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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by KIDSCOMMONS COLUMBUS COMMUNITY CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$433,362
Total expenses
$491,676
Contributions and grants received
$23,504
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$335,377
Investment income
$6,786
Other revenue
$67,695
Total assets, end of year
$3,714,968
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,867
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,696,101
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$392,885
Management and general expenses
$81,379
Fundraising expenses
$17,412
Program service expenses (Part III)
$392,885

Program services were 79.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $23,504

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHI

    total $256,084 · related or exempt $256,084

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $79,293 · related or exempt $79,293

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,786 · excluded $6,786

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $72,409

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $5,476

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $66,933 · excluded $66,933

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $762 · related or exempt $762

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $762

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,460 · program services $59,232 · management and general $20,553 · fundraising $4,675

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $129,526 · program services $90,837 · management and general $31,519 · fundraising $7,170

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,773 · program services $26,491 · management and general $9,191 · fundraising $2,091

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,480 · program services $20,290 · management and general $13,588 · fundraising $1,602

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,739 · program services $8,990 · fundraising $749

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,282 · program services $8,822 · management and general $2,819 · fundraising $641

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,014 · program services $18,312 · management and general $607 · fundraising $95

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,264 · program services $3,264

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $109,822 · program services $108,607 · management and general $1,215

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,405 · program services $8,312 · management and general $93

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAITENANCE

    total $18,640 · program services $18,555 · management and general $85

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $14,461 · program services $14,461

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,910 · program services $4,845 · management and general $1,682 · fundraising $383

  • 24d · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

    total $1,787 · program services $1,787

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $113 · program services $80 · management and general $27 · fundraising $6

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $208,775 · end of year $225,495

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $225,397 · end of year $315,617

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $462 · end of year $2,162

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,817 · end of year $12,331

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,286,546

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,475,974

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,912,894 · end of year $1,810,572

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,263,830 · end of year $1,348,791

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,616 · end of year $18,867

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,553,488 · end of year $3,644,560

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,071 · end of year $51,541

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A FUN, SAFE, AND INVITING PLACE, KIDSCOMMONS NURTURES EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION, AND CREATIVITY WITHIN ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. IT IS A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A WORKING MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA AND OTHER SURROUNDING SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITIES.

  • THE MUSEUM IS DESIGNED TO BE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR WORLD AND COMMUNITY. THE MUSEUM HAD OVER 49,569 CHILDREN AND ADULT VISITORS IN 2023. FREE ADMISSION WAS OFFERED TO APPROXIMATELY 391 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN 2023. THERE WERE 27 SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN 2023, REACHING 859 CHILDREN.

    Expenses $392,885 · Revenue $336,139

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Whitney Hartwell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $84,460
    From this org
    $82,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,460
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erin Hawkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Brinkman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenny Manns

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kim Bennett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Chestnut

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Critzer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Furber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Seaborne

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeremy Pushor

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tyler Nickerson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kiley Broad

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423169349305402

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