NonprofitsHouston Museum Of Natural Science

Arts & Culture

Houston Museum Of Natural Science

HOUSTON, TX

Total revenue

$48.4M

Total expenses

$49.8M

Net assets

$254.5M

Grants received

$54.8M

438 grants

EIN

741036131

Tax year

2024

Mission

The Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) serves as a valuable resources for the Houston community, offering extensive collections, exciting interactive exhibits, immersive environments, engaging films, compelling traveling exhibitions, and comprehensive classroom experiences.

Programs

1 program

The Museum's educational efforts are aimed at children and adults alike. Through hands-on interactive opportunities such as summer camps, field trips, outreach programming, teacher trainings, lecture series, and curator-led travel opportunities the Museum seeks to provide an inspirational learning environment that promotes scientific inquiry as a mode of thinking and engages the public in the wonders of science.

Expenses: $3.1MGrants: $8K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$15.2M
Program service revenue$27.3M
Investment income$2.3M
Other revenue$3.6M
Total revenue$48.4M

Expenses

Grants paid$8K
Salaries & benefits$24.1M
Fundraising$5.2M
Other expenses$25.7M
Total expenses$49.8M
Total assets$299.4M
Net assets$254.5M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Joel A Bartsch

President

Board

$726K

40 hrs/wk

Eugenia K Dermas

Chief Development Officer

Board

$551K

40 hrs/wk

Jill M Lee

Chief Financial Officer

Board

$409K

40 hrs/wk

Jason Fertitta

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Alfred C Glassell III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jeff B Gustavson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Randall B Hale

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marie Fondren Hall

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tracey Henderson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Maynard Holt

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michael Holthouse

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Peter D Huddleston

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

John W Johnson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

TMark Kelly

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sippi K Khurana MD

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Truett Latimer

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

George Lindahl III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Joella Mach

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sean M Maher

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Derrick Mitchell

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Michael K Mithoff

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Laurie N Morian

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

David A Pustka

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Carroll R Ray

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jason Sabat

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Thomas E Smith

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Christopher Stavros

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Lias J Steen

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

George W Strake III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Samuel E Stubbs

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Randa Duncan Williams

Chairman

Board

6 hrs/wk

Rusty Walter

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

James D Weaver

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kelli Ann Weinzierl

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Harry P Weitzel

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Eugene Werlin Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

William M Wheless III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

John P Wilkirson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

David W Williams

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jack P Williams Jr

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Erin Blatzer

SVP, Budgeting

Staff

$259K

40 hrs/wk

Angel DeLeon

SVP, HR/Bldg Operations

Staff

$251K

40 hrs/wk

Latha Thomas

SVP, Marketing

Staff

$230K

40 hrs/wk

Lisa Rebori

SVP, Collection/Exhibit

Staff

$227K

40 hrs/wk

Mark Belcher

Director of IT

Staff

$213K

40 hrs/wk

Melodie Wade

SVP, Digital Marketing

Staff

$179K

40 hrs/wk

Nicholaus Gaytan

Controller

Staff

$176K

40 hrs/wk

Victor Ticas

Dir. Exhibit Prod.

