Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,393,387
- Total expenses
- $6,441,999
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,177,111
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $3,020,991
- Investment income
- $36,460
- Other revenue
- $158,825
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,587,316
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,466,577
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $20,120,739
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,867,498
- Management and general expenses
- $1,432,519
- Fundraising expenses
- $141,982
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,867,498
Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$638,499
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1c · Fundraising events
$2,005
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$757,929
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$778,678
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions
total $2,344,796 · related or exempt $2,344,796
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2b · Program service revenue: Education program fees
total $517,102 · related or exempt $517,102
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2c · Program service revenue: Auxiliary services
total $159,093 · related or exempt $159,093
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3 · Investment income
total $36,460 · excluded $36,460
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6a · Gross rents
real property $22,020
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $908
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $21,112
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $21,112 · excluded $21,112
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$246,405
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$2,005
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$108,692
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $137,713 · excluded $137,713
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $173,415 · program services $34,683 · management and general $69,366 · fundraising $69,366
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,146,337 · program services $1,818,474 · management and general $294,230 · fundraising $33,633
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $96,671 · program services $90,238 · management and general $6,433
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $190,030 · program services $24,261 · management and general $165,145 · fundraising $624
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $164,927 · program services $131,988 · management and general $25,364 · fundraising $7,575
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11a · Fees: management
total $130,000 · management and general $130,000
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $10,075 · management and general $10,075
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $33,077 · management and general $33,077
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $152,171 · program services $140,247 · management and general $11,873 · fundraising $51
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $121,826 · program services $16,550 · management and general $105,276
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13 · Office expenses
total $191,682 · program services $168,495 · management and general $23,187
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14 · Information technology
total $90,920 · program services $2,084 · management and general $84,836 · fundraising $4,000
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15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $289,174 · program services $150,790 · management and general $138,384
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17 · Travel
total $21,764 · program services $21,651 · management and general $56 · fundraising $57
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $54,361 · program services $21,316 · management and general $32,506 · fundraising $539
-
20 · Interest
total $127,411 · program services $127,411
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,805,464 · program services $1,744,358 · management and general $61,106
-
23 · Insurance
total $38,661 · program services $38,661
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24a · Other expenses: Exhibit costs
total $143,980 · program services $143,980
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs Maintenance
total $143,042 · program services $143,042
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24c · Other expenses: Program costs
total $60,533 · program services $39,923 · management and general $18,336 · fundraising $2,274
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24d · Other expenses: Financial service costs
total $100,091 · management and general $100,091
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24e · All other expenses
total $156,387 · program services $9,346 · management and general $123,178 · fundraising $23,863
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $737,479 · end of year $110,375
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $99,851 · end of year $104,154
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,413,994 · end of year $932,106
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $55,643 · end of year $419,554
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $64,118 · end of year $150,844
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$32,870,800
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$17,153,414
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $17,071,152 · end of year $15,717,386
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $465,481 · end of year $889,087
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $5,169,828 · end of year $5,263,810
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $680,560 · end of year $413,735
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $400,635 · end of year $358,988
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $3,412,431 · end of year $2,693,854
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,705,273 · end of year $14,480,142
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,878,647 · end of year $5,640,597
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To inspire all children to explore, innovate, create, and play.
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The Creative Discovery Museum uses proven, evidence-based principles to engage the senses, inspire exploration and ignite childrens passion for learning. While some guests may view a visit to the Museum as merely a fun outing, research has long proven that play is the work of childhood. Through play children gain mental, physical, and social skills necessary to succeed in their adult lives. In 2024 the Museum served over 280,000 individuals through museum visits, educational programs, free and reduced-price admissions and much more.
Expenses $3,144,340
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The Museum achieves its mission first through its permanent exhibition prgram focusing on arts, sciences, early childhood, health, and the environment as well as through traveling exhibits that complement and supplement the education content of its core exhibits. CDM traditionally offers a wide array of education programs within the museum that complement and enhance the exhibits including science theater demonstrations, infant and toddler development classes, home school workshops, summer camps, a teen volunteer program, inclusive activities for children with special needs, art performances and demonstrations, special event days, and walk-in activities. Additionally, CDM supports local schools with a variety of education programs including school tours at the museum, school outreach lessons, and family nights as well as professional development workshops for teachers. In 2024 the museum served over 49,000 students through school
Expenses $1,623,158
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The Museum is committed to being a welcome space for all children and families. The Museum hosts ten free nights per year serving 5,000 individuals. Last year more than 10,000 visitors took advantage of the Museums for All program which allows anyone with an EBT or food stamp card to purchase admission for 5. CDM also provides free admission and partner memberships for a range of non-profit organizations such as Big Brothers, Big Sisters and the Ronald McDonald House. CDM hosts a variety of inclusion programs such as six free sensory-friendly nights per year and the accessible Turquoise Trail Halloween event that engages over 50 volunteers and 200 guests of all abilities. The Museum hosted Club Discovery, an inclusive after-school program designed to provide a framework to explore the world in a safe environment for children with and without special needs, and a Friend Discovery Camp, a summer camp similar to Club Discovery for three weeks
Expenses $100,000
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Tim Sears
President and CEO
- Total calculated
- $194,067
- From this org
- $173,415
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,652
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $173,415
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,652
- Filer's total
- $194,067
-
Taylor Vinson
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Christie Burbank
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Trey White
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Thomas Barnes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Betsy Cake
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mickey Cloud
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lisa Connor
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mario Duarte
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jay Hill
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Bailey Howard
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Patrick Keegan
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Christopher Reneau
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Patrick Stowe
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Caitlin Studer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dori Waller
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Walton
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kristin Watts
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513189349308586
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