TY 2014 Form 990

Do not include amounts reported on lines 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b of Part VIII.	(A) Total expenses	(B) Program service expenses	(C) Management and general expenses	(D) Fundraising expenses
1	Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments. See Part IV, line 21 ....
2	Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. See Part IV, line 22 ....
3	Grants and other assistance to foreign organizations, foreign governments, and foreign individuals. See Part IV, lines 15 and 16 ............
4	Benefits paid to or for members ....
5	Compensation of current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees ....	809,776	809,776
6	Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)) and persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B) ....
7	Other salaries and wages ....	2,408,376	1,588,267	522,598	297,511
8	Pension plan accruals and contributions (include section 401(k) and 403(b) employer contributions) ....
9	Other employee benefits .......	170,798	127,272	27,736	15,790
10	Payroll taxes ...........	269,921	201,135	43,833	24,953
11	Fees for services (non-employees):
a	Management ......
b	Legal .........	73,539		73,539
c	Accounting ...........	31,444		31,444
d	Lobbying ...........
e	Professional fundraising services. See Part IV, line 17
f	Investment management fees ......
g	Other (If line 11g amount exceeds 10% of line 25, column (A) amount, list line 11g expenses on Schedule O) ....	685,687	487,960	125,766	71,961
12	Advertising and promotion ....	321,128	297,763		23,365
13	Office expenses .......	207,153	101,525	46,907	58,721
14	Information technology ......	42,626	33,850	5,582	3,194
15	Royalties ..
16	Occupancy ...........	183,461	141,265	23,850	18,346
17	Travel ............	340,046	228,039	18,799	93,208
18	Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials ......
19	Conferences, conventions, and meetings ....
20	Interest ...........
21	Payments to affiliates .......
22	Depreciation, depletion, and amortization .....	95,465	73,508	12,410	9,547
23	Insurance ..............	22,702		22,702
24	Other expenses. Itemize expenses not covered above (List miscellaneous expenses in line 24e. If line 24e amount exceeds 10% of line 25, column (A) amount, list line 24e expenses on Schedule O.)
a	FESTIVAL PRODUCTION COS	613,953	482,791	791	130,371
b	BAD DEBTS	50,000		50,000
c
d
e	All other expenses
25	Total functional expenses. Add lines 1 through 24e	6,326,075	4,573,151	1,005,957	746,967
26	Joint costs. Complete this line only if the organization reported in column (B) joint costs from a combined educational campaign and fundraising solicitation. Check here if following SOP 98-2 (ASC 958-720).

Part X Balance Sheet Check if Schedule O contains a response or note to any line in this Part X ..............
	1	Cash–non-interest-bearing .............	1,873	1	3,388
2	Savings and temporary cash investments .........	2,602,485	2	2,383,116
3	Pledges and grants receivable, net ...........	642,646	3	802,174
4	Accounts receivable, net .............	380,403	4	324,577
5	Loans and other receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. Complete Part II of Schedule L ..................
			5
6	Loans and other receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)), persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B), and contributing employers and sponsoring organizations of section 501(c)(9) voluntary employees' beneficiary organizations (see instructions) Complete Part II of Schedule L
			6
7	Notes and loans receivable, net .............		7
8	Inventories for sale or use ..............		8
9	Prepaid expenses and deferred charges ..........		9
10a	Land, buildings, and equipment: cost or other basis. Complete Part VI of Schedule D	10a	818,671
b	Less: accumulated depreciation .....	10b	308,342	554,732	10c	510,329
11	Investments—publicly traded securities ..........		11
12	Investments—other securities. See Part IV, line 11 .....		12
13	Investments—program-related. See Part IV, line 11 .....		13
14	Intangible assets ...............	0	14	196,117
15	Other assets. See Part IV, line 11 ...........	25,724	15	28,094
16	Total assets. Add lines 1 through 15 (must equal line 34)......	4,207,863	16	4,247,795
	17	Accounts payable and accrued expenses .........	457,927	17	584,023
18	Grants payable .................		18
19	Deferred revenue ................		19
20	Tax-exempt bond liabilities .............		20
21	Escrow or custodial account liability. Complete Part IV of Schedule D..		21
22	Loans and other payables to current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, and disqualified
	persons. Complete Part II of Schedule L..........		22
23	Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties ..		23
24	Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties ....		24
25	Other liabilities (including federal income tax, payables to related third parties, and other liabilities not included on lines 17-24). Complete Part X of Schedule D....................	0	25
26	Total liabilities. Add lines 17 through 25.........	457,927	26	584,023
		Organizations that follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), check here and complete lines 27 through 29, and lines 33 and 34.
27	Unrestricted net assets ..............	3,749,936	27	3,663,772
28	Temporarily restricted net assets ...........		28
29	Permanently restricted net assets ...........		29
	Organizations that do not follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), check here and complete lines 30 through 34.
30	Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds ........		30
31	Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund .....		31
32	Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds		32
33	Total net assets or fund balances ...........	3,749,936	33	3,663,772
34	Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances ........	4,207,863	34	4,247,795

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SCHEDULE A
(Form 990 or 990EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Public Charity Status and Public Support

Complete if the organization is a section 501(c)(3) organization or a section 4947(a)(1) nonexempt charitable trust.
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Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public
Inspection

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

Reason for Public Charity Status (All organizations must complete this part.) See instructions.

The organization is not a private foundation because it is: (For lines 1 through 11, check only one box.)

A church, convention of churches, or association of churches described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(i).

A school described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii). (Attach Schedule E.)

A hospital or a cooperative hospital service organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii).

A medical research organization operated in conjunction with a hospital described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(iii). Enter the hospital's name, city, and state:

An organization operated for the benefit of a college or university owned or operated by a governmental unit described in

section 170(b)(1)(A)(iv). (Complete Part II.)

A federal, state, or local government or governmental unit described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(v).

An organization that normally receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or from the general public described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). (Complete Part II.)

A community trust described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). (Complete Part II.)

An organization that normally receives: (1) more than 331/3% of its support from contributions, membership fees, and gross

receipts from activities related to its exempt functions—subject to certain exceptions, and (2) no more than 331/3% of

its support from gross investment income and unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 tax) from businesses

acquired by the organization after June 30, 1975. See section 509(a)(2). (Complete Part III.)

An organization organized and operated exclusively to test for public safety. See section 509(a)(4).

An organization organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of one or more publicly supported organizations described in section 509(a)(1) or section 509(a)(2). See section 509(a)(3). Check the box in lines 11a through 11d that describes the type of supporting organization and complete lines 11e, 11f, and 11g.

Type I. A supporting organization operated, supervised, or controlled by its supported organization(s), typically by giving the supported organization(s) the power to regularly appoint or elect a majority of the directors or trustees of the supporting organization. You must complete Part IV, Sections A and B.

Type II. A supporting organization supervised or controlled in connection with its supported organization(s), by having control or management of the supporting organization vested in the same persons that control or manage the supported organization(s). You must complete Part IV, Sections A and C.

Type III functionally integrated. A supporting organization operated in connection with, and functionally integrated with, its supported organization(s) (see instructions). You must complete Part IV, Sections A, D, and E.

Type III non-functionally integrated. A supporting organization operated in connection with its supported organization(s) that is not functionally integrated. The organization generally must satisfy a distribution requirement and an attentiveness requirement (see instructions). You must complete Part IV, Sections A and D, and Part V.

Check this box if the organization received a written determination from the IRS that it is a Type I, Type II, Type III functionally integrated, or Type III non-functionally integrated supporting organization.

Enter the number of supported organizations .............................

Provide the following information about the supported organization(s).

(i)Name of supported organization	(ii) EIN	(iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document?		(v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions)	(vi) Amount of other support (see instructions)
(i)Name of supported organization	(ii) EIN	Yes	No	(v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions)	(vi) Amount of other support (see instructions)


Total

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990EZ.

Cat. No. 11285F

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part II

Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
(Complete only if you checked the box on line 5, 7, or 8 of Part I or if the organization failed to qualify under Part III. If the organization fails to qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part III.)

Section A. Public Support

Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)		(a) 2010	(b) 2011	(c) 2012	(d) 2013	(e) 2014	(f) Total
1	Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") ....	4,527,683	5,242,178	5,452,238	5,788,820	5,864,449	26,875,368
2	Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.......
3	The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..					165,000	165,000
4	Total. Add lines 1 through 3	4,527,683	5,242,178	5,452,238	5,788,820	6,029,449	27,040,368
5	The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f)..						20,539,435
6	Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4.						6,500,933

Section B. Total Support

Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)		(a) 2010	(b) 2011	(c) 2012	(d) 2013	(e) 2014	(f) Total
7	Amounts from line 4..	4,527,683	5,242,178	5,452,238	5,788,820	6,029,449	27,040,368
8	Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources...	10,788	10,908	7,381	5,705	4,625	39,407
9	Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on..
10	Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.)..	1,735	1,736	14,877	2,527	91	20,966
11	Total support Add lines 7 through 10.						27,100,741

Gross receipts from related activities, etc. (see instructions) ..................

1,477,235

First five years. If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a section 501(c)(3) organization, check this box and stop here........................................ right arrow

Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage

Public support percentage for 2014 (line 6, column (f) divided by line 11, column (f)) .........

23.990 %

Public support percentage for 2013 Schedule A, Part II, line 14 ...............

23.110 %

16a

33 1/3% support test—2014. If the organization did not check the box on line 13, and line 14 is 33 1/3% or more, check this box
and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization ....................... right arrow

33 1/3% support test—2013. If the organization did not check a box on line 13 or 16a, and line 15 is 33 1/3% or more, check this
box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization ..................... right arrow

17a

10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2014. If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, or 16b, and line 14
is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here. Explain
in Part VI how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported
organization ..................................................... right arrow

10%-facts-and-circumstances test—2013. If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, or 17a, and line
15 is 10% or more, and if the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test, check this box and stop here.
Explain in Part VI how the organization meets the "facts-and-circumstances" test. The organization qualifies as a publicly
supported organization ................................................ right arrow

Private foundation. If the organization did not check a box on line 13, 16a, 16b, 17a, or 17b, check this box and see
instructions ..................................................... right arrow

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part III

Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Section 509(a)(2)
(Complete only if you checked the box on line 9 of Part I or if the organization failed to qualify under Part II. If the organization fails to qualify under the tests listed below, please complete Part II.)

Section A. Public Support

Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)		(a) 2010	(b) 2011	(c) 2012	(d) 2013	(e) 2014	(f) Total
1	Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .
2	Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose......
3	Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513..
4	Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf...
5	The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge..
6	Total. Add lines 1 through 5.
7a	Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons...
b	Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year.
c	Add lines 7a and 7b..
8	Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.)

