2024-11-14T05:00:31-05:00 2023-12-31 475677171 WALTERS & SKLYAR LLP 21031 VENTURA BLVD STE 401 WOODLAND HILLS CA 91364 990EZ 2023-01-01 900101115 THE INSTITUTE FOR FIGURING INST 3234455374 PO BOX 50346 LOS ANGELES CA 90050 MARGARET WERTHEIM PRESIDENT 3234455374 2024-11-15 true false JAMES F WALTERS CPA P00293172 8189752040 2024-11-06 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X WWW.THEIFF.ORG X X 106891 X 106711 180 616 -436 106275 115000 2550 6000 71 30760 154381 -48106 73868 25762 X 70600 24531 4119 4191 74719 28722 851 2960 73868 25762 X TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SCIENCE, MATH AND TECHNOLOGY. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR FIGURING IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUBJECTS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS. TO THIS END, THE IFF CREATES AND PARTICIPATES IN EXHIBITIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND ART. IN 2023 THE ORGANIZATION'S CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT, WHICH REFLECTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CORAL REEFS, AS WELL AS MATHEMATICS IN NATURE, WAS EXHIBITED IN A MAJOR EXHIBITION AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ IN AUSTRIA IN THE MUSEUM'S NATURAL HISTORY WING; AND AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART IN PITTSBURGH. IN AUSTRIA, THE MUSEUM HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE WITH MANY VISITORS SAYING IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME EVER AT THE MUSEUM. A MASSIVE SLATE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMMING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EXHIBITION ENGAGED OVER 3,500 PEOPLE ACROSS AUSTRIA. THE EXHIBITION WAS WIDELY REVIEWED IN MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS ACROSS AUSTRIA AND WAS FEATURED ON LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS. IN PITTSBURGH OVER 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT ACROSS THE CITY. THESE EXHIBITIONS WERE THE SUBJECT OF A FEATURE ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES - SCIENCE SECTION. ADDITIONALLY, OUR WORK WAS INCLUDED IN TWO LARGE- SCALE EXHIBITIONS IN GERMANY FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES, AT KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM AND AT MUSEUM KUNST DER WESTKUSTE. 74213 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, EVENTS, AND WORKSHOPS PROGRAM DURING 2023, THE IFF WORKED WITH TWO MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE LARGE- SCALE COMMUNITY SCIENCE+ART PROJECTS THAT ENGAGE CITIZENS AND STUDENTS WITH THE SUBJECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, OCEANIC PLASTIC TRASH, AND MATHEMATICS IN NATURE. THE INSTITUTIONS UNDERTAKING THESE PROJECTS WERE THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (PITTSBURGH), AND SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ (LINZ, AUSTRIA). IN AUSTRIA 3,500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS IN LINZ AND ITS ENVIRONS, PLUS RESIDENTS OF SENIOR CITIZEN HOMES AND REFUGEE SHELTERS. AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, OVER 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. IN 2023 IFF DIRECTORS MARGARET WERTHEIM AND CHRISTINE WERTHEIM BOTH GAVE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ABOUT OUR WORK AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ, AUSTRIA. MARGARET WERTHEIM ALSO DELIVERED THE ANNUAL PINKEL LECTURE AT POMONA COLLEGE IN CLAREMONT, CA; SHE GAVE A PUBLIC LECTURE ABOUT MATHEMATICS IN NATURE FOR AEON MAGAZINE'S PHILOSOPHY SERIES IN NYC; AND PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BROOKLYN RAIL (NY). 45907 WEBSITE PROGRAM DURING 2023, THE IFF EXTENDED OUR WEBSITE ABOUT OUR CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT AND ITS AFFILIATED EDUCATIONAL OFFSHOOTS IN MATHEMATICS, ECOLOGY, AND THE SCIENCE OF CORAL REEFS. THE SITE CONTAINS A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL TOPICS UNDERLYING THE PROJECT AND ITS NETWORK OF WORLDWIDE PROGRAMMING. THIS MATERIAL SERVES AS A VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FREELY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND EDUCATORS. SEE WWW.CROCHETCORALREEF.ORG. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT AND ADD TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE INSTITUTE ITSELF WWW.THEIFF.ORG - WHICH CONTAINS ONLINE EXHIBITS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL TOPICS SUCH AS FRACTAL GEOMETRY, MATHEMATICAL PAPER FOLDING, AND PRIME NUMBERS. 300 PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM IN 2023, WORK WAS BEGUN ON A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE INSTITUTE'S CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT TO BE PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TWO EXHIBITIONS AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ IN AUSTRIA. THE BOOK WILL CONTAIN ESSAYS ABOUT THE MATHEMATICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSIONS OF THE PROJECT, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED DURING 2024 IN A DUAL ENGLISH/GERMAN EDITION. IN 2023, A MAJOR FEATURE ARTICLE ABOUT OUR WORK WAS WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - SCIENCE SECTION. (THE ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE PAPER ON JANUARY 15, 2024). OUR EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMMING IN AUSTRIA WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED BY NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, RADIO AND LOCAL TV IN AUSTRIA. OUR WORK WAS DISCUSSED IN BOOKS AND PAPERS BY ACADEMIC WRITERS, INCLUDING IN A NEW EDITION OF THE BOOK THE HUMANITIES (PEARSON EDUCATION, USA), A FORTHCOMING 6-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIA A CULTURAL HISTORY OF CRAFT IN THE MODERN AGE (BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC, UK), AND THE ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES VOLUME THE ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE; PLUS THE JOURNALS CHUNG WAI LITERARY QUARTERLY IN CHINA AND REVISTA DE ARQUITECTURA IN SPAIN. 