Science, Society & Culture: Who We Support

American Printing House for the Blind
Friendly contest enabling students with vision loss to gain math skills while working alongside their peers.

ART±BIO Collaborative
Integrating art, science and nature and broadening participation through public engagement, outreach, activism and public art.

Association for Rural and Small Libraries: Infinite Sums Cohort
Program providing professional development and financial support to rural and small libraries across the ARSL national network to create math-inspired community-wide events for patrons of all ages.

Association of Children’s Museums: Nurturing Numeracy Skills & Math Literacy
Professional membership organization representing more than 500 children’s museums in 50 states and 19 countries that aims to help smaller museums develop programming to advance math literacy and confidence in children and their caregivers.

BEAM
Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) connects students to advanced mathematical studies and builds community, resilience and joy in learning. Based in New York City and Los Angeles, BEAM reaches underserved and academically eager students early in their STEM journeys.

BioBus
Mobile lab that brings hands-on science to underserved students in New York City, with a research lab base on the Lower East Side and in Harlem.

Black Girls Dive
Organization that empowers young girls and women to explore their STEM indentity through swimming, SCUBA diving and marine science.

Brooklyn Museum: Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
An exhibition that explores the work of fashion designer Iris van Herpen, including the influences of math and science.

Brooklyn Public Library: Night in the Library
Overnight festival of ideas bringing together academics, artists and performers to explore the intersection of mathematics, art and culture across Brooklyn’s beloved Central Library.

Científico Latino
Organization that supports underrepresented students in navigating the STEM graduate school application process through mentorship, open-access resources, and professional development opportunities.

Critical Ecology Lab
Organization that aims to inspire and deepen the public’s ability to critically think about the social origins of global warming and environmental change.

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History: Mathematics of Soccer
A hands-on public math engagement initiative at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History that uses the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to reduce math anxiety among students and families in North Texas, featuring four interactive activities exploring geometry, probability, and graph theory through the lens of soccer with the Fort Worth Vaqueros FC.

Fulcrum Arts: GHoST: Gravitation Hamiltonian or Sympathetic Teleportation
A sculptural device and performance work by physicist Rana Adhikari and artist Marcos Lutyens that attempts to transmit quantum-entangled particles into space via synchronized collective thought, presented through procession-based performances and a three-month exhibition at Fulcrum Arts.

Fusebox: Math Playground
An outdoor installation and gallery exhibition by artist Jiabao Li and mathematician Fumiko Futamura, produced by Fusebox, that transforms abstract mathematical concepts into large-scale, climbable playground sculptures.

Futures Ignite
Organization amplifying youth and community power by inspiring, guiding and advocating for youth to determine their college, career and leadership futures.

Green-Wood Cemetery: Science Programming
A free public science programming initiative at Green-Wood Cemetery, a 478-acre National Historic Landmark in Brooklyn, featuring themed Lyceum weekends and weekly walking and trolley tours that use the cemetery’s glacier-sculpted landscape and the legacies of scientists interred there to spark curiosity and engage visitors in scientific inquiry and discovery.

IMAGINARY: Open Exhibits
The Open Exhibits Platform enables museums and science centers to freely access, adapt, and share fully documented, open-source exhibits to foster collaboration and expand equitable public engagement with contemporary science.

Imagine Science
A collaborative program that implements informal, out-of-school STEM learning for youth in high-need communities across the country.

Inner Spark Learning Lab
Los Angeles-based organization combining innovation, transformation, and democratization to reimagine education and create systemic change.

José Valdés Math Foundation
Organization providing free, drop-in math tutoring for underserved youth in the greater San Jose area, with bilingual support and paid opportunities for local student tutors.

Letters to a Pre-Scientist
Pen-pal program that connects students in under-resourced schools with STEM professional mentors for a snail-mail letter exchange during science class.

Lewis Latimer House — Tinker Lab Summer Programs
A weeklong summer camp offering hands-on STEAM education for underprivileged youth in Queens, NY.

Lismore Road: Galileo Musical
An initiative that uses live theater to engage middle and high school students in scientific thinking, connecting themes of curiosity, evidence, and discovery from the musical Galileo to classroom learning.

Madison Square Park: Celestial Summer
Public park in the heart of Manhattan activating its NASA Moon Tree with a summer of free, hands-on science programming.

Main Street America: Science Discovery on Main Street
Program helping communities in Main Street America’s network of more than 1,200 historic downtown districts identify unique local science assets and develop science-themed public programming and events, with a focus on rural, low-to-moderate income communities.

Make the Road NY
Community based organization creating a science learning initiative dedicated to engaging Spanish speaking immigrants and their children with New York City math and science learning institutions.

Math Circles of Chicago
Chicago-based organization providing free math enrichment programs for students in grades 3–12, building mathematical confidence, curiosity, and a sense of belonging through after-school programs, festivals, and summer camps across the city.

Media Art Exploration (MAX)
An international live-arts convening of artists, scientists, influencers and machines to develop new works for diverse audiences.

MIT Museum: Science in Vivo
Science in Vivo “meets people where they are” by bringing science to unexpected venues.

MoMath Mathematics Outreach Seminar and Training (MOST) Program
Program that trains early-stage mathematicians who identify as female in the public dissemination of mathematics.

Museum of the Moving Image
Museum located in Astoria, Queens that explores the central technology of the present moment through exhibitions, film screenings, live conversations with artists and filmmakers, and more.

New York Hall of Science
Initiative to develop a creative interdisciplinary approach to STEM learning that can be implemented in immigrant communities.

New York Live Arts: Condolence
Condolence is a new multidisciplinary theater work by playwright Ain Gordon and astrophysicist Dr. Amy Secunda that weaves personal grief together with the life cycles of stars, exploring the symmetry between human and galactic birth, companionship, death, and afterlife through text, movement, live music, and astrophysical imagery.

New York Theater Ballet
New York City-based theater ballet company integrating dance with quantitative STEM disciplines.

NewComm
Education design company creating high-quality summer learning and out-of-school time opportunities for highly motivated yet historically excluded BIPOC students.

Pioneer Works
An interdisciplinary cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, dedicated to experimentation, education, and production, and building community at the intersection of arts and sciences.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
A participatory installation by artist Meech Boakye and mathematician Kyle Ormsby that translates structures from topology and combinatorics into embodied, collective experience through light-responsive sculpture, collaborative drawing systems, and community programming hosted by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.

Radiolab
Award-winning science radio program that employs high-quality storytelling and sound to engage audiences.

Rochester Museum & Science Center: STEM Ambassador Program
Community ambassador program training local organizations to bring hands-on STEM learning directly to underserved neighborhoods across the Rochester region.

San Antonio Botanical Garden: Math in Bloom
National network of six botanical gardens, spearheaded by the San Antonio Botanical Garden, bringing mathematics to life through immersive, seasonally inspired installations and programming that reveal the patterns and geometry found throughout the natural world.

Science Friday
An award-winning public radio show devoted to increasing the public’s access to science and scientific information.

Science in Vivo
Program that “meets people where they are” by bringing science to unexpected venues.

Science Mill: Mobile Math Program
Science museum based in Johnson City, Texas, bringing hands-on math activities to festivals, family STEM nights, and libraries across the rural Hill Country Region of Texas.

SciLine
On-deadline service connecting reporters to expert sources and research-backed evidence for use in their stories.

SEM Link, Inc.
Nonprofit organization established on the premise that exposure to the STEM community is critical to K-12 students pursuing STEM careers.

Sing for Science
Science and music podcast where musicians talk to scientists about how their science connects to their most famous songs.

Society for Science
This grant program supports community-driven organizations working to enhance the public’s understanding of science and to increase participation of underrepresented populations in STEM.

Sound+Science
Innovative after-school program in New York City for high school students interested in exploring the profound connection between music and STEM.

Spencer Pride
A nonprofit improving the quality of life for rural LGBTQ+ people in South Central Indiana through STEM-infused community programming, including quarterly youth science activities, nature and biodiversity outings through Rainbow Birders, math-focused game nights, and a partnership with Wonderlab at Indiana’s largest rural Pride festival.

STEM From Dance
Organization that combines the joy and rich history of dance with technology and science learning to create memorable experiences for young people. STEM From Dance offers several programs, including a summer program where participants incorporate science and technology into dance routines.

STEMcx
Organization promoting access for underrepresented students to the skills and information needed to address scientific and technological concerns of their neighborhoods and our changing world.

Summer Mathematics Program Consortium
Organization that brings together leaders of mathematically intensive summer enrichment programs at an annual conference to collaborate, share resources, and expand access to advanced mathematics for middle and high school students nationwide.

The Calculus Project
Math organization that helps schools and school districts create a middle and high school pathway for success in advanced mathematics.

The Franklin Institute: Meaningful Math
A national math engagement initiative led by The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia partnering with three science museums and local community-based organizations to co-create and deliver hyper-local, culturally relevant math programming for youth and families in 2026.

The Gaskins Foundation/STEMulating Futures
Community-focused STEM program that provides extraordinary opportunities for under-recognized and underrepresented youth.

The Lowrider Lab, in partnership with Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center
A youth STEAM program in Southeast Los Angeles that uses the art and engineering of lowrider bicycle and car building to connect students in grades 3–12 with hands-on technical skills, cultural pride, and pathways to college and careers.

The New Community Project
Education design company creating high-quality summer learning and out-of-school time opportunities for highly motivated yet historically excluded BIPOC students.

The Open Notebook
Tools and resources to help science, environmental, and health journalists at all levels of experience to sharpen their skills.

The Tech Interactive
A public math engagement initiative at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, California using the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to bring hands-on mathematics programming to families and multi-generational audiences through in-museum activations, community events, and mobile pop-up stations at San Jose Earthquakes games across the Bay Area.

Wave Farm: Lateral Lines
A generative radio work by artist Marina Zurkow and scientist Becca Franks exploring freshwater ecologies and carp perception.

Willie Mae Rock Camp
Free music laboratory for girls and gender-expansive youth in NYC that empowers them through transdisciplinary music education.