Section B. Total Support

Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in)		(a) 2010	(b) 2011	(c) 2012	(d) 2013	(e) 2014	(f) Total
9	Amounts from line 6...
10a	Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources..
b	Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975.
c	Add lines 10a and 10b.
11	Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.
12	Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) ..
13	Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.)..

First five years. If the Form 990 is for the organization's first, second, third, fourth, or fifth tax year as a section 501(c)(3) organization,
check this box and stop here............................................. right arrow

Section C. Computation of Public Support Percentage

Public support percentage for 2014 (line 8, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f)) .........

Public support percentage from 2013 Schedule A, Part III, line 15 ...............

Section D. Computation of Investment Income Percentage

Investment income percentage for 2014 (line 10c, column (f) divided by line 13, column (f)) ......

Investment income percentage from 2013 Schedule A, Part III, line 17 .............

19a

33 1/3% support tests—2014. If the organization did not check the box on line 14, and line 15 is more than 33 1/3%, and line 17 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization ....... right arrow

33 1/3% support tests—2013. If the organization did not check a box on line 14 or line 19a, and line 16 is more than 33 1/3% and line 18 is not more than 33 1/3%, check this box and stop here. The organization qualifies as a publicly supported organization .... right arrow

Private foundation. If the organization did not check a box on line 14, 19a, or 19b, check this box and see instructions .... right arrow

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part IV

Supporting Organizations

(Complete only if you checked a box on line 11 of Part I. If you checked 11a of Part I, complete Sections A and B. If you checked 11b of Part I, complete Sections A and C. If you checked 11c of Part I, complete Sections A, D, and E. If you checked 11d of Part I, complete Sections A and D, and complete Part V.)

Section A. All Supporting Organizations

Yes

Are all of the organization’s supported organizations listed by name in the organization’s governing documents?
If "No," describe in Part VI how the supported organizations are designated. If designated by class or purpose,
describe the designation. If historic and continuing relationship, explain.

Did the organization have any supported organization that does not have an IRS determination of status under section 509(a)(1) or (2)? If "Yes," explain in Part VI how the organization determined that the supported organization was described in section 509(a)(1) or (2).

Did the organization have a supported organization described in section 501(c)(4), (5), or (6)? If "Yes," answer (b) and (c) below.

Did the organization confirm that each supported organization qualified under section 501(c)(4), (5), or (6) and satisfied the public support tests under section 509(a)(2)? If "Yes," describe in Part VI when and how the organization made the determination.

Did the organization ensure that all support to such organizations was used exclusively for section 170(c)(2)(B) purposes? If "Yes," explain in Part VI what controls the organization put in place to ensure such use.

Was any supported organization not organized in the United States ("foreign supported organization")? If “Yes” and if you checked 11a or 11b in Part I, answer (b) and (c) below.

Did the organization have ultimate control and discretion in deciding whether to make grants to the foreign supported organization? If “Yes,” describe in Part VI how the organization had such control and discretion despite being controlled or supervised by or in connection with its supported organizations....

Did the organization support any foreign supported organization that does not have an IRS determination under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or (2)? If “Yes,” explain in Part VI what controls the organization used to ensure that all support to the foreign supported organization was used exclusively for section 170(c)(2)(B) purposes.

Did the organization add, substitute, or remove any supported organizations during the tax year? If “Yes,” answer (b) and (c) below (if applicable). Also, provide detail in Part VI, including (i) the names and EIN numbers of the supported organizations added, substituted, or removed, (ii) the reasons for each such action, (iii) the authority under the organization's organizing document authorizing such action, and (iv) how the action was accomplished (such as by amendment to the organizing document).

Type I or Type II only. Was any added or substituted supported organization part of a class already designated in the organization's organizing document?

Substitutions only. Was the substitution the result of an event beyond the organization's control?

Did the organization provide support (whether in the form of grants or the provision of services or facilities) to anyone other than (a) its supported organizations; (b) individuals that are part of the charitable class benefited by one or more of its supported organizations; or (c) other supporting organizations that also support or benefit one or more of the filing organization’s supported organizations? If “Yes,” provide detail in Part VI.

Did the organization provide a grant, loan, compensation, or other similar payment to a substantial contributor (defined in IRC 4958(c)(3)(C)), a family member of a substantial contributor, or a 35-percent controlled entity with regard to a substantial contributor? If “Yes,” complete Part I of Schedule L (Form 990) .

Did the organization make a loan to a disqualified person (as defined in section 4958) not described in line 7? If “Yes,” complete Part II of Schedule L (Form 990).

Was the organization controlled directly or indirectly at any time during the tax year by one or more disqualified persons as defined in section 4946 (other than foundation managers and organizations described in section 509(a)(1) or (2))? If “Yes,” provide detail in Part VI.

Did one or more disqualified persons (as defined in line 9(a)) hold a controlling interest in any entity in which the supporting organization had an interest? If “Yes,” provide detail in Part VI.

Did a disqualified person (as defined in line 9(a)) have an ownership interest in, or derive any personal benefit from, assets in which the supporting organization also had an interest? If “Yes,” provide detail in Part VI.

10a

Was the organization subject to the excess business holdings rules of IRC 4943 because of IRC 4943(f) (regarding certain Type II supporting organizations, and all Type III non-functionally integrated supporting organizations)? If “Yes,” answer b below.

10a

Did the organization have any excess business holdings in the tax year? (Use Schedule C, Form 4720, to determine whether the organization had excess business holdings).

10b

Has the organization accepted a gift or contribution from any of the following persons?

A person who directly or indirectly controls, either alone or together with persons described in (b) and (c) below, the governing body of a supported organization?

11a

A family member of a person described in (a) above?

11b

A 35% controlled entity of a person described in (a) or (b) above? If “Yes” to a, b, or c, provide detail in Part VI.

11c

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part IV

Supporting Organizations (continued)

Section B. Type I Supporting Organizations

Yes

Did the directors, trustees, or membership of one or more supported organizations have the power to regularly appoint or elect at least a majority of the organization’s directors or trustees at all times during the tax year? If “No,” describe in Part VI how the supported organization(s) effectively operated, supervised, or controlled the organization’s activities. If the organization had more than one supported organization, describe how the powers to appoint and/or remove directors or trustees were allocated among the supported organizations and what conditions or restrictions, if any, applied to such powers during the tax year.

Did the organization operate for the benefit of any supported organization other than the supported organization(s) that operated, supervised, or controlled the supporting organization? If “Yes,” explain in Part VI how providing such benefit carried out the purposes of the supported organization(s) that operated, supervised or controlled the supporting organization.

Section C. Type II Supporting Organizations

Yes

Were a majority of the organization’s directors or trustees during the tax year also a majority of the directors or trustees of each of the organization’s supported organization(s)? If “No,” describe in Part VI how control or management of the supporting organization was vested in the same persons that controlled or managed the supported organization(s).

Section D. All Type III Supporting Organizations

Yes

Did the organization provide to each of its supported organizations, by the last day of the fifth month of the organization’s tax year, (1) a written notice describing the type and amount of support provided during the prior tax year, (2) a copy of the Form 990 that was most recently filed as of the date of notification, and (3) copies of the organization’s governing documents in effect on the date of notification, to the extent not previously provided?

Were any of the organization’s officers, directors, or trustees either (i) appointed or elected by the supported organization(s) or (ii) serving on the governing body of a supported organization? If "No," explain in Part VI how the organization maintained a close and continuous working relationship with the supported organization(s).

By reason of the relationship described in (2), did the organization’s supported organizations have a significant voice in the organization’s investment policies and in directing the use of the organization’s income or assets at all times during the tax year? If "Yes," describe in Part VI the role the organization’s supported organizations played in this regard.

Section E. Type III Functionally-Integrated Supporting Organizations

Check the box next to the method that the organization used to satisfy the Integral Part Test during the year (see instructions):

The organization satisfied the Activities Test. Complete line 2 below.

The organization is the parent of each of its supported organizations. Complete line 3 below.

The organization supported a governmental entity. Describe in Part VI how you supported a government entity (see instructions)

Activities Test. Answer (a) and (b) below.

Yes

Did substantially all of the organization’s activities during the tax year directly further the exempt purposes of the supported organization(s) to which the organization was responsive? If "Yes," then in Part VI identify those supported organizations and explain how these activities directly furthered their exempt purposes, how the organization was responsive to those supported organizations, and how the organization determined that these activities constituted substantially all of its activities.

Did the activities described in (a) constitute activities that, but for the organization’s involvement, one or more of the organization’s supported organization(s) would have been engaged in? If "Yes," explain in Part VI the reasons for the organization’s position that its supported organization(s) would have engaged in these activities but for the organization’s involvement.

Parent of Supported Organizations. Answer (a) and (b) below.

Did the organization have the power to regularly appoint or elect a majority of the officers, directors, or trustees of each of the supported organizations? Provide details in Part VI.

Did the organization exercise a substantial degree of direction over the policies, programs and activities of each of its supported organizations? If "Yes," describe in Part VI the role played by the organization in this regard.

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part V – Type III Non-Functionally Integrated 509(a)(3) Supporting Organizations

1. Check here if the organization satisfied the Integral Part Test as a qualifying trust on Nov. 20, 1970. See instructions. All other Type III non-functionally integrated supporting organizations must complete Sections A through E.

	Section A - Adjusted Net Income		(A) Prior Year	(B) Current Year (optional)
1	Net short-term capital gain	1
2	Recoveries of prior-year distributions	2
3	Other gross income (see instructions)	3
4	Add lines 1 through 3	4
5	Depreciation and depletion	5
6	Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions)	6
7	Other expenses (see instructions)	7
8	Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4)	8

	Section B - Minimum Asset Amount		(A) Prior Year	(B) Current Year (optional)
1	Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year):	1
a	Average monthly value of securities	1a
b	Average monthly cash balances	1b
c	Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets	1c
d	Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c)	1d
e	Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI):
2	Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets	2
3	Subtract line 2 from line 1d	3
4	Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions).	4
5	Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3)	5
6	Multiply line 5 by .035	6
7	Recoveries of prior-year distributions	7
8	Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6)	8

	Section C - Distributable Amount		Current Year
1	Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A)	1
2	Enter 85% of line 1	2
3	Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A)	3
4	Enter greater of line 2 or line 3	4
5	Income tax imposed in prior year	5
6	Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions)	6
7	Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions)

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Section D - Distributions		Current Year
1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes
2 Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity
3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations
4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets
5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required)
6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions
7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6.
8 Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions
9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6
10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount

Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions)		(i) Excess Distributions	(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014	(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014
1 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6
2 Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions)
3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014:
a From 2009.......X
b From 2010.......X
c From 2011.......X
d From 2012.......X
e From 2013.......
fTotal of lines 3a through e
g Applied to underdistributions of prior years
h Applied to 2014 distributable amount
i Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions)
j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f.
4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7:
$
a Applied to underdistributions of prior years
b Applied to 2014 distributable amount
c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4.
5 Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions)
6 Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions)
7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c.
8 Breakdown of line 7:
a From 2010.......X
b From 2011.......X
c From 2012.......X
d From 2013.......
e From 2014.......

