Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $958,847
- Total expenses
- $1,550,261
- Contributions and grants received
- $280,881
- Grants paid
- $65,911
- Program service revenue
- $650,609
- Investment income
- $7,973
- Other revenue
- $19,384
- Total assets, end of year
- $12,191,841
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,997,053
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$805,212
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,104,456
- Management and general expenses
- $265,891
- Fundraising expenses
- $179,914
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,104,456
Program services were 71.2% 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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1d · Related organizations
$50,000
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$155,341
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$75,540
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2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS
total $257,081 · related or exempt $257,081
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2b · Program service revenue: MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP
total $244,360 · related or exempt $244,360
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2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RENTALS
total $84,189 · related or exempt $84,189
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2d · Program service revenue: MUSEUM PROGRAMS
total $64,979 · related or exempt $64,979
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3 · Investment income
total $7,973 · excluded $7,973
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$30,578
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$14,446
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $16,132 · related or exempt $16,132
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11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REBATES
total $3,252 · excluded $3,252
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11e · Other revenue, total
$3,252
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $65,911 · program services $65,911
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $87,464 · program services $8,746 · management and general $56,852 · fundraising $21,866
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $335,744 · program services $177,406 · management and general $146,498 · fundraising $11,840
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $17,381 · program services $16,512 · management and general $869
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $31,954 · program services $13,832 · management and general $15,545 · fundraising $2,577
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $41,274 · program services $32,607 · management and general $412 · fundraising $8,255
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11g · Fees: other
total $122,713 · program services $26,204 · management and general $332 · fundraising $96,177
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $26,523 · program services $20,172 · management and general $70 · fundraising $6,281
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13 · Office expenses
total $40,568 · program services $21,454 · management and general $14,542 · fundraising $4,572
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14 · Information technology
total $32,028 · program services $25,302 · management and general $320 · fundraising $6,406
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16 · Occupancy
total $60,399 · program services $57,279 · management and general $3,120
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17 · Travel
total $360 · management and general $360
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20 · Interest
total $213,925 · program services $203,032 · management and general $519 · fundraising $10,374
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $353,695 · program services $336,010 · management and general $17,685
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24a · Other expenses: BUILDING MAINTENANCE
total $59,208 · program services $59,208
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24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $25,867 · program services $25,867
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24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN
total $12,466 · program services $8,352 · management and general $2,867 · fundraising $1,247
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $12,382 · program services $6,562 · management and general $5,820
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,399 · management and general $80 · fundraising $10,319
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $168,245 · end of year $72,049
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $630,978 · end of year $445,122
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $16,384 · end of year $25,839
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,869,725
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,220,894
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $11,981,840 · end of year $11,648,831
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $38,334 · end of year $27,081
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $131,501 · end of year $106,391
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $12,842,678 · end of year $12,863,581
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$280,314 · end of year -$848,619
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $66,248 · end of year $43,407
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INSPIRES LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
Activities or mission (Part I)
INSPIRES LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
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CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE (CMEC) OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2014 AND HAS BECOME A DESTINATION OF LEARNING THROUGH PLAY FOR CHILDREN ZERO TO TEN YEARS OLD AND THEIR GROWN-UPS. PLAY IS NOT ONLY SERIOUS LEARNING BUT ALSO SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Expenses $1,104,456 · Grants $65,911 · Revenue $666,741
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Mike LeeMIKE LEE
CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $87,464
- From this org
- $87,464
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60 + 2 related
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Grant BeardsleyGRANT BEARDSLEY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 1 related
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Bryan GerlachBRYAN GERLACH
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kasey LemkeKASEY LEMKE
PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tanner ThompsonTANNER THOMPSON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Kirstin RossiKIRSTIN ROSSI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mara AschemanMARA ASCHEMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Ali BellALI BELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Emilu LarsonEMILU LARSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Berlye MiddletonBERLYE MIDDLETON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jennifer PhillipsJENNIFER PHILLIPS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Geoff RoelantGEOFF ROELANT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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David WardDAVID WARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Anjela WongANJELA WONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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
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PROGRAM SUPPORT
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE FOUNDATION
501(C)(3) · SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE · WI · controlled entity
Directly controlled by MUSEUM
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 26 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202612399349301526
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