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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE DESERT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,532,574
Total expenses
$1,792,551
Contributions and grants received
$477,237
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,016,622
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$38,715
Total assets, end of year
$6,024,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,114,176
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,910,607
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,540,292
Management and general expenses
$196,308
Fundraising expenses
$55,951
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,540,292

Program services were 85.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,358

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $95,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $369,879

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION

    total $856,837 · related or exempt $856,837

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER - PROGRAM

    total $105,443 · related or exempt $105,443

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GIFT SHOP

    total $54,342 · related or exempt $54,342

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $32,507

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $32,507

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $32,507 · excluded $32,507

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,892

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $12,358

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,067

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,825

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $383 · related or exempt $383

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $383

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,500 · program services $101,460 · management and general $24,030 · fundraising $8,010

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $623,352 · program services $473,747 · management and general $112,204 · fundraising $37,401

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,325 · program services $30,647 · management and general $7,258 · fundraising $2,420

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,106 · program services $47,201 · management and general $11,179 · fundraising $3,726

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,400 · program services $1,700 · management and general $1,700

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,613 · program services $8,613

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,429 · program services $28,299 · management and general $1,217 · fundraising $913

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $248,498 · program services $238,558 · management and general $9,940

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,414 · program services $9,998 · management and general $416

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,704 · program services $3,556 · management and general $148

  • 20 · Interest

    total $107,472 · program services $99,949 · management and general $4,299 · fundraising $3,224

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $337,500 · program services $324,000 · management and general $13,500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,268 · program services $17,537 · management and general $731

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK/CREDIT CARD/INVEST

    total $35,405 · program services $35,405

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $32,527 · program services $32,527

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $28,367 · program services $28,367

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $27,720 · program services $27,720

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,951 · program services $31,008 · management and general $9,686 · fundraising $257

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $238,005 · end of year $207,436

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $52,152 · end of year $124,404

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,094 · end of year $1,829

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $57,331 · end of year $13,403

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

    $12,094,958

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

    $6,665,840

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,520,525 · end of year $5,429,118

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $241,162 · end of year $248,593

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,336 · end of year $36,047

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $56,848 · end of year $36,063

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,783,981 · end of year $2,042,066

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,234,104 · end of year $3,850,607

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $60,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT IS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THE MUSEUM INSPIRES PERSONAL GROWTH BY ENGAGING CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPLORATIONS OF EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS.

  • THE MUSEUM'S PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICE IS TO INSPIRE AND PROMOTE INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND SELF-EXPRESSION THROUGH VARIOUS INVENTIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS AT ITS FACILITY IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDES DISCOVERY CAMPS, ART AND SCIENCE CAMPS, WORKSHOPS, AND FIELD TRIPS.

    Expenses $1,540,292

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cindy Burreson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,430
    From this org
    $143,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,950
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $150,430

  • Catherine Robinson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Davis Meyer

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Katie Stice

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Wes Oliphant

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jamie Steinberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Anthony Henry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Amir Afsar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Laura Hunt Little

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Erika Unruh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Ruairi M Clerkin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Marco Rossetti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Blaine Amidei

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Angela Chen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Michael O'Keefe

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Karina Quintanilla

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0

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

None.

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
8 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202621319349302877

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