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) (2014)

Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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Part VI

Supplemental Information. Provide the explanations required by Part II, line 10; Part II, line 17a or 17b; Part III, line 12; Part IV, Section A, lines 1, 2, 3b, 3c, 4b, 4c, 5a, 6, 9a, 9b, 9c, 11a, 11b, and 11c; Part IV, Section B, lines 1 and 2; Part IV, Section C, line 1; Part IV, Section D, lines 2 and 3; Part IV, Section E, lines 1c, 2a, 2b, 3a and 3b; Part V, line 1; Part V, Section B, line 1e; Part V Section D, lines 5, 6, and 8; and Part V, Section E, lines 2, 5, and 6. Also complete this part for any additional information. (See instructions).

Facts And Circumstances Test

Return Reference	Explanation
PART II, SECTION C, LINE 17 A	THE FOUNDATION QUALIFIES AS A PUBLIC CHARITY UNDER THE "FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES" TEST, BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH BELOW. FIRST, THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE IS, IN FACT, SUBSTANTIAL, AS IT IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE REQUIRED 10%. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION (ON A ROLLING 5 YEAR BASIS), THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS 23.99%. SEE SCHEDULE A, PART II, C. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ALSO WEIGH IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS UNDER THIS ANALYSIS. FUNDRAISING PROGRAM HAS RESULTED IN BROAD PUBLIC SOURCES OF SUPPORT: THE FOUNDATION HAS MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE FUNDRAISING PROGRAM TO ATTRACT FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE ITS FOUNDING. IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, THE FOUNDATION'S FOUNDERS AND OFFICERS SOLICITED FUNDS FROM A FEW DONORS WHO WERE LIKELY TO PROVIDE SEED FUNDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, SINCE 2007, THE FOUNDATION HAS EMPLOYED A FULL-TIME DEVELOPMENT STAFF, WITH AN AVERAGE OF THREE EMPLOYEES PER YEAR DEDICATED TO SOLICITING SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SOLICITS IN-KIND MEDIA SUPPORT FROM MEDIA COMPANIES WHO CAN PLACE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE FESTIVAL IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS AND ON THEIR RADIO AND TELEVISION SHOWS, AND FROM A VARIETY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS. THROUGH ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED FINANCIAL, MEDIA AND IN-KIND SUPPORT FROM A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SINCE 2008, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUBMITTED MULTIPLE GRANT APPLICATIONS TO OVER 33 FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) AND THE NYC CULTURAL INNOVATION FUND. WHILE NOT ALL OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE ACCEPTED, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT AND REGULAR SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS SUCH AS THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION, THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, THE BILL AND ANN ZIFF FOUNDATION, THE KAVLI FOUNDATION, AND THE BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION AS WELL AS FROM THE NORWEGIAN CONSULATE AND NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO RECEIVED STATE AND CITY FUNDING FROM THE NEW YORK CITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. SINCE 2008, THE FOUNDATION HAS ACTIVELY SOLICITED CORPORATE SPONSORS FOR ITS ACTIVITIES, REACHING OUT TO OVER 414 CORPORATIONS. AS A RESULT OF THIS OUTREACH, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM CORPORATIONS SUCH AS CREDIT SUISSE, IBM, AMERICA'S NAVY, CON EDISON, KNOPF, TIME WARNER CABLE, GOOGLE, COGNIZANT, IFF, AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN. ALTHOUGH NOT COUNTED TOWARDS "PUBLIC SUPPORT," THE FOUNDATION HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE ITS ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS OF IN-KIND MEDIA SUPPORT VALUED AT OVER $1,218,117 (IN 2015) FROM OVER 15 DIFFERENT NEWS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY-BASED NEWS OUTLETS WABC, WNYC AND AM NEW YORK, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED PUBLICATIONS, SUCH AS SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, THE WEEK AND POPULAR SCIENCE. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ACTIVELY SEEKS INDIVIDUAL DONORS BY HOSTING CULTIVATION EVENTS AND BY HOLDING AN ANNUAL GALA FUNDRAISER. SINCE 2007, THE FOUNDATION HAS SENT OVER 3,290 INVITATIONS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 EVENTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM 20 TO 200 GUESTS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS HOSTED ITS ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT SINCE 2009. TICKET PRICES TO THE GALA INCLUDE A PORTION ALLOCABLE TOWARDS A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION. FROM 2009 THROUGH 2015, THE FOUNDATION SENT OVER 16,900 INVITATIONS AND FUNDING REQUESTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL GALA. MORE THAN 3,900 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE GALA, AND OTHERS CONTRIBUTED BUT DID NOT ATTEND. THE AGGREGATE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GALA HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. IN ADDITION, DURING EACH FESTIVAL, THE FOUNDATION USES SPONSORED RECEPTIONS AND HOSPITALITY CENTERS TO WELCOME OVER 350 SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS (WHO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OR IN-KIND SUPPORT) AND PARTICIPANTS (WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE) IN THE FESTIVAL. THESE EVENTS ALSO SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE FESTIVAL TO NEW PROSPECTIVE SUPPORTERS. TYPICALLY, THERE ARE THREE TO FOUR SUCH EVENTS EACH YEAR, AND THE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THESE EVENTS IN EACH YEAR RANGES FROM 800 TO OVER 1,000 PEOPLE. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO SOUGHT SMALLER DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL AND/OR VISIT THE WEBSITE. FROM 2009 THROUGH 2014, THE FOUNDATION SOLICITED DONATIONS ON ITS WEBSITE THROUGH NETWORK FOR GOOD. CURRENTLY, THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS WEBSITE DONATIONS VIA SALESFORCE. FROM 2010 - 2015, THE FOUNDATION HAS ATTRACTED APPROXIMATELY $31,666 IN PUBLIC SUPPORT THROUGH ITS WEBSITE SOLICITATION EFFORTS. BEGINNING IN 2012, THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TICKET BUYERS TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL AS PART OF THEIR TICKET PURCHASE. THIS EFFORT RAISED $43,042 THROUGH 2015 AND WILL BE CONTINUED IN 2016. COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD: THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTS THE WORLDS OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS, MEDIA, NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY. EACH DIRECTOR BRINGS A RANGE OF EXPERTISE AND VARYING PERSPECTIVES TO THE ORGANIZATION. ALL DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE, BUT THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT RELY SOLELY ON ITS BOARD FOR MATERIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT. TRACY DAY, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS, BRINGS HER EXPERIENCE AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IN TELEVISION JOURNALISM TO ALL OF THE FESTIVAL'S PROGRAMMING. BRIAN GREENE, ALSO A CO-FOUNDER, IS A PHYSICIST, MATHEMATICIAN AND PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL NATURE OF THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND ACTIVITIES, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECRUITED ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. THE PRESIDENTS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (LEE BOLLINGER) AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (JOHN SEXTON) HAVE LONG BEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND SERVED ON THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM 2006 - 2012 AND 2008 - 2009, RESPECTIVELY. GILLIAN SMALL, VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND AN ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTIST AND EDUCATOR, JOINED THE BOARD IN JANUARY 2012. ALAN ALDA, AN ACCLAIMED ACTOR, WRITER AND DIRECTOR, BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS FROM THE ARTS TO THE FESTIVAL AND HAS APPEARED AT NUMEROUS FESTIVAL EVENTS AS A MODERATOR AND ACTOR. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE 2007. JUDITH COX HAS A BACKGROUND IN NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS, AND HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2006. ANN ZIFF, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SINCE 2010, ALSO HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE IN NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING FROM HER SERVICE ON SEVERAL NON-PROFIT BOARDS; WHILE MS. ZIFF AND HER FAMILY PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE FOUNDATION, THEY ARE NOT THE FOUNDATION'S LARGEST DONORS. BROAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS: THE FOUNDATION'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TARGETS A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN. MOST PROGRAMMING IS DESIGNED FOR NON-SCIENTISTS. WITH EACH YEAR, THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS ATTRACT A LARGER PORTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ATTENDANCE AT THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY (THE FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL LIVE EVENT SPANNING FIVE DAYS) HAS GROWN FROM 120,000 IN 2008 TO OVER 320,000 IN 2014. IN AN EFFORT TO REACH A BROADER PUBLIC, THE FOUNDATION BEGAN STREAMING ITS FESTIVAL PROGRAMS VIA THE INTERNET IN 2011. DURING THE 2012 FESTIVAL, THE FOUNDATION STREAMED NINE LIVE PROGRAMS TO 42,500 VIEWERS. DURING THE 2013 FESTIVAL, ELEVEN LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO OVER 76,000 VIEWERS, AND IN 2014, TWELVE LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO 64,000 VIEWERS, AND IN 2015, TEN LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO OVER 107,000 VIEWERS. OVER TIME, THE FOUNDATION HAS DEDICATED INCREASED RESOURCES TO PRESENTING FOOTAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, ON ITS WEBSITE, WWW.WORLDSCIENCEFESTIVAL.COM, AND HAS COMMENCED WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS FOR ITS COMMUNITY OF FOLLOWERS. AS OF 2015, THE FESTIVAL'S WEBSITE ATTAINED OVER 1,266,000 PAGE VIEWS FROM VIEWERS IN 175 COUNTRIES. BY THE END OF THE 2014 FISCAL YEAR, MORE THAN 55,000 PEOPLE OPTED IN TO JOIN THE FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL MAILING LIST AND RECEIVED NEWSLETTERS, FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING ALERTS, AND EARLY TICKET PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES. BROADCAST, ONLINE AND PRINT IMPRESSIONS FROM MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS REACHED ONE BILLION. THROUGH A VIGOROUS PROGRAM OF SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, THE FESTIVAL HAS ESTABLISHED A REACH OF OVER 2.2 MILLION ON FACEBOOK, AND BUILT A STRONG PRESENCE ON INSTAGRAM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO RELIES ON LARGE NUMBERS OF VOLUNTEERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. FOR THE 2015 FESTIVAL, OVER 256 VOLUNTEERS DONATED THEIR TIME TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

