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Arizona Science Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Phoenix, AZ EIN: 86-0390558 Website

To inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science.

Key facts about Arizona Science Center

In short: Arizona Science Center gave $40K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $40K), mostly in Arizona. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
86-0390558
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$40,000
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$40,000
Median grant
$40,000
Total assets
$48,955,536
Primary geography
Arizona (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$49.0M

+12.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$40K

-64.8% YoY

Grant Count

1

-66.7% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$40K

+5.5% YoY

How Arizona Science Center gives

  • Giving grew 26% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Arizona Science Center

Based on IRS filings

Arizona Science Center is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Phoenix, AZ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $49.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $40K. Net investment income was $544K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

6states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

ThatcherCottonwoodPinetopSierra VistaTempeDurhamTucsonBisbeeChandlerChinleCornvilleIthacaSan FrancicsoSellsSt. PaulWashington

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K4 grants2019 5 grants2020 9 grants2021 2 grants2022 5 grants2023 3 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $32K (2022) to $619K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $40K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Sarsef Southern AZ Research Scienceengineering Foundation: $40KSarsef Southern AZ ResearchScienceengineering Foundation$40K

The largest 2025 recipient was Sarsef Southern AZ Research Scienceengineering Foundation ($40K).

Grant Size Distribution

20 grants across all recorded years

12<$50K5$50–100K2$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 12 grants of 20 (60%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Sarsef Southern AZ Research Scienceengineering Foundation Tucson, AZAde Family and Youth Programming$40,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$48,955,536$43,681,478$43,004,454
Revenue$16,616,619$17,333,543$13,830,416
Expenses$12,569,768$14,346,452$13,994,047
Net Investment Income$543,570$669,603$457,886

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 15, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Arizona Science Center is led by Guy Labine, President & CEO since 2024 (on filings since 2023); 8 of 52 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Guy Labine

    President & CEO

    The Hazel A. Hare President & CEO → President & CEO, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $341K (2023) → $300K (2025)

  • Robert J. Miller

    Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew R. Christensen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anita Moryadas Theisen

    Trustee

    Executive Vice Chair → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bryan Saba

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cheryl Stadlman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chuck Carefoot

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Connie Wilhelm

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Curt R. Feuer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave A. Howell Jr.

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Tedesco

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derrick M. Hall

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ginger Spencer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Howard Katz

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jane Roig

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Coochwytewa

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John C. West

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Hoover

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Trujillo

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn A. Madonna

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary K. Martuscelli

    Trustee

    Board Chair → Past Chair, 2023

    Past Chair → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Miesha Stoute

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Edwards

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter A. Woog

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Crellin Smith

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randy Voigt

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Ailes-Fine

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Naimark

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rowan Smith

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Good

    Trustee

    Trustee → Audit Chair, 2024

    Audit Chair → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Megli

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Zylstra

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tucker Quayle

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Campbell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kay Corbin

    Trustee

    Board Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2021

    Immediate Past Chair → Trustee, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Debell

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stacy Derstine

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Courtney Mixon

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amanda Cartwright

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenro Kusumi

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Edmonds

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Micheline Faver

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ondrea Barber

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth C. Nickel

    Chief Academic Officer

    Chief Academic Officer → Chief Learning Officer, 2022

    Chief Learning Officer → Chief Academic Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $122K (2019) → $109K (2025)

  • Judith Goldfader

    Chief Business Development Officer

    Chief Business Development Officer → Chief Business Development, 2023

    Chief Business Development → Chief Business Development Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $100K (2019) → $138K (2025)

  • Tamara L. Stewart

    Chief of Staff

    Vice President of Institutional Philanthropy → Chief Development Officer, 2020

    Chief Development Officer → Chief of Staff, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $101K (2019) → $149K (2025)

  • Dean Briere

    Senior Vice President of Strategic Projects

    Interim CEO & COO → Senior Vice President of Strategic Project, 2023

    Senior Vice President of Strategic Project → Senior Vice President of Strategic Projects, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $158K (2021) → $173K (2025)

  • Brenda Van Gelder

    Senior Vice President of Finance

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2025)

  • Sari Custer

    Chief of Science & Curiosity

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2024) → $102K (2025)

  • Derrick Fenger

    Senior Analytics Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2025)

  • Bj Freeman

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Young

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (31)
  • Former: Angie Harmon (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Heidi Jannenga (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeff May (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Melani Walton (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sue Glawe (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennifer Booth (2023–2024) — Senior Vice President of Finance
  • Former: Caroline Altamirano (2019–2023) — Senior Vice President of Human Resources
  • Former: Katherine Corbin (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Kristina Celik (2022–2023) — Senior Vice President & Marketing
  • Former: Kevin Gleason (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Ron Butler (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Shayna Fernandez Watts (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Catherine Hall (2019–2021) — Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
  • Former: Diana L. Feldman (2019–2021) — CFO & COO
  • Former: Keith E. Laba (2019–2021) — Chief Information & Analytics Officer
  • Former: Barbara Lockwood (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Arnita Humphrey (2021) — The Hazel A Hare President & CEO
  • Former: Chevy Humphrey (2019–2020) — President & CEO
  • Former: Steven Wade (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Janice Callen (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Barbara D. Lockwood Pe (2019) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Brian Rashap (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Dave Colton (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Erik Knight (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: G. Doug Young (2019) — Treaurer
  • Former: Jeffrey J. Bell (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Debell (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Hummel (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Sussman (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Steve Hunton (2019) — Trustee · Filing note: Until January 2019
  • Former: Tyler Butler (2019) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Guy Labine — President & CEO: $300KGuy LabinePresident & CEO$300KDean Briere — Senior VP of Strategic Projects: $173KDean BriereSenior VP of Strategic Projects$173KTamara L Stewart — Chief of Staff: $149KTamara L StewartChief of Staff$149KJudith Goldfader — Chief Business Development Officer: $138KJudith GoldfaderChief Business Development…$138KBeth C Nickel — Chief Academic Officer: $109KBeth C NickelChief Academic Officer$109KDerrick Fenger — Senior Analytics Officer: $108KDerrick FengerSenior Analytics Officer$108KBrenda Van Gelder — Senior VP of Finance: $106KBrenda Van GelderSenior VP of Finance$106KSari Custer — Chief of Science and Curiosity: $102KSari CusterChief of Science and Curiosity$102K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $300K, to Guy Labine (President & CEO). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Arizona Science Center

How much does Arizona Science Center give each year?

Arizona Science Center gave $40K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $114K across 3 grants.

How large is Arizona Science Center?

Arizona Science Center reported $49.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $16.6M.

What is Arizona Science Center?

Arizona Science Center is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Phoenix, AZ. It holds $49.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Arizona Science Center operate?

Arizona Science Center has awarded grants in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Minnesota, North Carolina, New York.

What is Arizona Science Center's EIN?

Arizona Science Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 86-0390558. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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