WINTER 2016/2017 A Grand New Lobby Annual Report 2016 Honor Roll of Donors Washburn Award Honoring Dr. Paul Farmer On Display Da Vinci – The Genius Winter 2015/2016 i 24435_MOS.CC17.indd 1 12/15/16 10:05 PM FIELD NOTES exhibits, educational programming, and K – 12 curricula on engineering and computational thinking. We are putting our Long-Range Plan into action: expanding the Museum’s reach locally, nationally, and internationally; optimizing the visitor experience; broadening participation across the lifespan; leveraging our leadership in engineering education; and securing the Museum’s future. Annual Report and Honor Roll of Donors A Grand Entrance Philanthropy is the lifeblood of a non-profit institution At this time last year, the Museum’s lobby and concourse like the Museum of Science, and we celebrate our loyal were covered in construction scaffolding and our exhibit supporters in fiscal year 2016. We experienced increases fabricators were working night and day to bring the in visitation and membership along with expansion of Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River to life. Thanks to our Traveling Programs, which covered more ground and all their hard work, and thanks to investment in our awarded more program scholarships than ever before. mission from the Museum’s community of supporters, We saw further expansion of our engineering curricula, we have elevated the entrance experience to our and our award-winning exhibition The Science Behind institution so that it equals the learning experience in Pixar began its scheduled tour of science centers around our Exhibit Halls. the country, with its first stop in Philadelphia at the Franklin Institute. It is currently on display at the California A new installation in the Cummings Concourse Science Center and it is booked for future engagements showcases our commitment to environmental through 2022. sustainability—how we use science to inform our decision-making as we identify and implement ways to We are honored to thank the many families who make be more sustainable in our operations. We enhanced the Museum a part of their philanthropy. We value greatly our industry-leading visitor experience with improved the charitable foundations that share in and support our wayfinding systems and guest amenities, added digitized mission. And we take pride in the strong relationships signage, and enlarged the concourse window that we have built with our corporate sponsors and Premier provides arriving guests with views into the Blue Wing. Partners. You sustain the Museum’s efforts to innovate in our Exhibit Halls and in the classroom. The first comprehensive makeover of the Museum’s lobby since its construction has revived the look, We would like to thank everyone in our community— feel, and function of this grand space. In the lobby, donors, trustees, overseers, volunteers, interns, and staff— visitors are introduced to our core message about the for helping us shape and support our Long-Range Plan to interdependency of the natural and engineered worlds. help ensure the next decade of growth and innovation at Renewal of the Museum’s lobby and the creation of the the Museum of Science. With your support, the Museum Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River truly usher in a new is moving closer to realizing our goal to become the era at the Museum of Science. leading science center worldwide in expanding the public’s access to, understanding of, and critical thinking around We are an iconic institution. But we are—more engineering, technology, and the sciences. importantly—an innovation institution, focused always on the future. We are living in a time when STEM thinking and STEM skills have never been more important. The Museum’ role is to spark an interest in Ioannis N. Miaoulis, PhD Gwill E. York science, technology, engineering, and math through our President and Director Chair, Board of Trustees 3 Museum of Science 24435_MOS.CC17.indd 3 12/15/16 10:05 PM MUSEUM OF SCIENCE WINTER 2016/2017 4 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 6 IN GRATITUDE 2016 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 18 BRADFORD WASHBURN AWARD 20 ON DISPLAY 22 WOMEN AND GIRLS IN STEM 24 NEW TRUSTEES AND OVERSEERS BOARD LISTING, FISCAL YEAR 2016 26 IN BRIEF MUSEUM OF SCIENCE IS A MAGAZINE FOR DONORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND STAFF, PUBLISHED BY THE DIVISION OF ADVANCEMENT Ioannis N. Miaoulis Editor: William Walsh President and Director Designer: Kristin DiVona Ellie Starr Contributors: Cynthia Berger, Senior Vice President, Gail Jennes Advancement Photographers: Nicolaus E. James Kraus Jr. Czarnecki, Art Ferrier, Ashley Executive Director, Development McCabe, Studio Nouveau, Todd Sperry Eric Workman/TMP Images, Senior Vice President, Marketing Tyler Trahan Strategy and Communications To support the Museum of Science, please visit mos.org/make-a-gift Gwill E. York Carl Zukroff Chair, Board of Trustees Director, Marketing Communications Winter 2016/2017 3 24435_MOS.CC17.indd 3 12/15/16 10:05 PM Annual Report 2016 $16.4 million philanthropic OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES contributions FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2016 ($ in thousands) $104.9 million endowment 2014 2015 2016 363 full-time employees Operating Income 36 part-time employees Support $16,482 $17,437 $14,895 Revenue $42,432 $45,667 $51,274 225 temporary employees Total Operating Income $58,914 $63,104 $66,169 453 volunteers contributed a total FAST FACTS FAST of 38,505 hours to 32 different Operating Expenses programs—the equivalent of Program Services $40,814 $43,566 $41,645 18.5 full-time employees Supporting Services $18,069 $19,530 $24,466 1.53 million visitors and 53,056 Total Operating Expenses $58,883 $63,096 $66,111 member households $31 $8 $58 162 corporate members Net Operating Income 162,080 school children participated in field trips to the Museum YEAR 2016 PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS 18,659 children and chaperones attended overnight programs $35,000,000 101,026 individuals (87,572 school children; 13,454 public audience) $30,000,000 served by Traveling Programs, covering 67,589 miles throughout New England; FISCAL awarded $95,700 in scholarships $25,000,000 (21.5% of total reservations) 11,916 free Exhibit Halls passes $20,000,000 provided to Massachusetts residents qualifying for Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) or Supplemental $15,000,000 Nutrition Program $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $22.1 million $32.7 million $16.4 milion FY14 FY15* FY16 *Final fiscal year of the Campaign for the Museum of Science 4 Museum of Science 24435_MOS.CC17.indd 4 12/19/16 2:16 PM FISCAL YEAR 2016 SOURCES OF FISCAL YEAR 2016 USES OF OPERATING FUNDS $66,169,000 OPERATING FUNDS $63,104,000 FUNDRAISING MEMBERSHIPS PROGRAM 7.7% ADMINISTRATIVE FEES 11.6% AND GENERAL 10.4% 16.2% DESIGNATED OTHER FUNDS/RESERVES INCOME FACILITY 7.4% 2.1% OPERATIONS 7.9% ANCILLARY SERVICES 11.2% TRANSFERS AND OTHER 11% CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS 22.5% ADMISSIONS 23.8% PROGRAM SERVICES 63.0% ENDOWMENT INCOME USED FOR OPERATIONS 5.2% ENDOWMENT MARKET VALUE JUNE 30 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 $110 million $109 million $104.9 million FISCAL YEAR 2016 HIGHLIGHTS n Michael Pollan, the author of the development of three out-of-school time n Gwill E. York was elected chair of the bestsellers Cooked, Food Rules, and curriculum units that integrate planetary board of trustees. A Museum trustee The Omnivore’s Dilemma received science with technology and engineering. since 1998 and finance committee chair the 2015 Bradford Washburn Award since 2007, she began her stewardship honoring his work as “a zealous n On March 24, the Museum of Science of the Museum in 1990, drawn by its ambassador for healthy eating,” and for unveiled a new signature experience— innovative overnight program focusing on inspiring his readers to “recognize food the Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River, girls and science education. as not just fuel but rather as community, a three-story, 5,000-square-foot gallery family, and one of the ways we construct and exhibition where visitors can explore n Spiders Alive!, organized by the our identity.” the connections between the natural and American Museum of Natural History, engineered worlds. was presented by the Museum in Nichols n Larry Bell, senior vice president of Gallery. The traveling exhibition featured strategic initiatives at the Museum, was n At the seventh annual signature approximately 20 species of arachnids, honored with the Roy L. Shafer Leading celebration, the Stars of STEM, the including 16 spiders, 2 scorpions, a Edge Award for Leadership in the Field, Museum honored the Deshpande vinegaroon, and an African whip spider. Association of Science-Technology Foundation and Google for providing the Centers. spark to empower the next generation n In June 2016, the Museum committed of scientists, tech innovators, engineers, $200,000 in scholarships for STEM n Museum curriculum developers began and mathematicians. Trustee Jaishree professional development. Funded by collaborating on a project to bring and Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande accepted proceeds from the sale of its curriculum new space-themed STEM resources the award along with Vint Cerf, Google’s products, the support provided 82 to afterschool programs nationwide. chief Internet evangelist and the co- scholarship recipients from 24 states Supported by NASA’s Science Mission inventor of the Internet. with a complete classroom set of Directorate and led by Northern Arizona Engineering is Elementary ® curriculum University’s Center for Science Teaching n The Museum’s engineering curriculum materials plus tuition and travel support and Learning, the $3.4 million project for preschool and kindergarten was to attend a hands-on teacher workshop $22.1 million $32.7 million $16.4 milion is called PLANETS (Planetary Learning highlighted at the first-ever White House at the Museum. FY14 FY15* FY16 that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Symposium on Early STEM Learning, on Technology, and Science).