Return Reference

Explanation

PART II, SECTION C, LINE 17 A

THE FOUNDATION QUALIFIES AS A PUBLIC CHARITY UNDER THE "FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES" TEST, BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH BELOW. FIRST, THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE IS, IN FACT, SUBSTANTIAL, AS IT IS WELL IN EXCESS OF THE REQUIRED 10%. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF OPERATION (ON A ROLLING 5 YEAR BASIS), THE FOUNDATION'S PUBLIC SUPPORT WAS 23.99%. SEE SCHEDULE A, PART II, C. THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ALSO WEIGH IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC CHARITY STATUS UNDER THIS ANALYSIS. FUNDRAISING PROGRAM HAS RESULTED IN BROAD PUBLIC SOURCES OF SUPPORT: THE FOUNDATION HAS MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE FUNDRAISING PROGRAM TO ATTRACT FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE ITS FOUNDING. IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, THE FOUNDATION'S FOUNDERS AND OFFICERS SOLICITED FUNDS FROM A FEW DONORS WHO WERE LIKELY TO PROVIDE SEED FUNDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, SINCE 2007, THE FOUNDATION HAS EMPLOYED A FULL-TIME DEVELOPMENT STAFF, WITH AN AVERAGE OF THREE EMPLOYEES PER YEAR DEDICATED TO SOLICITING SUPPORT FROM INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SOLICITS IN-KIND MEDIA SUPPORT FROM MEDIA COMPANIES WHO CAN PLACE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE FESTIVAL IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS AND ON THEIR RADIO AND TELEVISION SHOWS, AND FROM A VARIETY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS. THROUGH ALL OF THESE EFFORTS, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED FINANCIAL, MEDIA AND IN-KIND SUPPORT FROM A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. SINCE 2008, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUBMITTED MULTIPLE GRANT APPLICATIONS TO OVER 33 FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) AND THE NYC CULTURAL INNOVATION FUND. WHILE NOT ALL OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE ACCEPTED, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT AND REGULAR SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS SUCH AS THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, THE JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION, THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, THE BILL AND ANN ZIFF FOUNDATION, THE KAVLI FOUNDATION, AND THE BEZOS FAMILY FOUNDATION AS WELL AS FROM THE NORWEGIAN CONSULATE AND NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO RECEIVED STATE AND CITY FUNDING FROM THE NEW YORK CITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. SINCE 2008, THE FOUNDATION HAS ACTIVELY SOLICITED CORPORATE SPONSORS FOR ITS ACTIVITIES, REACHING OUT TO OVER 414 CORPORATIONS. AS A RESULT OF THIS OUTREACH, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM CORPORATIONS SUCH AS CREDIT SUISSE, IBM, AMERICA'S NAVY, CON EDISON, KNOPF, TIME WARNER CABLE, GOOGLE, COGNIZANT, IFF, AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN. ALTHOUGH NOT COUNTED TOWARDS "PUBLIC SUPPORT," THE FOUNDATION HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE ITS ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS OF IN-KIND MEDIA SUPPORT VALUED AT OVER $1,218,117 (IN 2015) FROM OVER 15 DIFFERENT NEWS AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY-BASED NEWS OUTLETS WABC, WNYC AND AM NEW YORK, AS WELL AS NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED PUBLICATIONS, SUCH AS SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, THE WEEK AND POPULAR SCIENCE. THE FOUNDATION ALSO ACTIVELY SEEKS INDIVIDUAL DONORS BY HOSTING CULTIVATION EVENTS AND BY HOLDING AN ANNUAL GALA FUNDRAISER. SINCE 2007, THE FOUNDATION HAS SENT OVER 3,290 INVITATIONS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 EVENTS THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM 20 TO 200 GUESTS. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HAS HOSTED ITS ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT SINCE 2009. TICKET PRICES TO THE GALA INCLUDE A PORTION ALLOCABLE TOWARDS A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION. FROM 2009 THROUGH 2015, THE FOUNDATION SENT OVER 16,900 INVITATIONS AND FUNDING REQUESTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL GALA. MORE THAN 3,900 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE GALA, AND OTHERS CONTRIBUTED BUT DID NOT ATTEND. THE AGGREGATE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GALA HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. IN ADDITION, DURING EACH FESTIVAL, THE FOUNDATION USES SPONSORED RECEPTIONS AND HOSPITALITY CENTERS TO WELCOME OVER 350 SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS (WHO PROVIDE FINANCIAL OR IN-KIND SUPPORT) AND PARTICIPANTS (WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE) IN THE FESTIVAL. THESE EVENTS ALSO SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE FESTIVAL TO NEW PROSPECTIVE SUPPORTERS. TYPICALLY, THERE ARE THREE TO FOUR SUCH EVENTS EACH YEAR, AND THE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THESE EVENTS IN EACH YEAR RANGES FROM 800 TO OVER 1,000 PEOPLE. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALSO SOUGHT SMALLER DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL AND/OR VISIT THE WEBSITE. FROM 2009 THROUGH 2014, THE FOUNDATION SOLICITED DONATIONS ON ITS WEBSITE THROUGH NETWORK FOR GOOD. CURRENTLY, THE FOUNDATION SOLICITS WEBSITE DONATIONS VIA SALESFORCE. FROM 2010 - 2015, THE FOUNDATION HAS ATTRACTED APPROXIMATELY $31,666 IN PUBLIC SUPPORT THROUGH ITS WEBSITE SOLICITATION EFFORTS. BEGINNING IN 2012, THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TICKET BUYERS TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE FESTIVAL AS PART OF THEIR TICKET PURCHASE. THIS EFFORT RAISED $43,042 THROUGH 2015 AND WILL BE CONTINUED IN 2016. COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD: THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPRESENTS THE WORLDS OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS, MEDIA, NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY. EACH DIRECTOR BRINGS A RANGE OF EXPERTISE AND VARYING PERSPECTIVES TO THE ORGANIZATION. ALL DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE, BUT THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT RELY SOLELY ON ITS BOARD FOR MATERIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT. TRACY DAY, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS, BRINGS HER EXPERIENCE AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IN TELEVISION JOURNALISM TO ALL OF THE FESTIVAL'S PROGRAMMING. BRIAN GREENE, ALSO A CO-FOUNDER, IS A PHYSICIST, MATHEMATICIAN AND PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL NATURE OF THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND ACTIVITIES, THE FOUNDATION HAS RECRUITED ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBERS FROM A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. THE PRESIDENTS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (LEE BOLLINGER) AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (JOHN SEXTON) HAVE LONG BEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND SERVED ON THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM 2006 - 2012 AND 2008 - 2009, RESPECTIVELY. GILLIAN SMALL, VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND AN ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTIST AND EDUCATOR, JOINED THE BOARD IN JANUARY 2012. ALAN ALDA, AN ACCLAIMED ACTOR, WRITER AND DIRECTOR, BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS FROM THE ARTS TO THE FESTIVAL AND HAS APPEARED AT NUMEROUS FESTIVAL EVENTS AS A MODERATOR AND ACTOR. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SINCE 2007. JUDITH COX HAS A BACKGROUND IN NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS, AND HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2006. ANN ZIFF, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SINCE 2010, ALSO HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE IN NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING FROM HER SERVICE ON SEVERAL NON-PROFIT BOARDS; WHILE MS. ZIFF AND HER FAMILY PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE FOUNDATION, THEY ARE NOT THE FOUNDATION'S LARGEST DONORS. BROAD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS: THE FOUNDATION'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TARGETS A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN. MOST PROGRAMMING IS DESIGNED FOR NON-SCIENTISTS. WITH EACH YEAR, THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS ATTRACT A LARGER PORTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ATTENDANCE AT THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY (THE FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL LIVE EVENT SPANNING FIVE DAYS) HAS GROWN FROM 120,000 IN 2008 TO OVER 320,000 IN 2014. IN AN EFFORT TO REACH A BROADER PUBLIC, THE FOUNDATION BEGAN STREAMING ITS FESTIVAL PROGRAMS VIA THE INTERNET IN 2011. DURING THE 2012 FESTIVAL, THE FOUNDATION STREAMED NINE LIVE PROGRAMS TO 42,500 VIEWERS. DURING THE 2013 FESTIVAL, ELEVEN LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO OVER 76,000 VIEWERS, AND IN 2014, TWELVE LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO 64,000 VIEWERS, AND IN 2015, TEN LIVE PROGRAMS WERE STREAMED TO OVER 107,000 VIEWERS. OVER TIME, THE FOUNDATION HAS DEDICATED INCREASED RESOURCES TO PRESENTING FOOTAGE FROM THE FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, ON ITS WEBSITE, WWW.WORLDSCIENCEFESTIVAL.COM, AND HAS COMMENCED WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS FOR ITS COMMUNITY OF FOLLOWERS. AS OF 2015, THE FESTIVAL'S WEBSITE ATTAINED OVER 1,266,000 PAGE VIEWS FROM VIEWERS IN 175 COUNTRIES. BY THE END OF THE 2014 FISCAL YEAR, MORE THAN 55,000 PEOPLE OPTED IN TO JOIN THE FOUNDATION'S DIGITAL MAILING LIST AND RECEIVED NEWSLETTERS, FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING ALERTS, AND EARLY TICKET PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES. BROADCAST, ONLINE AND PRINT IMPRESSIONS FROM MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS REACHED ONE BILLION. THROUGH A VIGOROUS PROGRAM OF SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, THE FESTIVAL HAS ESTABLISHED A REACH OF OVER 2.2 MILLION ON FACEBOOK, AND BUILT A STRONG PRESENCE ON INSTAGRAM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO RELIES ON LARGE NUMBERS OF VOLUNTEERS DURING THE FESTIVAL. FOR THE 2015 FESTIVAL, OVER 256 VOLUNTEERS DONATED THEIR TIME TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

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Schedule of Contributors

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Information about Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

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Part I	Contributors (see instructions). Use duplicate copies of Part I if additional space is needed.
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
RESTRICTED	,	$RESTRICTED	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
		$	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
		$	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
		$	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
		$	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
(a) No.	(b) Name, address, and ZIP + 4	(c) Total contributions	(d) Type of contribution
		$	Person Payroll Noncash (Complete Part II for noncash contributions.)
Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2014)

Schedule B (Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF) (2014)

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Name of organization SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Part II	Noncash Property (see instructions). Use duplicate copies of Part II if additional space is needed.
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
(a) No. from Part I	(b) Description of noncash property given	(c) FMV (or estimate) (see instructions)	(d) Date received
		$
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Name of organization
SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part III

Exclusively religious, charitable, etc., contributions to organizations described in section 501(c)(7), (8), or (10)
that total more than $1,000 for the year from any one contributor. Complete columns (a) through (e) and the following line entry. For organizations completing Part III, enter the total of exclusively religious, charitable, etc., contributions of $1,000 or less for the year. (Enter this information once. See instructions.) Arrow Bullet

$
Use duplicate copies of Part III if additional space is needed.