Staff

$170K

40 hrs/wk

Oscar Ruiz

VP, Museum Facilities

Staff

$162K

40 hrs/wk

Nicole Temple

VP, Education

Staff

$151K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Sixtyfour Design LLC

Website design, exhibit interactives

$983K

Paul Bernhard Exhibit Design & Consultin

Exhibition hall design and construction

$768K

Hines Interests Limited Partnership

Project management

$746K

Innovative Environments

Creating branded spaces and exhibits

$553K

Elevator Repair Service

Repairs and maintenance

$373K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 438

FromAmountPurposeYear
$3M
Brown Hall of Entomology ($2,850,000) and Youth Education Support ($150,000)
2024
$1M
PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$775K
2024 IN LIEU OF GALA, ANNUAL COMMITMENT
2024
$691K
General support
2024
$513K
general purpose
2024
$500K
TO CREATE THE JMOQF ENDOWMENT FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING
2024
$290K
General support
2024
$250K
Capital Campaign to renovate Cullen Gem & Mineral Hall
2024
$200K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$190K
General support
2024
$160K
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
2024
$160K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$150K
NATURAL HISTORY, NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR GEM/MINERAL HALL RENOVATION
2024
$150K
Annual Giving Grant
2024
$100K
MORAN ECOTEENS
2024
$71K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$70K
General Support
2024
$65K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$30K
General support
2024
$25K
SUPPORT 2024 YOUTH SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
2024
$25K
TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
2024
$25K
Contribution
2024
$25K
To support youth science education programming
2024
$16K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2024
$15K
Big Energy Gala
2024
$15K
GENERAL CHARITABE PURPOSES
2024
$13K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$13K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$10K
General Operations
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
SUPPORT PROGRAM
2024
$4K
Education
2024
$4K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$3K
ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$3K
ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE
2024
$3K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$2K
CHARITABLE
2024
$1K
PROVIDES FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$1K
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO ENABLE THEM TO FULFILL THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2024
$300
Children education program
2024
$300
General & Unrestricted
2024
$180
EDUCATION
2024
$5M
Cullen Hall of Gems and Minerals Renovation
2023
$3.1M
EDUCATION AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
2023
$2.1M
Support the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowment
2023
$1M
MATTER AND MOTION: QUANTUM CHEMISTRY TO ASTROPHYSICS HALL
2023
$675K
General support
2023
$670K
2023 GALA, 2023 EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE LUNCHEON, ANNUAL COMMITMENT
2023
$660K
CHARITABLE
2023
$510K
general purpose
2023
$500K
TOWARDS SUPPORT OF THE MATTER & MOTION HALL AND TO NAME THE HOUSTON CONNECTION GALLERY IN HONOR OF ALBERT AND ETHEL HERZSTEIN.
2023
$255K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$215K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$201K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$200K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$188K
General support
2023
$150K
Youth Education Programming
2023
$150K
Capital Campaign to renovate Cullen Gem & Mineral Hall
2023
$150K
Annual Giving Grant
2023
$100K
MORAN ECOTEENS
2023
$100K
SUPPORT THE 2023 ANNUAL FUND
2023
$100K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$50K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
Quality Public K-12 Schools: Student support
2023
$50K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$48K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2023
$37K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$31K
Collab Research
2023
$25K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
SUPPORT 2023 YOUTH SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.
2023
$25K
NATURAL HISTORY, NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM - OPERATIONS
2023
$25K
GENERAL DONATION
2023
$25K
General support
2023
$25K
To support youth science education programming
2023
$25K
General support
2023
$20K
General Support
2023
$20K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$20K
SPONSORSHIP
2023
$20K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$15K
Operating Support
2023
$15K
GENERAL CHARITABE PURPOSES
2023
$15K
PROGRAM
2023
$15K
2023 Gala
2023
$13K
Contribution
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMING
2023
$10K
Operating Support in memory of Reed Morian
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER AND RENOVATION OF THE POLLINATOR GARDEN
2023
$10K
HISTORY, HERITAGE AND UNIQUE LOCAL CHARACTER
2023
$10K
organizational support
2023
$7K
ARTS, CULTURE, AND HUMANITIES OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$5K
SUPPORT PROGRAM
2023
$4K
SUPPORT THE MUSEUM
2023
$4K
PUBLIC WELFARE
2023
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$3K
Operating Support
2023
$3K
Operating Support
2023
$3K
PROVIDE FUNDS TO ACCOMPLISH CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$3K
Operating Support
2023
$3K
ANNUAL FUND/GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION GENERAL FUND
2023
$3K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$2K
Operating Support
2023
$2K
FOR THE MUSEUM'S ANNUAL FUND
2023
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$395
Charitable Donation
2023
$310
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2023
$300
CULTURAL
2023
$275
General & Unrestricted
2023
$260
EDUCATION
2023
$200
Community access to museum
2023
$2.3M
EDUCATION AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
2022
$2.1M
Support for the Virginia and Ernest Cockrell, Jr. Permanently Restricted Endowments
2022
$1M
MATTER & MOTION QUANTUM CHEMISTRY TO ASTROPHYSICS HALL
2022
$1M
MATTER & MOTION QUANTUM CHEMISTRY TO ASTROPHYSICS HALL
2022
$746K
General support
2022
$625K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$500K
TOWARDS SUPPORT OF THE MATTER & MOTION HALL AND TO NAME THE HOUSTON CONNECTION GALLERY IN HONOR OF ALBERT AND ETHEL HERZSTEIN.
2022
$500K
ANNUAL SUPPORT PLEDGE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$475K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$300K
Gems and Minerals Makeover
2022
$250K
CHARITABLE
2022
$190K
Program and General Support
2022
$150K
OPERATING PROGRAMS
2022
$150K
Youth Education Programming
2022
$150K
Annual Giving Grant
2022
$100K
MORAN ECOTEENS
2022
$100K
$25,000 FOR 2022 ANNUAL FUND$75,000 FOR EDUCATION OPERATING
2022
$62K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$50K
SCIENCE EDUCATION
2022
$50K
Quality K-12 Public Schools: Student supports
2022
$50K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2022
$44K
Collab Research
2022
$39K
CULTURE & ARTS
2022
$35K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$35K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$33K
ARTS AND CULTURE
2022
$30K
Charitable Purposes
2022
$25K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$25K
Youth Education Programming
2022
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
SUPPORT 2022 YOUTH SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.
2022
$25K
General support
2022
$25K
NATURAL HISTORY, NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM - MISSION PROGRAMS
2022
$25K
GENERAL
2022
$25K
General support
2022
$25K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
General Support
2022
$20K
SCIENCE PROGRAMS & TECH HALL EXHIBIT
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$19K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$17K
SPONSORSHIP
2022
$15K
Operating Support
2022
$15K
General Operations
2022
$15K
PROGRAM
2022
$15K
GENERAL DONATION
2022
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$14K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$10K
HISTORY, HERITAGE AND UNIQUE LOCAL CHARACTER
2022
$10K
The Great OUtdoors Gala
2022
$10K
general organizational support
2022
$10K
SPONSORSHIP
2022

Funded by

$54.8M from 141 funders · 438 grants · 2017–2024

Dan L Duncan Foundation

$6.4M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation

$6.1M · 13 grants · 2020–2024

The Cockrell Foundation

$5.7M · 3 grants · 2020–2023

The Cullen Foundation

$5.5M · 4 grants · 2022–2024

The Brown Foundation Inc

$3.5M · 12 grants · 2020–2024

Laurie And Reed Morian Foundation

$2.9M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Greater Houston Community Foundation

$2.9M · 33 grants · 2018–2024

Houston Arts Alliance

$2.7M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN741036131
NTEE codeA560
Subsection03
Ruling date1948-05
Formed1909
Employees944
Volunteers711
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo