ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR YEARS ENDING JUNE 30 ($ in thousands) 2018 2016 2017 2018 FAST FACTS Operating Income Support $14,895 $14,623 $15,333 Revenue $51,274 $47,518 $48,612 $30.8 million new gifts and pledges Total Operating Income $66,169 $62,141 $63,945 $156.4 million endowment Operating Expenses 383 full-time employees Program Services $41,645 $40,516 $42,620 162 part-time employees Supporting Services $24,466 $21,605 $21,282 35 temporary employees Total Operating Expenses $66,111 $62,121 $63,902 400 volunteers contributed a total Net Operating Income $58 $20 $43 of 33,919 hours to 29 different programs—the equivalent of 16 full-time employees 1.4 million visitors and 45,964 NEW GIFTS AND PLEDGES member households 175 corporate members $80,000,000 132,906 school children participated in field trips to the Museum $70,000,000 17,228 children and chaperones attended overnight programs $60,000,000 100,182 individuals (86,326 school children and 13,856 public audience) $50,000,000 served by Traveling Programs, covering 65,367 miles throughout New $40,000,000 England; $106,532 in scholarships awarded $30,000,000 21,624 free Exhibit Halls admissions provided to Massachusetts residents qualifying for Electronic Benefits $20,000,000 Transfer (EBT) or Supplemental Nutrition Program $10,000,000 $16.4 million $77.1 million $15.3 million FY16 FY17* FY18 *The Museum received an unprecedented transformative $50 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies in FY17. 14 Museum of Science FISCAL YEAR 2018 SOURCES OF FISCAL YEAR 2017 USES OF OPERATING FUNDS $63,945,000 OPERATING FUNDS TRANSFERS AND OTHER 3.60% FACILITY OPERATIONS FUNDRAISING 9.0% 8.6% PROGRAM FEES MEMBERSHIPSADMISSIONS 11.9%19.6% CONTRIBUTIONS16.1% ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND GRANTS DESIGNATED AND GENERAL AND GENERAL FUNDS/RESERVES 24.0% 11.6% 11.1% 7.2% ANCILLARY SERVICES FUNDRAISING 11.2% MEMBERSHIPS FACILITY OTHER 9.1% OPERATIONS 11.3% INCOME 8.9% PROGRAM SERVICES 2.4% REALIZED DESIGNATED FUNDS/ CONTRIBUTIONS 65.2% RESERVES AND GRANTS PROGRAM 9.8% ADMISSIONS 23.6% SERVICES 20.8% PROGRAM FEES 66.7% 14.9% ANCILLARY SERIVCES ENDOWMENT 11.4% INCOME USED FOR OPERATIONS 6.6% ENDOWMENT MARKET VALUE JUNE 30 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 $105 million $146 million $156 million FISCAL YEAR 2018 HIGHLIGHTS n MathWorks made a $10 million gift curriculum for the William and Charlotte to the Museum that will fund the n Alison Gopnik, PhD, and Salman Khan Bloomberg Science Education Center. development of Tech Studio, a new received the 2017 Bradford Washburn Learn more on page 12. permanent technology and engineering Award. Gopnik is a world leader in exhibit set to open in 2020. This is part cognitive science, focused on children’s n Visitors flocked to the Museum to see of the initial phase of the transformation learning and development, and Khan is engaging temporary exhibitions, including of the Blue Wing into an integrated the founder of Khan Academy, a nonprofit A Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature, experience that engages visitors to be with a mission to provide a free, world- Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern the critical thinkers needed to shape our class education for anyone, anywhere. World, POPnology, and Space: An Out- technological future. of-Gravity Experience. n The 2017 Col. Francis T. Colby Award n At the midpoint of the three-year effort, was presented to longtime Museum n The Massachusetts Department of the Museum reached 75% of its $20 supporters Wendy K. Kistler and M. Children and Families (DCF) and the million goal for the Blue Wing Founders Dozier Gardner. Both have helped the Museum entered into a partnership Fund, which will support the Blue Wing Museum in many ways, with Kistler that gives every child in foster care in transformation. This impressive figure being instrumental in the creation of the Massachusetts and their families free was reached after a successful matching popular Butterfly Garden and Gardner’s access to the Museum, its programs fund challenge by trustee emerita Brit family foundation contributing challenge and exhibits, as well as scholarships for d’Arbeloff generated $3 million. grant funds to spur membership in the summer classes and career readiness Museum’s Annual Fund. opportunities for teens. The Museum n Nearly 1,000 people gathered a few days and the DCF came together through the before Pi Day (3/14) at City Hall Plaza n George Whitesides, who is a pioneer in Wonderfund, a recently reestablished for the debut of the Museum-hosted microfabrication and nanoscale self- private charity. Boston Pi Party. The highlight—finishing assembly, received the 2017 Walker Prize. just shy of the American record for most n The 20th anniversary of the Museum’s shaving cream pies thrown at one time. n Among the film’s appearing on the Mugar Women in Science and Engineering The event was sponsored by Gillette, Omni Theater dome screen was Dream (WISE) Committee was marked with a Table Talk Pies, the City of Boston, and Big: Engineering Our World, which series of events, including a luncheon Guinness World RecordsTM. was