(a) No.
from
Part I

(b) Purpose of gift

(d) Description of how gift is held

(e) Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4	Relationship of transferor to transferee

(a) No.
from
Part I

(b) Purpose of gift

(d) Description of how gift is held

(e) Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4	Relationship of transferor to transferee

(a) No.
from
Part I

(b) Purpose of gift

(d) Description of how gift is held

(e) Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4	Relationship of transferor to transferee

(a) No.
from
Part I

(b) Purpose of gift

(d) Description of how gift is held

(e) Transfer of gift
Transferee's name, address, and ZIP 4	Relationship of transferor to transferee

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SCHEDULE D
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Supplemental Financial Statements

Complete if the organization answered "Yes," to Form 990,
Part IV, line 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 12a, or 12b.
SchDMd Bullet

Attach to Form 990.
Information about Schedule D (Form 990) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public Inspection

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

Organizations Maintaining Donor Advised Funds or Other Similar Funds or Accounts. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 6.

		(a) Donor advised funds	(b) Funds and other accounts
1	Total number at end of year .........
2	Aggregate value of contributions to (during year)
3	Aggregate value of grants from (during year)
4	Aggregate value at end of year ........

Did the organization inform all donors and donor advisors in writing that the assets held in donor advised
funds are the organization's property, subject to the organization's exclusive legal control? ............

Yes No

Did the organization inform all grantees, donors, and donor advisors in writing that grant funds can be
used only for charitable purposes and not for the benefit of the donor or donor advisor, or for any other purpose conferring impermissible private benefit? ...................................

Yes No

Part II

Conservation Easements. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 7.

Purpose(s) of conservation easements held by the organization (check all that apply).

Preservation of land for public use (e.g., recreation or education) Preservation of an historically important land area

Protection of natural habitat Preservation of a certified historic structure

Preservation of open space

Complete lines 2a through 2d if the organization held a qualified conservation contribution in the form of a conservation easement on the last day of the tax year.


a	Total number of conservation easements .......................	2a
b	Total acreage restricted by conservation easements ..................	2b
c	Number of conservation easements on a certified historic structure included in (a) .....	2c
d	Number of conservation easements included in (c) acquired after 8/17/06, and not on a historic structure listed in the National Register ....................	2d

Number of conservation easements modified, transferred, released, extinguished, or terminated by the organization during
the tax year SchDMd Bullet

Number of states where property subject to conservation easement is located SchDMd Bullet

Does the organization have a written policy regarding the periodic monitoring, inspection, handling of violations, and
enforcement of the conservation easements it holds? .............................

Yes No

Staff and volunteer hours devoted to monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing conservation easements during the year
SchDMd Bullet

Amount of expenses incurred in monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing conservation easements during the year
SchDMd Bullet

Does each conservation easement reported on line 2(d) above satisfy the requirements of section 170(h)(4)(B)(i) and section 170(h)(4)(B)(ii)? .......................................

Yes No

In Part XIII, describe how the organization reports conservation easements in its revenue and expense statement, and
balance sheet, and include, if applicable, the text of the footnote to the organization’s financial statements that describes
the organization’s accounting for conservation easements.

Part III

Organizations Maintaining Collections of Art, Historical Treasures, or Other Similar Assets.
Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 8.

If the organization elected, as permitted under SFAS 116 (ASC 958), not to report in its revenue statement and balance sheet works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets held for public exhibition, education, or research in furtherance of public service, provide, in Part XIII, the text of the footnote to its financial statements that describes these items.

If the organization elected, as permitted under SFAS 116 (ASC 958), to report in its revenue statement and balance sheet works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets held for public exhibition, education, or research in furtherance of public service, provide the following amounts relating to these items:

(i)

Revenue included in Form 990, Part VIII, line 1 ........................ SchDMd Bullet

(ii)

Assets included in Form 990, Part X .............................. SchDMd Bullet

If the organization received or held works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets for financial gain, provide the
following amounts required to be reported under SFAS 116 (ASC 958) relating to these items:

Revenue included in Form 990, Part VIII, line 1 .......................... SchDMd Bullet

Assets included in Form 990, Part X ............................... SchDMd Bullet

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.

Cat. No. 52283D

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Part III

Organizations Maintaining Collections of Art, Historical Treasures, or Other Similar Assets (continued)

Using the organization’s acquisition, accession, and other records, check any of the following that are a significant use of its collection items (check all that apply):

Public exhibition

Loan or exchange programs

Scholarly research

Other

Preservation for future generations

Provide a description of the organization’s collections and explain how they further the organization’s exempt purpose in
Part XIII.

During the year, did the organization solicit or receive donations of art, historical treasures or other similar
assets to be sold to raise funds rather than to be maintained as part of the organization’s collection?........

Yes No

Part IV

Escrow and Custodial Arrangements. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,
Part IV, line 9, or reported an amount on Form 990, Part X, line 21.

Is the organization an agent, trustee, custodian or other intermediary for contributions or other assets not
included on Form 990, Part X? ....................................

Yes No

If "Yes," explain the arrangement in Part XIII and complete the following table:


c	Beginning balance .................................	1c
d	Additions during the year ..............................	1d
e	Distributions during the year .............................	1e
f	Ending balance ...................................	1f

Did the organization include an amount on Form 990, Part X, line 21, for escrow or custodial account liability?

Yes No

If "Yes," explain the arrangement in Part XIII. Check here if the explanation has been provided in Part XIII .......

Part V

Endowment Funds. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 10.

		(a)Current year	(b)Prior year	b (c)Two years back	(d)Three years back	(e)Four years back
1a	Beginning of year balance ....
b	Contributions ........
c	Net investment earnings, gains, and losses
d	Grants or scholarships .....
e	Other expenditures for facilities and programs ........
f	Administrative expenses ....
g	End of year balance ......

Provide the estimated percentage of the current year end balance (line 1g, column (a)) held as:

Board designated or quasi-endowment SchDMd Bullet

Permanent endowment SchDMd Bullet

Temporarily restricted endowment SchDMd Bullet

The percentages in lines 2a, 2b, and 2c should equal 100%.

Are there endowment funds not in the possession of the organization that are held and administered for the
organization by:

Yes

(i) unrelated organizations ........................

3a(i)

(ii) related organizations ........................

3a(ii)

If "Yes" to 3a(ii), are the related organizations listed as required on Schedule R? .........

Describe in Part XIII the intended uses of the organization's endowment funds.

Part VI

Land, Buildings, and Equipment. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 11a. See Form 990, Part X, line 10.

Description of property		(b)Cost or other basis (other)	(c) Accumulated depreciation	(d) Book value
1a	Land .................
b	Buildings ................
c	Leasehold improvements ............	404,680	96,108	308,572
d	Equipment ................	293,641	138,297	155,344
e	Other .................	120,350	73,937	46,413
Total. Add lines 1a through 1e. (Column (d) must equal Form 990, Part X, column (B), line 10(c).).......				510,329

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Part VII

InvestmentsOther Securities. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 11b. See Form 990, Part X, line 12.

(a) Description of security or category (including name of security)		(b)Book value	(c) Method of valuation: Cost or end-of-year market value
(1)Financial derivatives
(2)Closely-held equity interests
Other








Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col. (B) line 12.)

Part VIII

InvestmentsProgram Related. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 11c. See Form 990, Part X, line 13.

(a) Description of investment		(b) Book value	(c) Method of valuation: Cost or end-of-year market value









Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 13.)

Part IX

Other Assets. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 11d. See Form 990, Part X, line 15.

(a) Description				(b) Book value









Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 15.)...........

Part X

Other Liabilities. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 11e or 11f. See Form 990, Part X, line 25.

1.(a) Description of liability		(b) Book value
Federal income taxes









Total. (Column (b) must equal Form 990, Part X, col.(B) line 25.)
2. Liability for uncertain tax positions. In Part XIII, provide the text of the footnote to the organization's financial statements that reports the organization's liability for uncertain tax positions under FIN 48 (ASC 740). Check here if the text of the footnote has been provided in Part XIII

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Part XI Reconciliation of Revenue per Audited Financial Statements With Revenue per Return Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 12a.
1	Total revenue, gains, and other support per audited financial statements .......			1	7,867,002
2	Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part VIII, line 12:
a	Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments ....	2a
b	Donated services and use of facilities .........	2b	1,402,353
c	Recoveries of prior year grants ...........	2c
d	Other (Describe in Part XIII.) ............	2d	-50,000
e	Add lines 2a through 2d .....................			2e	1,352,353
3	Subtract line 2e from line 1.....................			3	6,514,649
4	Amounts included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 12, but not on line 1:
a	Investment expenses not included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 7b .	4a
b	Other (Describe in Part XIII.) ...........	4b	-274,738
c	Add lines 4a and 4b.......................			4c	-274,738
5	Total revenue. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This must equal Form 990, Part I, line 12.) ......			5	6,239,911

Part XII Reconciliation of Expenses per Audited Financial Statements With Expenses per Return. Complete if the organization answered 'Yes' to Form 990, Part IV, line 12a.
1	Total expenses and losses per audited financial statements ...........			1	7,953,166
2	Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part IX, line 25:
a	Donated services and use of facilities ..........	2a	1,402,353
b	Prior year adjustments ..............	2b
c	Other losses ................	2c
d	Other (Describe in Part XIII.) ............	2d	274,738
e	Add lines 2a through 2d......................			2e	1,677,091
3	Subtract line 2e from line 1.....................			3	6,276,075
4	Amounts included on Form 990, Part IX, line 25, but not on line 1:
a	Investment expenses not included on Form 990, Part VIII, line 7b ..	4a
b	Other (Describe in Part XIII.) ............	4b	50,000
c	Add lines 4a and 4b.......................			4c	50,000
5	Total expenses. Add lines 3 and 4c. (This must equal Form 990, Part I, line 18.) ......			5	6,326,075

Part XIII

Supplemental Information

Provide the descriptions required for Part II, lines 3, 5, and 9; Part III, lines 1a and 4; Part lV, lines 1b and 2b;
Part V, line 4; Part X, line 2; Part XI, lines 2d and 4b; and Part XII, lines 2d and 4b. Also complete this part to provide any additional information.

Return Reference	Explanation
PART X, LINE 2:	THE FOUNDATION ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS USING A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD OF MORE LIKELY THAN NOT AS TO WHETHER THE UNCERTAINTY WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE APPROPRIATE TAXING AUTHORITY. MEASUREMENT OF THE TAX UNCERTAINTY OCCURS IF THE RECOGNITION THRESHOLD HAS BEEN MET. MANAGEMENT DETERMINED THERE WERE NO TAX UNCERTAINTIES THAT MET THE RECOGNITION THRESHOLD. THE FOUNDATION'S FEDERAL EXEMPT ORGANIZATION RETURNS ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FOR YEARS PRIOR TO JUNE 30, 2011.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST CONTRIBUTION REVENUE -50,000.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	FUNDRAISING DIRECT COSTS INCLUDED IN EXPENSES IN AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT -274,738.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	FUNDRAISING DIRECT COSTS REPORTED ON LINE 8B, OF PART VIII 274,738.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	EXPENSES NETTED AGAINST REVENUE ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 50,000.

