Who funds The Exploratorium?

General funding

Teacher professional development program

Unrestricted operating funds.

Unrestricted grant related to educational activities

To further organization's charitable purposes

General operating support in honor of the phenomenal ball spring gala

General purposes

Sea level rise public education

Educational resources

General support.

General

General purpose

Eleemosynary

Support charitable organizations that support education

General Operating Support

General and unrestricted

General budget

General support

education

General Support

In support of an architectural master plan for campus site.

In support of increased fundraising and growth in organization donor base.

In support of the development of space-themed immersive experiences, interactive exhibits and public programming.

In support of a research and development fund and process to spur nimble exhibit and public program development.

To support the stability and revitalization fund

Exploratorium gallery renewal

Stability & revitalization fund

In support of the strategic planning for financial sustainability and educational impact.

In support of the strategic planning for financial sustainability and organizational impact.

General support

In support of a science fellow to support development of changing coastlines public exhibits and programming.

Unrestricted

General support

To further and promote charitable efforts.

Lifelong learning institutes

General funding

Employee or trustee recommended gift for general operational support.

Capital campaign to support the exploratorium stability & revitalization fund

Teacher-leader institute

Unrestricted operating funds.

General operating support (trustee giving)

Unrestricted grant related to educational activities

Science/education

General operating support in honor of the 2024 phenomena(l) ball

General purposes

General support

General

General Support

Arts & culture

General support

To provide a public learning laboratory to explore the world through science, art, and human perception

To further organization's charitable purposes

2024 annual grant

Unrestricted

Educational resources

Eleemosynary

In support of wonder funday

General

General charity

General Purpose

In furtherance of 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

2024 phenomena(l) ball

General charitable purposes

Support charitable organizations that support education

Community Development - General Operating Support

For the explainer program.

General operating

Charitable organization

General and unrestricted

General purpose

General budget

General support

To create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide.

Education

To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects

education

To support the organization in its mission to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide.

General Support

By making science visible, touchable, and accessible to a wide variety of people - at the museum, online, and in the classroom - our explore-for-yourself way of learning and teaching influences science education worldwide. Our professional development programs provide educators with the skills, tools, and support they need to apply inquiry-based learning and teaching in their classes.

Matching gift to education

Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."

Arts, culture and humanities

General operating support, to support the field trip program for schools that support economically disadvantaged students (title 1 schools)

In support of increased fundraising and growth in organization donor base.

In support of strategic development and refinement of two youth-serving programs, the explainer and field trip programs.

To support the stability and revitalization fund

General support

General support

Operating expenses

Unrestricted

To further and promote charitable efforts.

Donation

General funding

To support the annual trustee fund and the phenomenal ball.

Funding the capital campaign to support the exploratorium stability & revitalization fund

General support

Teacher-leader institute

For teacher professional development related to climate change and climate change adaptation

To support the museums's underwriting for hiring of female explainers.

Explainers program & party at the piers: discovery

Unrestricted grant related to educational activities

General operating support in honor of party at the piers

General support

Charity

General

Arts & culture

Donation for area of greatest need.

To promote the work of the organization

General purposes

Unrestricted

Educational resources

Eleemosynary

Unrestricted contribution

General

General operating

General Purpose

Support charitable organizations that support education

General charitable purposes

General donation

Community Development - General Operating Support

For the explainer program.

To support public learning laboratory

General operating

Charitable organization

General and unrestricted

General purpose

General budget

General support

Education

Charitable contribution

Dedicated to exploration of science and human perception through the exhibits in the museum

To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects

Science museum

General support

General Support

Charitable

Donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."

General operating support; to support 2022 party at the piers

In support of increased fundraising and growth in organization donor base.

In support of strategic planning efforts to inform future priorities and actions.

Stability and revitalization fund

In support of the development of exhibits and other educational content about the bay area's changing coastline.

The lego playful learning museum network

General support

Unrestricted

For the 2022 50 arts commissions for media arts

For a project to support the California Partnership for Math & Science Education Statewide Science Community

To further and promote charitable efforts.

General funding

Operating expenses

In support of general operations and party at the piers.

In support of general operations.

To support the stability & revitalization fund.

In support of general operations

General charity

General support

Teacher-leader institute

For classroom teacher professional development related to climate change education

General purposes

Xeno in vivo gift

Unrestricted grant related to educational activities

Education

General operating support in honor of party at the piers

General support

To further organization's charitable purposes

Urban fellow program

General

General support

Arts & culture

Donation to area of greatest need.

Unrestricted

Eleemosynary

Unrestricted contribution

General

Further organization's exempt purpose

General Purpose

Education

Donation for charitable purposes

2022 party at the piers

General charitable purposes

General donation

General donation

General support

Community development - general operating support

For the explainer program.

General operating

Charitable organization

In furtherance of 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

General and unrestricted

Unrestricted

General budget

Education

General & Unrestricted

Dedicated to exploration of science and human perception through the exhibits in the museum

To carry out specific charitable, educational, and cultural projects

General support

General support

Donation

Create a culture of learning through innovative environments, programs, and tools that help people nurture their curiosity about the world around them.

Science Education

In support of improved financial outlook, including a reduction of long-term debt.

General operating support, general operating support - to support the highest priorities and most urgent financial needs of the exploratorium as determined by the executive director and CEO, chris flink, and an extension of the use of funds through 2022

In support of increased fundraising and growth in organization donor base.

In support of efforts to remake the Exploratorium visitor experience and expand audience reach and impact.

General support

Support for ongoing operations

In support of the development of exhibits and other educational content about the Bay Area's changing coastline.

Unrestricted

Unrestricted

To further and promote charitable efforts.

Donation

To support the field trip program and general museum operations.

Education

Exhibit Maintenance.

General funding

Operating expenses

To further organization's charitable purposes

In support of general operations.

To support the stability & revitalization fund.

Charity

Education / Support

Arts

General support

To support the Trustee Fund, Wonder Fun Day, and the 2022 Gala.

Support the museum

Support the museum

General purposes

Education / environment

General operating support in honor of the 2021 party at the piers

General support

Operational support

Fellows program

General

General support

Arts & culture

Unrestricted

General support

General Purpose

Unrestricted contribution

In furtherance of 501(c)(3) exempt purpose

General

General support

Further organization's exempt purpose

Eleemosynary

Education program

General charitable purposes

General donation

Support charitable organizations that support education

Community Development - General operating Support

For the explainer program.