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Fiscal Year 2018 FINANCIAL AID 39,262 students benefited from Year in Review 39K $298,527 in Financial Aid awards. OUTREACH EDUCATION 196,399 students from 1,102 schools 196K participated in OMSI Outreach Education across the region. VISION OMSI, collaborating with partners, will ignite an education transformation at the intersection 2030 of science, technology, and design, and weave ACCESSIBILITY 2020 a thriving innovation district into the fabric of 44,438 people visited OMSI for $2 day Portland that spreads opportunities across 44K admission on the first Sunday of every month. the Northwest. MISSION OMSI FOR ADULTS Inspire curiosity through engaging science 33,077 adults enjoyed OMSI’s popular learning experiences, foster experimentation 33K 21+ events like OMSI After Dark, Bitters and the exchange of ideas, and stimulate Making Workshops, and Reel Science. informed action. REVENUE TOTAL: $20,890,518 $15,264,164 Earned Income YOUR IMPACT OMSI is an independent nonprofit 501(c)3 $2,654,241 Individual organization that receives no state or local tax $1,705,305 Corporate funding. Support from individuals, corporations, and foundations makes our work possible. $686,558 Private Foundations $580,250 Federal Grants Strategic Initiatives $6.5M We are investing in areas that will elevate Now beginning the fourth year of our the guest experience, expand our impact, $4M five-year campaign, we’ve raised over and break down barriers to access. $4 million thanks to generous supporters like you! CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPACE REGIONAL INNOVATION EXPERIENCES SCIENCE OUTREACH Our largest hall is being OMSI has long fostered We all look at the same night OMSI educators pack up the redesigned to inspire the play to nurture the scientist sky—Western scientists, best of the museum and take next generation of creative in every child. indigenous storytellers, and it on the road, reaching every problem solvers. We’ll present Now, we’re expanding children everywhere. While county in Oregon and six community challenges and early learning experiences we see the same stars, we states in the region. Science provide tools for diverse and sharing research on learn so much more when happens everywhere. learners to collaboratively brain development with viewing them through design solutions. caregivers and educators someone else’s eyes. across the region. 8,930 STUDENTS 1,168 STUDENTS 124,953 VISITORS 99,516 STUDENTS took a deeper dive into attended a explored the cosmos experienced OMSI science in one of OMSI’s session in the in our newly upgraded in their classrooms. 3 labs in the hall. Discovery Lab. planetarium. +33% +43% +20% +32% MORE STUDENTS MORE STUDENTS MORE VISITORS MORE STUDENTS THAN LAST YEAR! THAN LAST YEAR! THAN LAST YEAR! THAN LAST YEAR! My daughter would not stop talking about her OMSI day (we do not get this kind of enthusiasm after days at school). We’ve had to make her pause in explaining what she did so she’d eat some dinner. She loved the class. The details about physics and rocketry were just enough to be informative and engaging for a 7-year-old. Parent of an OMSI class participant January 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 SAVE THE DATE: OMSI Gala Saturday, May 4! New Year’s Day New Moon 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LEGO® Egypt Adventure $2 Day Science Pub-Mission Theater Meet a Scientist 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 LEGO® Egypt Adventure Science Pub-OMSI OMSI After Dark 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MLK Jr. Day Full Moon Open Monday Meet a Scientist 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 The Discovery of King Tut Featured Exhibit Closes OMSI After Dark CENTER FOR INNOVATION IS WORKING TOGETHER In partnership with leading companies and educational that are meaningful to visitors, illustrating how that reveals the historic brick of the original building, institutions, OMSI is redesigning our largest exhibit engineering, technology, and design can be used to the Welcome Wall featuring a vast network of LEDs that hall to inspire the next generation of creative problem improve our daily lives. stream data, graphics, and animations to inspire wonder solvers. The Center for Innovation will be a place The Center’s redesign will attract students who have and curiosity and showcase partnerships and special for learners from all backgrounds to use tools to been traditionally underrepresented in science careers events, and the Greg Chaillé Curium, a space dedicated collaboratively design, make, and test sustainable and encourage them to see themselves as scientists to 4–8-year-old design thinkers. solutions to community challenges, from emergency and pursue related careers with guidance from industry preparedness to health. OMSI will present challenges mentors. Early work has been completed: a new entryway By helping kids explore science outside of the classroom, our partnership with OMSI lays groundwork for the next generation of scientists and engineers. As an energy company focused on advancing the