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SCHEDULE F(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Statement of Activities Outside the United States

Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990,Part IV, line 14b, 15, or 16. Right pointing arrow large image

Attach to Form 990. Right pointing arrow large image

Information about Schedule F (Form 990) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public Inspection

Name of the organization
SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

General Information on Activities Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 14b.

For grantmakers. Does the organization maintain records to substantiate the amount of its grants

and other assistance, the grantees’ eligibility for the grants or assistance, and the selection criteria

used to award the grants or assistance? ...........................

Yes

For grantmakers. Describe in Part V the organization’s procedures for monitoring the use of its grants and other assistance outside the United States.

Activites per Region. (The following Part I, line 3 table can be duplicated if additional space is needed.)

(a) Region		(b) Number of offices in the region	(c) Number of employees, agents, and independent contractors in region	(d) Activities conducted in region (by type) (e.g., fundraising, program services, investments, grants to recipients located in the region)	(e) If activity listed in (d) is a program service, describe specific type of service(s) in region	(f) Total expenditures for and investments in region
	EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC	0	0	PROGRAM SERVICES	THE ORGANIZATION HAS ENTERED INTO A PROGRAM SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM,(QM) LOCATED IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, WHEREBY QM WILL STAGE AND PROMOTE A SIMILIAR FESTIVAL IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, UNDER THE BRAND "WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE". THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PRESENTED ITS PROPRIETARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AS PART OF THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE.
















3a	Sub-total .....	0	0			0
b	Total from continuation sheets to Part I ...	0	0			0
c	Totals (add lines 3a and 3b)	0	0			0

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.Cat. No. 50082W Schedule F (Form 990) 2014

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Part II

Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations or Entities Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 15, for any recipient who received more than $5,000. Part II can be duplicated if additional space is needed.

1 (a) Name of organization		(b) IRS code section and EIN (if applicable)	(a)(c) Region	(b)(d) Purpose of grant	(e) Amount of cash grant	(f) Manner of cash disbursement	(g) Amount of non-cash assistance	(h) Description of non-cash assistance	(i) Method of valuation (book, FMV, appraisal, other)

Enter total number of recipient organizations listed above that are recognized as charities by the foreign country, recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS, or for which the grantee or counsel has provided a section 501(c)(3) equivalency letter .... MediumBullet

Enter total number of other organizations or entities ....................... MediumBullet

Schedule F (Form 990) 2014

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Part III

Grants and Other Assistance to Individuals Outside the United States. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 16.

Part III can be duplicated if additional space is needed.

(a) Type of grant or assistance		(b) Region	(c) Number of recipients	(d) Amount of cash grant	(e) Manner of cash disbursement	(f) Amount of non-cash assistance	(g) Description of non-cash assistance	(h) Method of valuation (book, FMV, appraisal, other)

Schedule F (Form 990) 2014

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Part IV

Foreign Forms

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Part V

Supplemental Information
Provide the information required by Part I, line 2 (monitoring of funds); Part I, line 3, column (f) (accounting method; amounts of investments vs. expenditures per region); Part II, line 1 (accounting method); Part III (accounting method); and Part III, column (c) (estimated number of recipients), as applicable. Also complete this part to provide any additional information (see instructions).

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SCHEDULE G (Form 990 or 990-EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Supplemental Information Regarding
Fundraising or Gaming Activities

Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, lines 17, 18, or 19, or if the organization entered more than $15,000 on Form 990-EZ, line 6a. right arrow

Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
right arrow

Information about Schedule G (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public Inspection

Name of the organization
SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

Fundraising Activities. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 17. Form 990-EZ

filers are not required to complete this part.

Indicate whether the organization raised funds through any of the following activities. Check all that apply.

a	Mail solicitations	e	Solicitation of non-government grants
b	Internet and email solicitations	f	Solicitation of government grants
c	Phone solicitations	g	Special fundraising events
d	In-person solicitations

Did the organization have a written or oral agreement with any individual (including officers, directors, trustees

or key employees listed in Form 990, Part VII) or entity in connection with professional fundraising services?

Yes

If "Yes," list the ten highest paid individuals or entities (fundraisers) pursuant to agreements under which the fundraiser is
to be compensated at least $5,000 by the organization.

(i) Name and address of individual or entity (fundraiser)	(iii) Did fundraiser have custody or control of contributions?
	Yes	No










Total .................

List all states in which the organization is registered or licensed to solicit contributions or has been notified it is exempt from registration or licensing.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990or 990-EZ.

Cat. No. 50083H

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Part II

Fundraising Events. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 18, or reported more than $15,000 of fundraising event contributions and gross income on Form 990-EZ, lines 1 and 6b. List events with gross receipts greater than $5,000.

		(a) Event #1 OPENING NIGHT GALA (event type)	(d) Total events (add col. (a) through col. (c))
1	Gross receipts . . .	801,572	801,572
2	Less: Contributions . .	709,172	709,172
3	Gross income (line 1 minus line 2) . . .	92,400	92,400
4	Cash prizes . . .
5	Noncash prizes . .
6	Rent/facility costs . .	26,550	26,550
7	Food and beverages .
8	Entertainment . . .
9	Other direct expenses .	248,188	248,188
10	Direct expense summary. Add lines 4 through 9 in column (d) ...........		274,738
11	Net income summary. Subtract line 10 from line 3, column (d)...........		-182,338

Part III

Gaming. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 19, or reported more than $15,000 on Form 990-EZ, line 6a.

(a) Bingo

(b) Pull tabs/Instant
bingo/progressive bingo

(c) Other gaming

(d) Total gaming (add col.(a) through col.(c))

Gross revenue . . . .

Cash prizes . . . .

Non-cash prizes . . .

Rent/facility costs . . .

Other direct expenses . .

Volunteer labor . . .

	Yes %
	No

	Yes %
	No

	Yes %
	No

Direct expense summary. Add lines 2 through 5 in column (d) ........... right arrow

Net gaming income summary. Subtract line 7 from line 1, column (d) ......... right arrow

Enter the state(s) in which the organization conducts gaming activities:

Is the organization licensed to conduct gaming activities in each of these states? ............

YesNo

If "No," explain:

10a

Were any of the organization's gaming licenses revoked, suspended or terminated during the tax year? .....

YesNo

If "Yes," explain:

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Does the organization conduct gaming activities with nonmembers? .................

YesNo

Is the organization a grantor, beneficiary or trustee of a trust or a member of a partnership or other entity

formed to administer charitable gaming? ..........................

YesNo

Indicate the percentage of gaming activities conducted in:

The organization's facility ......................

13a

An outside facility ........................

13b

Enter the name and address of the person who prepares the organization's gaming/special events books and records:

Name

Address

15a

Does the organization have a contract with a third party from whom the organization receives gaming

revenue? ......................................

YesNo

If "Yes," enter the amount of gaming revenue received by the organization right arrow

$ and the

amount of gaming revenue retained by the third party right arrow

If "Yes," enter name and address of the third party:

Name

Address

Gaming manager information:

Name

Gaming manager compensation right arrow

Description of services provided right arrow

Director/officer Employee Independent contractor

Mandatory distributions:

Is the organization required under state law to make charitable distributions from the gaming proceeds to

retain the state gaming license? ............................

YesNo

Enter the amount of distributions required under state law distributed to other exempt organizations or spent

in the organization's own exempt activities during the tax year right arrow

Part IV

Supplemental Information. Provide the explanations required by Part I, line 2b, columns (iii) and (v), and Part III, lines 9, 9b, 10b, 15b, 15c, 16, and 17b, as applicable. Also provide any additional information (see instructions).

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Schedule J
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Compensation Information

For certain Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest
Compensated Employees
SchJMediumBullet

Complete if the organization answered "Yes" to Form 990, Part IV, line 23.
SchJMediumBullet

Attach to Form 990.
SchJMediumBullet

Information about Schedule J (Form 990) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public Inspection

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

Questions Regarding Compensation

Yes

Check the appropiate box(es) if the organization provided any of the following to or for a person listed in Form
990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a. Complete Part III to provide any relevant information regarding these items.

First-class or charter travel Housing allowance or residence for personal use

Travel for companions Payments for business use of personal residence

Tax idemnification and gross-up payments Health or social club dues or initiation fees

Discretionary spending account Personal services (e.g., maid, chauffeur, chef)

If any of the boxes in line 1a are checked, did the organization follow a written policy regarding payment or reimbursement or provision of all of the expenses described above? If "No," complete Part III to explain....

Did the organization require substantiation prior to reimbursing or allowing expenses incurred by all
directors, trustees, officers, including the CEO/Executive Director, regarding the items checked in line 1a? ..

Indicate which, if any, of the following the filing organization used to establish the compensation of the
organization's CEO/Executive Director. Check all that apply. Do not check any boxes for methods
used by a related organization to establish compensation of the CEO/Executive Director, but explain in Part III.

Compensation committee Written employment contract

Independent compensation consultant Compensation survey or study

Form 990 of other organizations Approval by the board or compensation committee

During the year, did any person listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a with respect to the filing organization or a related organization:

Receive a severance payment or change-of-control payment? ................

Participate in, or receive payment from, a supplemental nonqualified retirement plan? .........

Participate in, or receive payment from, an equity-based compensation arrangement? .........

If "Yes" to any of lines 4a-c, list the persons and provide the applicable amounts for each item in Part III.

Only 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(29) organizations must complete lines 5-9.

For persons listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization pay or accrue any
compensation contingent on the revenues of:

The organization? ...........................

Any related organization? .........................

If "Yes," to line 5a or 5b, describe in Part III.

For persons listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization pay or accrue any
compensation contingent on the net earnings of:

The organization? ...........................

Any related organization? .........................

If "Yes," to line 6a or 6b, describe in Part III.

For persons listed in Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, did the organization provide any non-fixed
payments not described in lines 5 and 6? If "Yes," describe in Part III ............

Were any amounts reported in Form 990, Part VII, paid or accured pursuant to a contract that was
subject to the initial contract exception described in Regulations section 53.4958-4(a)(3)? If "Yes," describe
in Part III .............................

If "Yes" to line 8, did the organization also follow the rebuttable presumption procedure described in Regulations section 53.4958-6(c)? .........................

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.

Cat. No. 50053T

Schedule J (Form 990) 2014

Page 2

Part II

Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees. Use duplicate copies if additional space is needed.

For each individual whose compensation must be reported in Schedule J, report compensation from the organization on row (i) and from related organizations, described in the
instructions, on row (ii). Do not list any individuals that are not listed on Form 990, Part VII.
Note. The sum of columns (B)(i)-(iii) for each listed individual must equal the total amount of Form 990, Part VII, Section A, line 1a, applicable column (D) and (E) amounts for that individual.

