Ohio science museums

Name: Top 17 Science museums in Ohio
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There are 17science and technology museums in Ohio. Combined, these Ohioanscience museumsemploy 325 people, earn more than $21 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $54 million.

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Science museums by major Ohio cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Cleveland, OH	4	172	$10,126,530	$40,742,070
Cincinnati	4	48	$1,347,433	$2,381,435
Columbus, OH	2	0	$2,752,811	$395,626
Akron	2	23	$340,483	$164,885
Toledo	1	63	$5,089,369	$7,924,156
Springfield, OH	1	0	$27,816	$177,420
Lima	1	19	$783,487	$1,026,081

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Job trends for Ohio science museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	2
1-10	2
11-25	3
26-100	3
101 to 1,000	1
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Ohio science museums is driven by large organizations like Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology, Imagination Station / The Toledo Science Center, iSPACE, Lake Erie Nature and Science Center (LENSC), and Akron Fossils and Science Center.

Sizes of science museums in Ohio

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	5
$250k to $1M	3
$1M to $5M	2
$5M to $25M	2
$25M to $100M	0
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology, Imagination Station / The Toledo Science Center, National Veterans Memorial and Museum Foundation, Lake Erie Nature and Science Center (LENSC), and Armstrong Air and Space Museum Association earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Ohio science museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 13.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Ohio science museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of science museums in Ohio

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Imagination Station / The Toledo Science Center

Interactive science center with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, workshops, demonstrations and a theater. Sparks passion for sciences with educational programming.

Revenue

$5.1m

Assets

$7.9m

Employees

EIN

31-1337258

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology

Great Lakes Museum of Science: STEM programming, hands-on exhibits, NASA Glenn Visitor Center, Steamship William G. Mather, and Cleveland Clinic Dome Theater in Cleveland.

Revenue

$8.3m

Assets

$33.9m

Employees

136

EIN

31-1258416

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Veterans Memorial and Museum Foundation

Honors veterans and their families through sharing veteran experiences, grants support museum operations, and educates visitors about military service.

Revenue

$2.8m

Assets

$395.6k

Employees

EIN

82-4596922

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Armstrong Air and Space Museum Association

Connects public to space program heritage; highlights Neil Armstrong's role, Ohio's contribution, history/science of flight/space exploration, and modern life.

Revenue

$783.5k

Assets

$1.0m

Employees

EIN

27-1535808

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lake Erie Nature and Science Center (LENSC)

The nonprofit Lake Erie Nature & Science Center educates and inspires each of us to understand, appreciate and take responsibility for our natural universe.

Revenue

$1.7m

Assets

$6.5m

Employees

EIN

34-0845030

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Energizing Health

During 2022, the organization worked with several organizations to convene innovation for the broad population, and for the senior adult and marginalized populations with an interest in those impacted by public health initiatives.

Revenue

$98.4k

Assets

$41.6k

Employees

EIN

46-3387791

IRS type

501(c)(3)

iSPACE

ISPACE provides hands-on STEM learning experiences for students, educators, and families through classes, summer camps, and outreach programs.

Revenue

$717.2k

Assets

$1.1m

Employees

EIN

31-1767871

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Grimes Flying Lab Foundation

The Grimes Flying Lab Foundation educates the public in Urbana, Ohio and the United States about the history of aircraft lighting and the role of the Grimes Manufacturing Co. In fiscal year 2022, approximately 5,500 people visited the Flying Lab Museum.

Revenue

$27.8k

Assets

$177.4k

Employees

N/A

EIN

43-1981604

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Cincinnati Observatory Center

Cincinnati's Observatory maintains its historic integrity while engaging the community with public outreach and STEM education opportunities.

Revenue

$630.2k

Assets

$1.3m

Employees

EIN

31-1665954

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Akron Fossils and Science Center

Interactive science center with fossils and live animal exhibits, offering homeschool classes in various subjects for K-12th grade students.

Revenue

$242.1k

Assets

$123.2k

Employees

EIN

20-2545942

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame is a science or technology museum in Caldwell, OH that was founded in 1997.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

54-1868995

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Helios Project Foundation

Helios Project Foundation is a science or technology museum in Medina, OH that was founded in 2024.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

92-1876671

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ashtabula Maritime and Surfac Transportation Museum

A museum in Ashtabula, OH preserving Great Lakes maritime, Coast Guard and rail history through exhibits and a gift shop.

Revenue

$67.7k

Assets

$898.1k

Employees

EIN

27-1188946

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Flight Garden

Flight Garden is a science or technology museum in Lebanon, OH that was founded in 2015.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

47-4439900

IRS type

501(c)(3)

International Women's Air and Space Museum

IWA&SM collects, preserves and showcases women's history and contributions in air and space to inspire future generations. Located in Cleveland, OH.

Revenue

$160.2k

Assets

$382.7k

Employees

EIN

31-0889469

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Gray History of Wireless Museum

Gray History of Wireless Museum is a science or technology museum in Fairfield, OH that was founded in 2018.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

23-7336259

IRS type

501(c)(3)

American Industrial Mining Company

American Industrial Mining Company is a science or technology museum in Buckeye Lake, OH that was founded in 2015.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

47-3443253

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A57: Science and Technology Museums" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Ohio science museums

Science museums by major Ohio cities

Job trends for Ohio science museums

Sizes of science museums in Ohio

Directory of science museums in Ohio

Imagination Station / The Toledo Science Center

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology

National Veterans Memorial and Museum Foundation

Armstrong Air and Space Museum Association

Lake Erie Nature and Science Center (LENSC)

Energizing Health

iSPACE

Grimes Flying Lab Foundation

Cincinnati Observatory Center

Akron Fossils and Science Center

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame

Helios Project Foundation

Ashtabula Maritime and Surfac Transportation Museum

Flight Garden

International Women's Air and Space Museum

Gray History of Wireless Museum

American Industrial Mining Company

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