Science & Technology
Akron Fossils & Science Center
COPLEY, OH
Total revenue
$288K
Total expenses
$277K
Net assets
$124K
Grants received
$17K
4 grants
EIN
202545942
Tax year
2024
Mission
Akron Fossils & Science Center exists to provide visitors of all ages with balanced, affordable, and hands-on educational oppotunities to explore the science of the world past, present, and future. One segment of our center explores creation science education.
Programs
3 programs
We offer science classes primarily for homeschool groups in biology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and botany. These classes meet once a week for 28 weeks for students in K-12th grade. Particiants can pick individual classes or enroll in multiple classes for an all day bundle. We also offer custom group classes and family classes as well. 105 students were enrolled in our science classes in 2024.
We provide summer hands-on science camps for children in K-8th grade. These include dinosaur adventure camp, wacky science camp, space exploration camp, creature feature camp, crime scene investigator camp, and STEAM (exciting electricity) camp. 265 children were enrolled in our camps in 2024.
Our science center provides guests with hands-on guided tours and science activities. We have exhibits that display fossils, and visitors can hold real fossils, as well as make and take home replicas. We also have live animals that can also be touched and held. We have a 4500 sq ft museum and 2 acre outdoor adventure park. Our creation science museum is dedicated to comparing and contrasting scientific models like intelligent design and evolution on the origin of the universe, and catastrophism and uniformitarianism modesl on the geologic record. Multiple views on the topics are provided. 5,425 people attended our science center and museum in 2024.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
15 listed
Jodie L Brewer
Executive Director
$40K
40 hrs/wk
Carolann Velotta
Secretary
$26K
20 hrs/wk
Erin Corbett
Board member
$22K
20 hrs/wk
Angela Powers
Board member
$9K
10 hrs/wk
Alexandria Schall
Board member
$142
0.5 hrs/wk
William M Sanderson II
President
—
10 hrs/wk
Kurt Siegfried
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Greg Spickard
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Al Gotch
Vice President
—
1 hrs/wk
Mark Turnbow
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Lynn Turnbow
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Todd Styer
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
David Robles
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Gary Gage
Board member
—
5 hrs/wk
Bill Heidinger
Board member
—
0.5 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$17K from 2 funders · 4 grants · 2020–2024
$15K · 2 grants · 2020–2024
$2K · 2 grants · 2021–2023