(A) Name and Title		(B) Breakdown of W-2 and/or 1099-MISC compensation			(C) Retirement and other deferred compensation	(D) Nontaxable benefits	(E) Total of columns (B)(i)-(D)	(F) Compensation in column(B) reported as deferred in prior Form 990
(A) Name and Title		(i) Base compensation	(ii) Bonus & incentive compensation	(iii) Other reportable compensation	(C) Retirement and other deferred compensation	(D) Nontaxable benefits	(E) Total of columns (B)(i)-(D)
1TRACY DAYSECRETARY/CEO	(i) (ii)	270,000 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	270,000 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0
2FRANCES REILLYCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	(i) (ii)	163,598 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	9,142 ............................... 0	172,740 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0
3MICHAEL KEITH BLANCHARDGENERAL MANAGER OF DIGITAL	(i) (ii)	237,482 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0	19,689 ............................... 0	257,171 ............................... 0	0 ............................... 0

Schedule J (Form 990) 2014

Page 3

Part III

Supplemental Information

Provide the information, explanation, or descriptions required for Part I, lines 1a, 1b, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7, and 8, and for Part II.
Also complete this part for any additional information.

Return Reference	Explanation

Schedule J (Form 990) 2014

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SCHEDULE M
(Form 990)

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

Noncash Contributions

Complete if the organizations answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, lines 29 or 30.
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Attach to Form 990.
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Information about Schedule M (Form 990) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public Inspection

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Part I

Types of Property

	(a) Check if applicable	(b) Number of contributions or items contributed	(c) Noncash contribution amounts reported on Form 990, Part VIII, line 1g	(d) Method of determining noncash contribution amounts
1 Art—Works of art ....
2 Art—Historical treasures .
3 Art—Fractional interests ..
4 Books and publications ..
5 Clothing and household goods .......
6 Cars and other vehicles ..
7 Boats and planes ....
8 Intellectual property ...
9 Securities—Publicly traded .	X	3	139,979	LISTED VALUE
10 Securities—Closely held stock .
11 Securities—Partnership, LLC, or trust interests ....
12 Securities—Miscellaneous ..
13 Qualified conservation contribution—Historic structures .....
14 Qualified conservation contribution—Other ...
15 Real estate—Residential .
16 Real estate—Commercial ..
17 Real estate—Other ...
18 Collectibles .....
19 Food inventory ...
20 Drugs and medical supplies .
21 Taxidermy ......
22 Historical artifacts ....
23 Scientific specimens ..
24 Archeological artifacts ...
25 Other ( SCIENTIFIC DISPLAY )	X	1	165,000	COST OF DISPLAY
26 Other ( )
27 Other ( )
28 Other ( )

Number of Forms 8283 received by the organization during the tax year for contributions
for which the organization completed Form 8283, Part IV, Donee Acknowledgement ...

Yes

30a

During the year, did the organization receive by contribution any property reported in Part I, lines 1 through 28, that

it must hold for at least three years from the date of the initial contribution, and which is not required to be used

for exempt purposes for the entire holding period? ..................

30a

If "Yes," describe the arrangement in Part II.

Does the organization have a gift acceptance policy that requires the review of any non-standard contributions?

Yes

32a

Does the organization hire or use third parties or related organizations to solicit, process, or sell noncash

contributions? ..........................

32a

Yes

If "Yes," describe in Part II.

If the organization did not report an amount in column (c) for a type of property for which column (a) is checked,

describe in Part II.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990.

Cat. No. 51227J

Schedule M (Form 990) (2014)

Page 2

Part II

Supplemental Information. Provide the information required by Part I, lines 30b,
32b, and 33, and whether the organization is reporting in Part I, column (b), the number of contributions, the number of items received, or a combination of both. Also complete this part for any additional information.

Return Reference	Explanation
PART I, COLUMN (B):	THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS LISTED ON SCHEDULE M REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS
PART I, LINE 32B:	THE ORGANIZATION USES A SECURITIES BROKER TO SELL DONATED MARKETABLE SECURITIES LINE 31: MANAGEMENT REVIEWS NON-STANDARD CONTRIBUTION OFFERS TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THE CONTRIBUTION BEFORE ACCEPTING THE CONTRIBUTION.

Schedule M (Form 990) (2014)

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SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

Supplemental Information to Form 990 or 990-EZ

Complete to provide information for responses to specific questions on
Form 990 or 990-EZ or to provide any additional information.
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at
www.irs.gov/form990.

OMB No. 1545-0047

2014

Open to Public
Inspection

Name of the organization

SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
D/B/A WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Employer identification number

43-2095418

Return Reference	Explanation
FROM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C, NAME OF ORGANIZATON	SUBSEQUENT TO THE FILING YEAR END, ON DECEMBER 14, 2015, THE ORGANIZATION AMENDED ITS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO CHANGE ITS NAME FROM THE SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION, SCIENCE TO WORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION. THE BYLAWS WERE ALSO AMENDED TO CHANGE THE FISCAL YEAR FROM JUNE 30 TO SEPTEMBER 30 FOR YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THIS REPORTING YEAR.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PAGE 4, LINE 28A	PENDING TRANSACTION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES: IN OCTOBER 2012, THE FOUNDATION ENTERED INTO A NON-BINDING TERM SHEET WITH AN ENTITY (THE "COMPANY") OWNED BY THE FOUNDATION'S CO-FOUNDERS, WHO SERVE AS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE FOUNDATION AS CEO AND BOARD CHAIR, IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARTIES' COLLABORATION ON A NEW DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE (THE "PROJECT"). THE TERM SHEET CONTEMPLATES THAT THE COMPANY WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE BOARD CHAIR'S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT IN A MANNER COMMENSURATE WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD THE INITIATIVE PRODUCE ANY REVENUES, AND GRANTS THE COMPANY A NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO USE CERTAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PROJECT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ON A NON-COMMERCIAL BASIS. THE BOARD CHAIR HAS CREATED THE ACADEMIC CONTENT UNDERLYING THE PROJECT, AND HAS PROVIDED HIS EXPERTISE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE THUS FAR. MANAGEMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A FINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	BRIAN GREENE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, IS MARRIED TO TRACY DAY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND BOARD SECRETARY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B	DUE TO THE SIZE OF ITS BOARD, SCIENCE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION DOES NOT HAVE COMMITTEES. ALL MEETINGS OF THE FULL BOARD WERE DOCUMENTED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS, THE DRAFT 990 IS REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY THE MANAGER OF FINANCE, OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL AND PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION. THEY DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THE FOUNDATION'S OUTSIDE PREPARERS, PROVIDE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE WHERE APPROPRIATE AND REVIEW ANY REVISIONS MADE IN RESPONSE TO THEIR COMMENTS. ONCE A FINAL DRAFT IS READY, MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTES IT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE FOUNDATION'S OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL DISTRIBUTES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE TO EACH OFFICER, DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND FOLLOWS UP WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL TO ENSURE THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. EACH OFFICER, DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEE IS ASKED TO CERTIFY ANNUALLY THAT HE/SHE HAS REVIEWED THE FOUNDATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND HAS DISCLOSED ANY POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL CONFLICTS ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE. THE OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL REVIEWS THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANYTHING DISCLOSED THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. THE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE MAINTAINED WITH THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION TO FILLING OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE, PURSUANT TO THE FOUNDATION'S POLICY, EACH OFFICER, DIRECTOR AND KEY EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO ALERT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IF A TRANSACTION OR FACT ARISES THAT COULD BE COVERED BY THE FOUNDATION'S POLICY AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL HAS COMPLETED HIS OR HER ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE. IF THE GENERAL COUNSEL IDENTIFIES ANY TRANSACTION THAT MIGHT PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED, HE OR SHE WOULD CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIR TO DISCUSS HOW IT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	EXECUTIVE AND OFFICER COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL, MANAGER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT REVIEW AND COMPILE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMPENSATION INFORMATION FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS COMPENSATION SURVEYS. THIS INFORMATION IS DISTRIBUTED AND DISCUSSED AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE COMPENSATION IS BEING REVIEWED. AT THAT POINT IN THE MEETING, ANY REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE COMPENSATION (SUCH AS FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEE OR OFFICER) ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. THE DISINTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE COMPARABLES REVIEWED AND THE WORK BEING PERFORMED BY THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION, AND VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE. THE DELIBERATION AND VOTE ON COMPENSATION ARE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING, WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORS AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE FOUNDATION MAKES ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
PART VII, LINE	THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S EARNINGS OF $270,000 FOR TRACY K. DAY INCLUDES AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $215,000 PLUS PAYMENT OF $55,000 AS PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR WORK PERFORMED IN 2006 THROUGH 2008 DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF OPERATIONS WHEN MS. DAY WORKED FULL-TIME WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION. THE BALANCE DUE TO MS. DAY FOR COMPENSATION FOR THE 2006-2008 YEARS IS BEING PAID OUT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
PART VIII, LINE 8C	LOSS ON FUNDRAISING EVENT IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION IS SHOWING A NET LOSS FROM THE FUND RAISING EVENT AS THE FORM 990 HAS EXCLUDED $709,172 OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FUNDRAISING EVENT. (SEE LINE 8A, PART VIII). THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SHOWN ON LINE 1C, PART VIII. IF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE FUNDRAISING REVENUE SHOWN ON LINE 8A, THE NET INCOME FROM THE EVENT WOULD BE $526,834.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 487,960. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 125,766. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 71,961. TOTAL EXPENSES 685,687.
PART IX, LINE 24A	FESTIVAL PRODUCTION COSTS SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES WHICH ARE PART OF THE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION COSTS ON LINE 24A, PART IX, INCLUDE VIDEO TAPING, VIDEO PRODUCTION, VENUE RENTALS, VENUE PRODUCERS/MANAGERS, SET SCENERY AND VENUE OPERATIONS LABOR.
PART XII, LINE 2C	AUDITOR SELECTION AND OVERSIGHT PROCESS: THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS THAT THE ORGANIZATION USES FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF ITS AUDITORS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT IS DONE BY THE ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Cat. No. 51056K

Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2014

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1	Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities: TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE THROUGH PROGRAMMING, FOR ALL AGES, ACROSS ALL MEDIA.
2	Check this box
3	Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) ........	3	6
4	Number of independent voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1b) .....	4	3
5	Total number of individuals employed in calendar year 2014 (Part V, line 2a) ......	5	147
6	Total number of volunteers (estimate if necessary) .............	6	261
7a	Total unrelated business revenue from Part VIII, column (C), line 12 ........	7a	0
b	Net unrelated business taxable income from Form 990-T, line 34 .........	7b	0

