIN
60740527
Location
Bridgeport, CT

www.shudiscovery.org

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Financial data on this page is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.