120420 SARAH SIMONS PUBLICATION 1.00 0 JOEL ERIC MILLER PHOTOGRAPHER 1.00 0 DARRYL YONG DEPT. 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TO THIS END, THE IFF CREATES AND PARTICIPATES IN EXHIBITIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND ART. IN 2023 THE ORGANIZATION'S CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT, WHICH REFLECTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CORAL REEFS, AS WELL AS MATHEMATICS IN NATURE, WAS EXHIBITED IN A MAJOR EXHIBITION AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ IN AUSTRIA IN THE MUSEUM'S NATURAL HISTORY WING; AND AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART IN PITTSBURGH. IN AUSTRIA, THE MUSEUM HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE WITH MANY VISITORS SAYING IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME EVER AT THE MUSEUM. A MASSIVE SLATE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMMING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EXHIBITION ENGAGED OVER 3,500 PEOPLE ACROSS AUSTRIA. THE EXHIBITION WAS WIDELY REVIEWED IN MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS ACROSS AUSTRIA AND WAS FEATURED ON LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS. IN PITTSBURGH OVER 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT ACROSS THE CITY. THESE EXHIBITIONS WERE THE SUBJECT OF A FEATURE ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES - SCIENCE SECTION. ADDITIONALLY, OUR WORK WAS INCLUDED IN TWO LARGE- SCALE EXHIBITIONS IN GERMANY FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES, AT KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM AND AT MUSEUM KUNST DER WESTKUSTE. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, EVENTS, AND WORKSHOPS PROGRAM DURING 2023, THE IFF WORKED WITH TWO MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE LARGE- SCALE COMMUNITY SCIENCE+ART PROJECTS THAT ENGAGE CITIZENS AND STUDENTS WITH THE SUBJECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, OCEANIC PLASTIC TRASH, AND MATHEMATICS IN NATURE. THE INSTITUTIONS UNDERTAKING THESE PROJECTS WERE THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (PITTSBURGH), AND SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ (LINZ, AUSTRIA). IN AUSTRIA 3,500 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS IN LINZ AND ITS ENVIRONS, PLUS RESIDENTS OF SENIOR CITIZEN HOMES AND REFUGEE SHELTERS. AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, OVER 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. IN 2023 IFF DIRECTORS MARGARET WERTHEIM AND CHRISTINE WERTHEIM BOTH GAVE LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS ABOUT OUR WORK AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ, AUSTRIA. MARGARET WERTHEIM ALSO DELIVERED THE ANNUAL PINKEL LECTURE AT POMONA COLLEGE IN CLAREMONT, CA; SHE GAVE A PUBLIC LECTURE ABOUT MATHEMATICS IN NATURE FOR AEON MAGAZINE'S PHILOSOPHY SERIES IN NYC; AND PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSIONS FOR THE BROOKLYN RAIL (NY). FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 WEBSITE PROGRAM DURING 2023, THE IFF EXTENDED OUR WEBSITE ABOUT OUR CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT AND ITS AFFILIATED EDUCATIONAL OFFSHOOTS IN MATHEMATICS, ECOLOGY, AND THE SCIENCE OF CORAL REEFS. THE SITE CONTAINS A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL TOPICS UNDERLYING THE PROJECT AND ITS NETWORK OF WORLDWIDE PROGRAMMING. THIS MATERIAL SERVES AS A VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FREELY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND EDUCATORS. SEE WWW.CROCHETCORALREEF.ORG. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT AND ADD TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE INSTITUTE ITSELF WWW.THEIFF.ORG - WHICH CONTAINS ONLINE EXHIBITS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL TOPICS SUCH AS FRACTAL GEOMETRY, MATHEMATICAL PAPER FOLDING, AND PRIME NUMBERS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM IN 2023, WORK WAS BEGUN ON A NEW BOOK ABOUT THE INSTITUTE'S CROCHET CORAL REEF PROJECT TO BE PUBLISHED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TWO EXHIBITIONS AT SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ IN AUSTRIA. THE BOOK WILL CONTAIN ESSAYS ABOUT THE MATHEMATICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSIONS OF THE PROJECT, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED DURING 2024 IN A DUAL ENGLISH/GERMAN EDITION. IN 2023, A MAJOR FEATURE ARTICLE ABOUT OUR WORK WAS WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - SCIENCE SECTION. (THE ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE PAPER ON JANUARY 15, 2024). OUR EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMMING IN AUSTRIA WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED BY NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, RADIO AND LOCAL TV IN AUSTRIA. OUR WORK WAS DISCUSSED IN BOOKS AND PAPERS BY ACADEMIC WRITERS, INCLUDING IN A NEW EDITION OF THE BOOK THE HUMANITIES (PEARSON EDUCATION, USA), A FORTHCOMING 6-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIA A CULTURAL HISTORY OF CRAFT IN THE MODERN AGE (BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC, UK), AND THE ROUTLEDGE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES VOLUME THE ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE; PLUS THE JOURNALS CHUNG WAI LITERARY QUARTERLY IN CHINA AND REVISTA DE ARQUITECTURA IN SPAIN.