Selected Financial Data
2008 Revenues & Expenditures
(Dollars in thousands)
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Selected Financial Data Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008

UNRESTRICTED REVENUES
(1)
Revenue Source %
Corporate/Foundation Gifts $373 2.9%
Individual Gifts $831 6.4%
Gifts Designated for Special Purposes $1,288 9.9%
Grants & Contracts - Research $10,020 77.1%
Program and Service Income $312 2.4%
Other Income $174 1.3%
Total Operating Revenues $12,998 100.0%
OPERATING EXPENSES
(2)
Expenditures Expenditure %
Total Research/Science $17,296 80.8%
Administration $2,912 13.6%
Development and Public Relations $1,189 5.6%
Total Expenses from Continuing Operations $21,397 100.0%
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Laboratory Equipment Purchases $575
Greenhouse Expansion Project (3) $3,451
Bridge Park Site Improvements (3) $1,529
Other Capital Expenditures $291
DEPRECIATION EXPENSE
(3)

Depreciation of Fixed Assets $3,198

Notes:
(1) Cash basis and excludes income from investments and
reimbursement for subcontracted research from Grants and Contracts.
(2) Excludes subcontracted research on Grants and Contracts and includes Depreciation Expense.
(3) Funded from restricted gifts and the sale of tax credits issued by the Missouri Development Finance Board.
The Danforth Center currently operates with an annual deficit, drawing from cash reserves created by the founding donors when
the Center was established. The Center’s long term financial plan calls for the operating costs of the Center to be funded from three
primary sources: research grants and contracts, annual gifts from donors, and income from the Center’s endowment. In the short
term, cash reserves are being drawn down in lieu of spending the income from endowment. The Center is currently conducting a
capital fundraising campaign and will begin drawing income from the endowment starting in 2011.
30 2008 Annual Report
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