#962of 1,000 in 2025

Discovery Center Great Lakes

Location
Traverse City, Michigan
Sector
Arts and culture
Founded
2006
Website
discoverygreatlakes.org
223%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$3.2MFY2025 revenue
0Employees, FY2025
#105of 107 in Arts and culture
#23of 23 in Michigan

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $976,831 $977K FY22 FY2023: $1,677,496 $1.7M FY23 FY2024: $1,956,713 $2.0M FY24 FY2025: $3,153,847 $3.2M FY25

We count pledges when the cash is received, not when they’re promised, so these numbers differ from Discovery Center Great Lakes’s 990. How we count pledges

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Government grants
$1.8M · 57%
Related organizations
$1.2M · 37%
Program revenue
$174K · 6%
Total revenue on the 990
$10,527,666
Investment income
− $29,703
Pledges promised this year, not yet received
− $7,344,116
Revenue we count
$3,153,847

What it does

To connect people of all ages, abilities and needs to the great lakes through recreation, education, history, science and stewardship.

Discovery center and pier - the discovery center is a wholly owned subsidiary of rotary camps services. The discovery center & pier delivers educational programming to over 500 students a year and leases dock space, shop space and office space to water-related area non-profits; and is in the process of redeveloping it's pier and campus into a barrier-free base for great lakes based recreation and education, including the development of a new freshwater research and innovation center. Together with its partners, the discovery center & pier provides programming & experiences to over 40,000 people a year.

Leadership

Matthew McdonoughCEO

EIN 77-0660051 · Full filings on ProPublica

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