Orlando Science Centerinc

What it reported doing in 2024

161,000 of our visitors experienced osc through field trips and other educational programming. We inspire stem learning through on-site demonstrations, programs, labs and school field trip activities, teacher professional development, break camps and classes, an onsite preschool, and engaging competitions. Our educational programming is engaging, hands-on, and aligned to educational standards to ensure meaningful learning experiences. Off-site programs bring classroom and assembly-style learning to students and their families at local schools, libraries, and other educational and other cultural venues in nine counties throughout central Florida.osc's place-based outreach program, neighborhood science, provides consistent stem learning experiences for after school programs identified by our community partners and local government officials as distressed communities that lack access to quality stem experiences. On fiscal year (fy) 2024 neighborhood science served two locations, grand avenue neighborhood center and the bradley otis branch of the boys & girls clubs of central Florida, with free stem workshops 2-4 days per week, covering topics such as engineering design process, computer science, coding, robotics, virtual reality, and maker spaces. We have multi-year commitments at each of these locations, enabling us to make a deep, lasting impact through long-term, consistent programming. These partners are located in the 32805 zip code, which the economic innovation group identified as a distressed zip codes, enduring a low rate of high school graduation, high unemployment rate, and high poverty rate. In fiscal year 2025, neighborhood science provided over 5,000 student touchpoints.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.8%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings