2025-11-12T18:56:53-05:00 2024-12-31 463046333 Davis Nagy and Company LLC 1000 S Cleve Mass Rd S119 Fairlawn OH 44333 990 2024-01-01 202545942 Akron Fossils and Science Center % William M Sanderson II AKRO 3306653466 2080 S Cleveland Massillon Rd Copley OH 443211917 WILLIAM M SANDERSON II President 3306653466 2025-11-13 true true SHARON L NAGY CPA P00099224 3306659405 2025-11-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z William M Sanderson II 2080 S Cleveland Massillon Rd Copley OH 443211917 296360 false X www.AkronFossils.com X 2004 OH Akron Fossils & Science Center exists to provide visitors of all ages with balanced, affordable, and hands-on educational oppotunities to explore the science of the world past, present, and future. One segment of our center explores creation science education. 15 14 29 50 0 0 30024 62068 215254 220413 5 0 10464 6000 255747 288481 0 0 168523 176621 0 15382 94741 100349 263264 276970 -7517 11511 117413 128479 5289 4844 112124 123635 Akron Fossils & Science Center exists to provide visitors of all ages with balanced, affordable, and hands-on educational oppotunities to explore the science of the world past, present, and future. One segment of our center explores creation science education. false false 49326 7916 All other educational programs. This can include guest lecturers, who are leading scientists in their field. The center also hosts birthday parties for children which are science based including Jungle Jamboree, Getting Dusty Digging for Dinos, Amazing Astronomy, and Wacky Mad Science. The center hosted 480 children at birthday parties in 2024. We also offer overnight lock-ins and adventure trips. 46512 80896 We offer science classes primarily for homeschool groups in biology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and botany. These classes meet once a week for 28 weeks for students in K-12th grade. Particiants can pick individual classes or enroll in multiple classes for an all day bundle. We also offer custom group classes and family classes as well. 105 students were enrolled in our science classes in 2024. 36263 80564 We provide summer hands-on science camps for children in K-8th grade. These include dinosaur adventure camp, wacky science camp, space exploration camp, creature feature camp, crime scene investigator camp, and STEAM (exciting electricity) camp. 265 children were enrolled in our camps in 2024. 35625 51037 Our science center provides guests with hands-on guided tours and science activities. We have exhibits that display fossils, and visitors can hold real fossils, as well as make and take home replicas. We also have live animals that can also be touched and held. We have a 4500 sq ft museum and 2 acre outdoor adventure park. Our creation science museum is dedicated to comparing and contrasting scientific models like intelligent design and evolution on the origin of the universe, and catastrophism and uniformitarianism modesl on the geologic record. Multiple views on the topics are provided. 5,425 people attended our science center and museum in 2024. 35625 51037 167726 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 3 0 true 29 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false OH X William M Sanderson II 3306653466 2080 S Cleveland Massillon Rd Copley OH 443211917 Jodie L Brewer Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X X 40461 0 0 Carolann Velotta Secretary 20.00 0.00 X X 25898 0 0 Erin Corbett Board member 20.00 0.00 X 21623 0 0 Angela Powers Board member 10.00 0.00 X 9253 0 0 Alexandria Schall Board member 0.50 0.00 X 142 0 0 William M Sanderson II President 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kurt Siegfried Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg Spickard Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Al Gotch Vice President 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Turnbow Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lynn Turnbow Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Todd Styer Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Robles Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Gage Board member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bill Heidinger Board member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 97377 0 0 0 false false false 21202 40866 62068 Museum admission income 713990 51037 51037 Classes 611600 80896 80896 Camps 713990 80564 80564 Parties misc 713990 7916 7916 220413 21202 0 13879 7879 6000 6000 288481 226413 0 0 64507 39248 18944 6315 96376 96376 2634 2634 13104 11083 1516 505 2433 2433 933 933 9369 644 8247 478 2461 2461 30613 30613 598 598 144 144 22377 537 21840 Licenses and bank fees 7066 7066 Animal expenses 1947 1947 Class expenses 7972 7972 Camp expenses 3229 3229 11207 4056 7151 276970 167726 93862 15382 26438 13691 360 958 114788 88157 114788 1500 117413 128479 5289 4844 5289 4844 X 112124 123635 112124 123635 117413 128479 11511 0 X false false false X 37654 23150 20587 12865 45868 140124 78874 142317 196696 215254 220413 853554 116528 165467 217283 228119 266281 993678 8300 4000 12990 4510 11000 40800 8300 4000 12990 4510 11000 40800 952878 1 3 4 5 13 1 3 4 5 13 30098 19000 49098 146627 184470 217287 228124 266281 1042789 0.91380 0.88590 0.00000 0.00000 X 60652 60652 54136 54136 114788 Credit cards payable 1098 Gift cards outstanding 1504 Sales tax payable 615 Payroll taxes payable 1627 4844 Silent auct 8236 8236 547 Golf outing 11638 11638 3991 578 900 824 1 1328 1328 310 21202 21202 3991 578 900 1681 7150 14052 Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2 Board members Mark Turnbow and Lynn Turnbow are married. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Although every board member did not review the 990 prior to filing, key members were involved in preparation and reviewed prior to filing. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 Governing documents are made available upon request, either electronically or in print.