next hundred years of innovation, those inquisitive and highly-educated professionals are our future employees. They are the experts who will help us discover new and better ways to power our world. STEFAN BIRD President and CEO, Pacific Power February 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Groundhog Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Meet a Scientist Science Pub-Mission Theater OMSI After Dark $2 Day New Moon Mardi Gras Portland Winter Light Festival Portland Winter Light Festival Portland Winter Light Festival 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Science Pub-Eugene REEL Eats Valentine’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The Science Behind Pixar Featured Exhibit Opens Meet a Scientist Presidents’ Day The Science Behind Pixar 68th Annual Agate & Mineral Open Monday Full Moon Member Night Show 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 68th Annual Agate & Mineral 68th Annual Agate & Mineral Show Show OMSI After Dark CENTER FOR INNOVATION IS PARTNERSHIP The Center for Innovation will feature companies and youth, such as a storyline that invites youth to solve the OMSI plans to work with other community-minded partnerships that look for innovative approaches for challenges because they want to help people. regional companies to create real-world challenges solving community problems. In Winter 2018, Pacific It showcases Pacific Power’s work in the Pacific for our visitors to tackle. We strive to be a trailhead, Power and OMSI began working collaboratively to test Northwest and highlights the company as a regional pointing learners to opportunities that will deepen a new hands-on exhibit that challenges visitors to STEM employer. OMSI and Pacific Power’s vision for their knowledge and tapping into local expertise in design and make generators to help a community that the future involves partners working together to help the process. is experiencing a disruption in power. The exhibit uses ignite an education transformation and engage broad evidence-based strategies to engage girls and minority audiences of diverse learners. I had a teacher once who told me that women did not have the temperament for math and science. I didn’t mind proving him wrong. I am where I am because I love my job, I’m committed to building and maintaining a safe and resilient water system, and I have a personal touch that is not necessarily common with my generation of engineers. TERESA ELLIOTT Director of Engineering, Portland Water Bureau Portland Water Bureau’s First Female Chief Engineer March 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $2 Day New Moon Science Pub-Mission Theater Meet a Scientist 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Daylight Savings Begins (Set your clock forward one hour!) Science Pub-Eugene OHSU Brain Fair 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Vernal Equinox St. Patrick’s Day Science Pub-OMSI Full Moon Meet a Scientist 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Open Monday OMSI After Dark CENTER FOR INNOVATION IS SOLVING PROBLEMS This past year, OMSI completed a five-year research storyline that illuminates the social, personally relevant, discussed the culturally relevant ways they reframe project funded by the National Science Foundation, and altruistic nature of science and engineering creates “failure” to encourage Latinas to engage with difficult Designing Our World: A Community Envisioning Girls as an environment that encourages diverse youth to solve content. The 25+ educators left with in-depth training Engineers. The project centered on science, technology, problems. In January 2018, OMSI shared our learnings on engineering activities they can use in their teaching. engineering, and math-equity, and addressed the with educators from across the region at a two-day OMSI works diligently to be a trailhead, offering next need for more youth, especially those traditionally workshop. Engineers from LAM Research highlighted steps for educators and young learners to deepen their underrepresented in the field, to pursue engineering ways their jobs are altruistic, collaborative, and relevant engagement and experiences. careers. OMSI researchers found that using a compelling to students. Program directors from Adelante Mujeres With the recent addition of the Early Childhood Education space in the Center for Innovation, it is now much easier to bridge the gap between our four-year old’s interests and our two-year old’s capabilities with age appropriate activities side by side. ERIC & SOPHIA SKAAR OMSI Supporters April 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 Open Monday April Fools’ Day REEL Eats Science Pub-Mission Theater New Moon 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 $2 Day Open Monday Science Pub-Eugene Meet a Scientist 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 OMSI All Night Full Moon 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Easter Sunday Earth Day OMSI After Dark Meet a Scientist 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IS COMMUNICATING Since opening our doors 75 years ago, OMSI has play.