		Prior Year	Current Year
8	Contributions and grants (Part VIII, line 1h) .........	5,788,820	6,029,449
9	Program service revenue (Part VIII, line 2g) .........	381,787	388,084
10	Investment income (Part VIII, column (A), lines 3, 4, and 7d ) ....	14,060	4,625
11	Other revenue (Part VIII, column (A), lines 5, 6d, 8c, 9c, 10c, and 11e)	-194,680	-182,247
12	Total revenue—add lines 8 through 11 (must equal Part VIII, column (A), line 12)...................	5,989,987	6,239,911
13	Grants and similar amounts paid (Part IX, column (A), lines 1–3 )...	0	0
14	Benefits paid to or for members (Part IX, column (A), line 4).....	0	0
15	Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits (Part IX, column (A), lines 5–10)	3,406,088	3,658,871
16a	Professional fundraising fees (Part IX, column (A), line 11e).....	0	0
b	Total fundraising expenses (Part IX, column (D), line 25) 746,967
17	Other expenses (Part IX, column (A), lines 11a–11d, 11f–24e)....	2,636,641	2,667,204
18	Total expenses. Add lines 13–17 (must equal Part IX, column (A), line 25)	6,042,729	6,326,075
19	Revenue less expenses. Subtract line 18 from line 12.......	-52,742	-86,164
		Beginning of Current Year	End of Year
20	Total assets (Part X, line 16).............	4,207,863	4,247,795
21	Total liabilities (Part X, line 26).............	457,927	584,023
22	Net assets or fund balances. Subtract line 21 from line 20.....	3,749,936	3,663,772

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	Signature of officer	Date

	Type or print name and title


4a	(Code: ) (Expenses $ 4,573,151 including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ 388,084 )
	THE FESTIVAL CREATES NOVEL, CREATIVE, AND ARTFULLY PRODUCED PROGRAMS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY EVENTS. FROM COMPELLING PRESENTATIONS OF CUTTING-EDGE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND CAPTIVATING HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATIONS FOR KIDS, TO WORKS IN THEATRE, FILM AND THE ARTS INSPIRED BY SCIENCE, THE FESTIVAL DRAMATICALLY RAISES THE PROFILE OF SCIENCE. FESTIVAL PROGRAMS ARE TAPED, EDITED AND MADE AVAILABLE YEAR-ROUND ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE, TOGETHER WITH COMPLEMENTARY CONTENT, DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING THE REACH AND IMPACT OF THE FESTIVAL AND BUILDING A GROWING ARCHIVE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE PROGRAMMING. WORLD SCIENCE U PROVIDES A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, WITH WORLD-RENOWNED PROFESSORS LEADING THE WAY, ACCOMPANIED BY STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTION. THE DIVERSE COURSE OFFERINGS LET STUDENTS SPEND MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, OR MONTHS ON A SUBJECT.

4b	(Code: ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ )












4c	(Code: ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ )












4d	Other program services (Describe in Schedule O.)
	(Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ )
4e	Total program service expenses4,573,151

(A) Name and Title	(B) Average hours per week (list any hours for related organizations below dotted line)	(C) Position (do not check more than one box, unless person is both an officer and a director/trustee)				(D) Reportable compensation from the organization (W- 2/1099-MISC)	(E) Reportable compensation from related organizations (W- 2/1099-MISC)	(F) Estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations
(A) Name and Title
(1) BRIAN GREENE........................................................................ CHAIRMAN	15.00 .......................	X	X			0	0	0
(2) ALAN ALDA........................................................................ DIRECTOR	1.00 .......................	X				0	0	0
(3) ANN ZIFF........................................................................ DIRECTOR	1.00 .......................	X				0	0	0
(4) JUDITH COX........................................................................ PRESIDENT & TREASURER	40.00 .......................	X	X			70,234	0	23,924
(5) TRACY DAY........................................................................ SECRETARY/CEO	40.00 .......................	X	X			270,000	0	0
(6) GILLIAN SMALL........................................................................ DIRECTOR	1.00 .......................	X				0	0	0
(7) FRANCES REILLY........................................................................ CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	40.00 .......................		X			163,598	0	9,142
(8) PATRICIA DEBIAGGI-MONES........................................................................ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	40.00 .......................		X			11,321	0	0
(9) MICHAEL KEITH BLANCHARD........................................................................ GENERAL MANAGER OF DIGITAL	40.00 .......................			X		237,482	0	19,689
(10) SHELLY LEWIS........................................................................ DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING	40.00 .......................				X	136,000	0	4,966
(11) GUILLERMO SALAZAR........................................................................ MEDIA PRODUCER	40.00 .......................				X	124,350	0	0
(12) ADAM BIRNBAUM........................................................................ CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER	40.00 .......................				X	115,007	0	4,155
(13) MICHAEL SQUADRON........................................................................ SENIOR PRODUCER	40.00 .......................				X	109,216	0	6,441
(14) ABIGAIL FEDER-KANE........................................................................ DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT	40.00 .......................				X	102,531	0	13,248

1b	Sub-Total................
c	Total from continuation sheets to Part VII, Section A....
d	Total (add lines 1b and 1c)............	1,339,739	0	81,565

(A) Name and business address	(B) Description of services	(C) Compensation
PJD PRODUCTIONS LLC 439 GREENMOUNT AVE CLIFFSIDE PARK,NJ07010	EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES	166,075




2 Total number of independent contractors (including but not limited to those listed above) who received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization 1

				(A) Total revenue	(B) Related or exempt function revenue	(C) Unrelated business revenue	(D) Revenue excluded from tax under sections 512-514
1a	Federated campaigns..1a
b	Membership dues....1b
c	Fundraising events....1c		709,172
d	Related organizations...1d
e	Government grants (contributions)1e		177,640

f	All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above1f		5,142,637

g	Noncash contributions included in lines 1a-1f:$		304,979
h	Total. Add lines 1a-1f.......			6,029,449
			Business Code
2a	TICKET SALES		900099	276,054	276,054
b	PROGRAM INCOME		900099	112,030	112,030
c
d
e
f	All other program service revenue .
g	Total. Add lines 2a–2f........			388,084
3	Investment income (including dividends, interest, and other similar amounts).......			4,625			4,625
4	Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds..
5	Royalties...........
		(i) Real	(ii) Personal
6a	Gross rents
b	Less: rental expenses
c	Rental income or (loss)
d	Net rental income or (loss).......
		(i) Securities	(ii) Other
7a	Gross amount from sales of assets other than inventory	139,980
b	Less: cost or other basis and sales expenses	139,980
c	Gain or (loss)	0
d	Net gain or (loss)..........
8a	Gross income from fundraising events (not including $ 709,172 of contributions reported on line 1c). See Part IV, line 18 ..
	a		92,400
b	Less: direct expenses ...b		274,738
c	Net income or (loss) from fundraising events..			-182,338			-182,338
9a	Gross income from gaming activities. See Part IV, line 19 ...
	a
b	Less: direct expenses ...b
c	Net income or (loss) from gaming activities...
10a	Gross sales of inventory, less returns and allowances .
	a
b	Less: cost of goods sold ..b
c	Net income or (loss) from sales of inventory..
Miscellaneous Revenue			Business Code
11a	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME		900099	91			91
b
c
d	All other revenue ....
e	Total. Add lines 11a–11d ......			91
12	Total revenue. See Instructions......			6,239,911	388,084	0	-177,622


				(A) Beginning of year		(B) End of year
1	Cash–non-interest-bearing .............			1,873	1	3,388
2	Savings and temporary cash investments .........			2,602,485	2	2,383,116
3	Pledges and grants receivable, net ...........			642,646	3	802,174
4	Accounts receivable, net .............			380,403	4	324,577
5	Loans and other receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees. Complete Part II of Schedule L ..................
					5
6	Loans and other receivables from other disqualified persons (as defined under section 4958(f)(1)), persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B), and contributing employers and sponsoring organizations of section 501(c)(9) voluntary employees' beneficiary organizations (see instructions) Complete Part II of Schedule L
					6
7	Notes and loans receivable, net .............				7
8	Inventories for sale or use ..............				8
9	Prepaid expenses and deferred charges ..........				9
10a	Land, buildings, and equipment: cost or other basis. Complete Part VI of Schedule D	10a	818,671
b	Less: accumulated depreciation .....	10b	308,342	554,732	10c	510,329
11	Investments—publicly traded securities ..........				11
12	Investments—other securities. See Part IV, line 11 .....				12
13	Investments—program-related. See Part IV, line 11 .....				13
14	Intangible assets ...............			0	14	196,117
15	Other assets. See Part IV, line 11 ...........			25,724	15	28,094
16	Total assets. Add lines 1 through 15 (must equal line 34)......			4,207,863	16	4,247,795
17	Accounts payable and accrued expenses .........			457,927	17	584,023
18	Grants payable .................				18
19	Deferred revenue ................				19
20	Tax-exempt bond liabilities .............				20
21	Escrow or custodial account liability. Complete Part IV of Schedule D..				21
22	Loans and other payables to current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, and disqualified
	persons. Complete Part II of Schedule L..........				22
23	Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties ..				23
24	Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties ....				24
25	Other liabilities (including federal income tax, payables to related third parties, and other liabilities not included on lines 17-24). Complete Part X of Schedule D....................			0	25
26	Total liabilities. Add lines 17 through 25.........			457,927	26	584,023
	Organizations that follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), check here and complete lines 27 through 29, and lines 33 and 34.
27	Unrestricted net assets ..............			3,749,936	27	3,663,772
28	Temporarily restricted net assets ...........				28
29	Permanently restricted net assets ...........				29
	Organizations that do not follow SFAS 117 (ASC 958), check here and complete lines 30 through 34.
30	Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds ........				30
31	Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund .....				31
32	Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds				32
33	Total net assets or fund balances ...........			3,749,936	33	3,663,772
34	Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances ........			4,207,863	34	4,247,795

1	Was the organization a U.S. transferor of property to a foreign corporation during the tax year? If "Yes,"the organization may be required to file Form 926, Return by a U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation (see Instructions for Form 926)......................................	Yes	No
2	Did the organization have an interest in a foreign trust during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 3520, Annual Return to Report Transactions with Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Foreign Gifts, and/or Form 3520-A, Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner (see Instructions for Forms 3520 and 3520-A; do not file with Form 990)............................	Yes	No
3	Did the organization have an ownership interest in a foreign corporation during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 5471, Information Return of U.S. Persons with Respect to Certain Foreign Corporations. (see Instructions for Form 5471)..............................	Yes	No
4	Was the organization a direct or indirect shareholder of a passive foreign investment company or a qualified electing fund during the tax year? If “Yes,” the organization may be required to file Form 8621, Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund. (see Instructions for Form 8621)...............................................	Yes	No
5	Did the organization have an ownership interest in a foreign partnership during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 8865, Return of U.S. Persons with Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships. (see Instructions for Form 8865)....................................	Yes	No
6	Did the organization have any operations in or related to any boycotting countries during the tax year? If "Yes," the organization may be required to file Form 5713, International Boycott Report (see Instructions for Form 5713; do not file with Form 990).....................................	Yes	No