Nonprofit · EIN 11-3327144
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC
Also known as DBA TESLA SCIENCE CNTR WARDENCLYFFE, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
Tax-exempt · SHOREHAM, NY 11786
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 (amended) | $149,466 | $619,041 | -$469,575 | $4,386,572 | $559,737 | $3,826,835 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $601,769 | $905,273 | -$303,504 | $4,830,259 | $533,849 | $4,296,410 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $482,951 | $813,321 | -$330,370 | $5,171,141 | $571,227 | $4,599,914 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $116,710
- of which government grants
- $6,340
- Program service revenue
- $1,100
- Investment income
- $19,711
- Other revenue
- $11,945
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $127,740
- Other salaries and wages
- $69,826
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $220,439
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $34,519
- Occupancy
- $20,897
- Travel
- $1,160
- Depreciation
- $27,779
- Program services (functional)
- $323,356
- Management and general (functional)
- $169,314
- Fundraising (functional)
- $126,371
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,830,259
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,386,572
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $559,737
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,826,835
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $880,200
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,726,835
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $100,000
- Gross receipts
- $149,466
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 35
- Year formed
- 1996
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANE ALCORN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GREGORY OLSEN PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW DOMO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KARA CANNON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW INMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JANICE SCHERER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RUSSO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JUDY MURRAH | BOARD MEMBER / 2025 TREASU Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MITCHELL MAIMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROMAIN MURENZI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID T MADIGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EUGENE GENOVA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RICHARD GEARNS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| EDWARD FRED | TREASURER (FORMER) Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| MARGARET FOSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELLE DEAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY DAUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THOMAS BIANCULLI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER KLEIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARC ALESSI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DOUGLAS BORGE | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC ALESSI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $126,267 |
| DOUGLAS BORGE | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $108,519 |
| JANE ALCORN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THOMAS BIANCULLI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHARLES BONOMO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY DAUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MICHELLE DEAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELLEN DEUTSCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARGARET FOSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EDWARD FRED | TREASURER (FORMER) Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| RICHARD GEARNS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| EUGENE GENOVA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER KLEIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID T MADIGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MITCHELL MAIMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JUDY MURRAH | BOARD MEMBER / 2025 TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RUSSO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JANICE SCHERER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MATTHEW INMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KARA CANNON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW DOMO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GREGORY OLSEN PHD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROMAIN MURENZI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS BORGE | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer | 40 | $104,317 |
| JANE ALCORN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THOMAS BIANCULLI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHARLES BONOMO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY DAUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MICHELLE DEAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELLEN DEUTSCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARGARET FOSTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EDWARD FRED | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| RICHARD GEARNS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| EUGENE GENOVA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PETER KLEIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID T MADIGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MITCHELL MAIMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JUDY MURRAH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RUSSO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| JANICE SCHERER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 552, SHOREHAM, NY 11786-0552
- In care of
- % JANE ALCORN
- Mailing address (990-N for 2011)
- PO Box 552, Shoreham NY 11786
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- JUDY MURRAH, PO BOX 552, SHOREHAM, NY 11786
- Principal officer (990-N for 2011)
- Jane Alcorn, PO Box 552, Shoreham NY 11786
- Signed the 990
- KARA CANNON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (631) 886-2632
- Website
- www.TeslaScienceCenter.org
- Return prepared by
- CERINI & ASSOCIATES LLP
Mission
TO DEVELOP THE SITE OF NIKOLA TESLA'S LAST REMAINING LABORATORY INTO A TRANSFORMATIVE GLOBAL SCIENCE CENTER THAT EMBRACES HIS BOLD SPIRIT OF INVENTION, PROVIDES INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, FOSTERS THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AND PRESERVES HIS LEGACY IN THE TESLA MUSEUM.
Program accomplishments
- TO ENCOURAGE ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENCE, ENHANCE SCIENCE EDUCATION, STIMULATE DISCOVERY, INQUIRY AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT NIKOLA TESLA'S CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION FOR THE FUTURE, WITH THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A REGIONAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION CENTER AND MUSEUM ON EASTERN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.Expenses $323,356 · revenue $1,100
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 11-3327144
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1997
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,386,572
- Income (IRS master file)
- $149,466
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $149,466 | $619,041 | $4,386,572 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $601,769 | $905,273 | $4,830,259 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $482,951 | $813,321 | $5,171,141 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $921,810 | $748,889 | $5,501,133 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2011 Officer: Jane Alcorn | June 30, 2012 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 11-3327144).
Questions about FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC
- What is the EIN of FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC is 11-3327144.
- Is FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.
- Are donations to FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JUDY MURRAH.
- Who are the officers and directors of FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 21 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does FRIENDS OF SCIENCE EAST INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $149,466, expenses of $619,041 and total assets of $4,386,572 at year end.
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