Organizations Filed Purposes:
To cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.The World Science Festival brings together great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that presents the wonders of science and the drama of scientific discovery to a broad general audience. The festivals flagship live event, launched in 2008, is an annual weeklong celebration and exploration of science. Through gripping debates, original theatrical works, interactive explorations, musical performances, intimate salons, and major outdoor experiences, the festival takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, parks, and museums, libraries, and performing arts venues of New York City. World Science U is the Foundations online education arm where students and lifelong learners can dive more deeply through artfully produced digital education content presented by world-renowned scientists.
To cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
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 Festival'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.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Tracy Day | CEO/Secretary | 40 | $215,000 |
| Terri Coopersmith | Dir. of Develop. | 40 | $137,370 |
| Nils Kongshaug | Sr. Edit. Producer | 40 | $135,946 |
| Debra Nir | GM Live Events | 40 | $122,920 |
| Andon Baltakov | COO | 40 | $121,280 |
| Christopher Young | Director of Media | 40 | $110,930 |
| Judith Cox | President&Treas | 40 | $68,723 |
| Tamsen Ann Ziff | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gillian Small | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Alan Alda | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Greene | Chairman | 24 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202002269349300730_public.xml