Science Live Productions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474533413
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,396
Expenses
$52,584
Assets
$25,321

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margaret Mittelbach (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Fresh (Chair)
  • Michael Crewdson (Treasurer)
  • Jon Carlo Vargas (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Presenting science-themed events for the public

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary program of Science Live Productions Inc is the Secret Science Club SSC a series of live science lectures & events for the public. SSC seeks to bring scientists onto the same public stages where people see music theater & other cultural programming; and to embrace science as part of NYCs cultural life. In 2024 SSC curated and presented 14 public science events for adults including 4 free & low-cost events in Brooklyn 4 low-cost events in Manhattan and 6 free online programs serving a combined total of 2,355 members of the public. Topics included: THE BIGGEST IDEAS IN THE UNIVERSE with physicist Sean Carroll ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: OUR BRAINS & OUR BODIES with neuroscientist De-Shaine Murray & bioethicist Matthew Liao THE RNA REVOLUTION with Nobel-prize-winner Thomas Cech ANIMAL MIGRATIONS with ecologists Maxine Montello & Shannon Curley plus programs on art & the brain marine biology astrophysics Earths evolution urban ecosystems biochemistry and more!

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.