The Institute for Figuring

What it reported doing in 2024

Exhibitions program the primary purpose of the institute for figuring is to educate the public about subjects in science and mathematics. To this end, the iff creates and participates in exhibitions at the intersection of science, mathematics, and art. In 2024 the organization's crochet coral reef project - which reflects on the disappearance of coral reefs due to climate change, as well as manifestations of mathematics in nature - was exhibited in a major solo-show at schlossmuseum linz in austria in the museum's natural history wing. This was the second exhibition of our work at the schlossmuseum. The new show was mounted in response to popular audience demand and ongoing community interest. Likewise, an exhibition of the project at the carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh (first shown in 2023) was extended to run through the end of 2024 - again in response to popular demand. In austria, the museum had record attendance, with many visitors saying it was their first time ever at the museum. A massive slate of public outreach programming in association with the exhibition engaged over 3,500 people across austria. The exhibition was reviewed in magazines and newspapers across the country and was on local radio and television. In pittsburgh, over 300 people participated from across the city; and the finished exhibition was featured in local press and on a national pbs television program. Our work was also included in two large-scale exhibitions: at gustav lubcke museum (hamm, germany) around the theme of environmental collapse; and at artcenter college of design (la/pasadena), as part of the getty center's city-wide pst-2024 art and science initiative; the exhibition theme was "data, design, art." in addition, we contributed work to an exhibition titled seeing the unseen: math and art at the wignall museum at chaffey college in eastern la - the exhibition was accompanied by a robust slate of events about mathematics for students and community members. Finally, our work was included in a museum-wide exhibition titled imagery of the sea at musee cantonal des beaux arts lausanne (switzerland) - the exhibition bought together scientific and artistic images of ocean phenomena and was accompanied by a lavish catalog book, in dual french/english, in which our work was discussed.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -26.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 36.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings