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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SAN DIEGO CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,247,620
Total expenses
$2,136,417
Contributions and grants received
$1,631,378
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$581,484
Investment income
$5,270
Other revenue
$29,488
Total assets, end of year
$2,737,987
Total liabilities, end of year
$455,232
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,282,755
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,564,870
Management and general expenses
$264,428
Fundraising expenses
$307,119
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,564,870

Program services were 73.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $165,302

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $380,073

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,086,003

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,319

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $353,998 · related or exempt $353,998

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL ENRICHMENT INCO

    total $76,125 · related or exempt $76,125

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $51,967 · related or exempt $51,967

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BIRTHDAY PARTIES

    total $40,465 · related or exempt $40,465

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SPECIAL PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $35,600 · related or exempt $35,600

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $23,329 · related or exempt $23,329

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,270 · excluded $5,270

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $28,018

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $5,000

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $23,018

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $23,018 · excluded $23,018

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,682

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $8,212

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $6,470 · related or exempt $6,470

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $177,339 · program services $140,883 · management and general $5,898 · fundraising $30,558

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,009,884 · program services $817,362 · management and general $24,068 · fundraising $168,454

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,060 · program services $41,890 · management and general $8,590 · fundraising $10,580

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $101,455 · program services $72,134 · management and general $6,334 · fundraising $22,987

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,400 · program services $862 · management and general $44,614 · fundraising $16,924

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $119,929 · program services $1,657 · management and general $85,746 · fundraising $32,526

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $51,072 · program services $44,338 · management and general $411 · fundraising $6,323

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $66,319 · program services $27,258 · management and general $35,049 · fundraising $4,012

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,455 · program services $17,787 · management and general $4,490 · fundraising $4,178

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $145,688 · program services $128,815 · management and general $14,288 · fundraising $2,585

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,148 · program services $3,094 · fundraising $1,054

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,456 · program services $1,427 · management and general $2,076 · fundraising $2,953

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,319 · management and general $7,319

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $70,669 · program services $69,605 · management and general $851 · fundraising $213

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,870 · management and general $20,870

  • 24a · Other expenses: OUTREACH AND SPECIAL PR

    total $86,225 · program services $86,225

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITS AND MAINTENANC

    total $76,687 · program services $76,687

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $24,163 · program services $21,324 · management and general $710 · fundraising $2,129

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $18,279 · program services $13,522 · management and general $3,114 · fundraising $1,643

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $417,007 · end of year $210,679

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $405,256

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $240,326 · end of year $147,432

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $22,658 · end of year $98,865

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,206 · end of year $1,547

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,042 · end of year $13,976

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

    $2,464,238

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

    $604,006

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,816,414 · end of year $1,860,232

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,118 · end of year $148,184

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $76,983 · end of year $107,048

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $200,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,795,524 · end of year $1,905,020

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $376,028 · end of year $377,735

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM SPARKS A LOVE OF LEARNING SO ALL CHILDREN CAN DISCOVER THEIR WILDEST DREAMS. OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE IS TO BE THE LEADERS IN INVENTIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING. OUR VALUES: WE ASPIRE TO SERVE ALL CORNERS OF SAN DIEGO AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. WE BELIEVE IN LEARNING THROUGH HANDS-ON PLAY. WE BELIEVE IN NURTURING KIND HEARTS AND CURIOUS MINDS. WE BELIEVE IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INCLUSIVE AND OPEN TO ALL.

  • FOR OVER TWO DECADES, SDCDM HAS SHARED OUR MUSEUM SPACE WITH ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, MANY OF WHOM WOULD HAVE LITTLE TO NO ACCESS TO SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES WITHOUT US. THE MUSEUM'S 13,000 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR VITAL GUIDED PLAY AREAS, HANDS-ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES, AND TWICE- DAILY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CREATE AN IDEAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING AND REINFORCING CHILDREN'S EARLY FOUNDATIONAL FLUENCIES AND STEM LEARNING. OUR MOBILE MUSEUM ADDRESSES DISPARITIES OF EQUITABLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BY BRINGING SUPPLEMENTAL ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE. THE PROGRAM BUILDS OVER 50 FOUNDATIONAL FLUENCIES AND HELPS DEVELOP CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE SKILLS, SOCIAL ABILITIES, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING FROM THE EARLIEST CHILDHOOD YEARS WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST. MOBILE WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON STEM AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND ALIGN WITH PRESCHOOL LEARNING FOUNDATIONS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CHILDREN WHO ENGAGE IN HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES LIKE THOSE OFFERED BY SDCDM ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE LONG RUN. SDCDM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AIM TO HELP CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, PREPARE TODDLERS FOR KINDERGARTEN, REMOVE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS, AND IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL PARTICIPATING CHILDREN.OVER THE YEARS, SDCDM HAS COLLECTED TESTIMONIALS, FEEDBACK, AND SURVEYS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHICH CITE THAT OUR FUN, SAFE, AND INCLUSIVE MUSEUM HAS BEEN LIKE A SECOND HOME FOR LOCAL FAMILIES. RESPONDENTS FREQUENTLY MENTION THAT THEY ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR STAFF AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT SDCDM IS HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE, FOCUSED ON COOPERATIVE PLAY, AND CONTRIBUTES TO EARLY SKILLS AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. TEACHERS OFTEN EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR SDCDM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND NOTE THAT WITHOUT US, STUDENTS AT THEIR SCHOOLS WOULD NOT RECEIVE ACCESS TO MUCH-NEEDED STEM RESOURCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.DURING AN ALREADY CHALLENGING TIME WHERE FAMILIES HAVE EVEN FEWER RESOURCES THAN EVER AND ARE AT GREATER RISK OF MARGINALIZATION, SDCDM SEEKS TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND ACCESS BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH HIGH-QUALITY, HANDS-ON EARLY STEM ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCES.THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, THE MUSEUM SERVED OVER 80,843 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ONSITE AND OVER 10,393 CHILDREN THROUGH OUR MOBILE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. WE PROVIDED ACCESS FOR ALL ADMISSIONS OR MEMBERSHIP TO 15,376 PATRONS, HOSTED 46 ONSITE SPECIAL EVENTS, INCLUDING FUN ANIMAL FRIDAY, BABY STORYTIMES, SUMMER SERENADES, NATURE NIGHT AND KPBS KIDS' EVENTS, AND DISTRIBUTED 10,300 STEM ACTIVITY KITS. 2,109,865 PEOPLE WERE REACHED THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS: 1,460,808 THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, 508,526 THROUGH WEBSITE INTERACTIONS, AND 140,531 THROUGH VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING. EIGHT NEW MOBILE AND ONSITE EXHIBITS WERE ADDED INCLUDING MONEY SENSE, TORTOISE HABITAT AND CATERPILLAR COURSE. ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE:-EXPANDED OUR MOBILE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FLEET TO FOUR VEHICLES.-70 NEW AND EXPANDED COMMUNTY PARTNERS INCLUDING UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO, JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AND INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.-HOSTED FIRST EVER STEMPOSIUM WITH 100 EDUCATORS AND THOUGHT LEADERS IN EARLY EDUCATION AND STEM FIELDS-SERVED 1,751 STUDENTS THROUGH ONSITE FIELD TRIPS -DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF SENSORY FRIENDLY MORNINGS OFFERED - OVER 2,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE-GREATLY EXPANDED OUR MOBILE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROGRAM THAT BRINGS CURRICULA-LED STEM AND ART WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITS TO CLASSROOMS AND THE COMMUNITY.-SERVED 5 GRADE LEVELS THROUGH 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PARTNERS: MAAC, ESCONDIDO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, OCEANSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MORE.

    Expenses $1,564,870 · Revenue $587,954

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • AMANDA FISHER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • JESSICA WINCHENBACH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • VALERIE ATTISHA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEVE HERMES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • BRIAN ADKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KIMBERLIE DUNHAM BERGSMA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALISSA HAUSER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEFAN JENSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KUSH KAPILA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBIN KEITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALESSANDRA LEZAMA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STANLEY RODRIGUEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DEBRA ROY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • HEM SURI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KRISHNA KABRA

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $146,957
    From this org
    $124,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,742
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
23 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410549349300146

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