developed with input from Museum with an all-female panel discussion on the educators and president and director impact female STEM professionals have n At the ninth annual Stars of STEM Ioannis Miaoulis. on the Boston innovation economy. $16.4 million $77.1 million $15.3 million signature celebration, the Museum FY16 FY17* FY18 honored GE, a company that shares this n Dell awarded two grants totaling nearly institution’s belief that when people are $2.6 million to support the Museum’s inspired, they will be motivated to figure award-winning curriculum, EiE®, and for out, to invent, and to create. the development of a computer science Fall 2018 15 CELEBRATING OUR SUPPORTERS! As a nonprofit organization, the Museum of Science relies on generous philanthropic contributions from supporters like you so we can remain on the cutting edge for exhibitry, programming, and curriculum. Our Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018) Honor Roll recognizes your importance, and we are grateful to say, “Thank You.” Brit d'Arbeloff, Marion S. Ellis, and Estelle M. Weedon Priscilla Douglas Donald and Edna Kaplan with Nile and Lee Albright * 10 or more years consecutive giving M Matching support LEADERSHIP GIFTS Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis* Emily C. Hood The Museum is deeply grateful for those individu- Shellie Miller and Jeff Arnold Barbara and Amos Hostetter* als that make commitments to special initiatives, Elizabeth Moore Dr. Timothy and Nancy Johnson endowment, and current-use support. Their Jane and A. Neil Pappalardo* Kathryn B. Kavadas* leadership gifts advance the Museum’s efforts to Daniel and Katherine Relihan Anne C. Kubik and Michael Krupka push the boundaries of STEM education in both Elizabeth G. Riley and Daniel E. Smith Jr.* Tom and Bonnie Leighton informal and formal settings. Thanks to their Rudy and Anne Ruggles* Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Lovejoy Jr.* support, the Museum will realize its vision to Michael and Helen Schaffer Foundation Colleen and Howard Messing* become the leading science center worldwide in William M. and Judith A. Steul* Jamie and Yiannis Monovoukas expanding the public’s access to, understanding Joan and Herman Suit* Paul and Joyce Mucci Family Foundation* of, and critical thinking around engineering, Susan and Michael Thonis* M James Rosenberg* technology, and the sciences. Anonymous William Schawbel and Judy Samelson* Fredi and Howard Stevenson Individuals and Families $50,000 - $99,999 Brian Totty and Shernaz Daver $1,000,000 or more Albert and Hilary Creighton* Jack Turner and Tee Taggart* Brit d’Arbeloff* Elise and Dozier L. Gardner* Marc and Nadia Ullman* Gwill E. York and Paul Maeder* Muriel Hurovitz Anonymous Ann and Ed Kania* $500,000 - $999,999 Donald and Edna Kaplan* Corporations, Foundations, and Nonnie and Rick Burnes* Susan C. Kaplan Organizations Therese and Kurt Melden The Kaufman and Rubin Family* $1,000,000 or more LARS Foundation* Bloomberg Philanthropies $100,000 - $499,999 Jack Little and Nancy Wittenberg* Dell* Mary and John E. Abele/Argosy Foundation* Nordblom Family Foundation MathWorks, Inc.* Richard Anders and Judy Paprin* Elise and Neil W. Wallace* National Science Foundation* Amy and Joshua Boger D. Reid Weedon, Jr.* US Department of Justice Alexis Borisy and Lia Meisinger* Constance V. R. White Dr. Priscilla H. Douglas Anonymous $500,000 - $999,999 Juan Enriquez and Mary Schneider Enriquez Biogen Inc.* Gretchen S. Fish $25,000 - $49,999 The Charles Hayden Foundation Johanna Friedenstein Brenda and Stéphane Bancel National Aeronautics and Space Sandy and Dozier Gardner* Sarah and Jeffrey Beir* Administration* Karen and Gary Gregg* The Joshua and Anita Bekenstein Charitable Fund Outfront Media Leslie E. Greis* Michael and Lisa Bronner WilmerHale* Daphne and George Hatsopoulos* Dorothy S. and Walter M. Cabot* Ina and Lewis Heafitz Charitable Foundation* Mark Currie and Lynne Ferrari $100,000 - $499,999 Wendy and Philip Kistler* The Tarrant Cutler Family Allen & Gerritsen Allinson Lamb Family Foundation Nancy E. Dempze and Daniel J. Bailey III* DC Beane and Associates George Lewis Deborah Dunsire and Michael Hall* Best Buy Foundation Alistair and Sharon Lowe* Joanne and Paul Egerman* BNY Mellon* Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch,ˇ ´ PhD, JD Dr. Richard Eglen and Mrs. Angela Eglen M Hermann Foundation and Lars Liebisch Julie and Bayard Henry* Institute of Museum and Library Services* 16 Museum of Science Honor Roll of Donors | Fiscal Year 2018 Lowell Institute $25,000 - $99,999 Marianne and Kenneth J. Novack* The Lynch Foundation Mary and John E. Abele/Argosy Foundation* William O’Reilly Jr. and Elizabeth Ross Massachusetts Cultural Council Sarah and Jeffrey Beir* Thomas and Jennifer Pincince* Massachusetts Department of Elementary and The Joshua and Anita Bekenstein Charitable Fund Johan Pontin Secondary Education Michael and Lisa Bronner William and Helen Pounds* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Albert and Hilary Creighton* Gene and Abby Record* Administration Mark Currie and Lynne Ferrari John Rick Vector Marketing Joanne and Paul Egerman* James Rosenberg* WCVB-TV, Channel 5* Dr.