Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← KIDSCOMMONS COLUMBUS COMMUNITY CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KIDSCOMMONS COLUMBUS COMMUNITY CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$534,642
Total expenses
$604,653
Contributions and grants received
$151,220
Grants paid
$57,088
Program service revenue
$327,570
Investment income
$18,738
Other revenue
$37,114
Total assets, end of year
$3,850,294
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,178
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,826,116
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$509,580
Management and general expenses
$76,933
Fundraising expenses
$18,140
Program service expenses (Part III)
$509,580

Program services were 84.3% 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

    $151,220

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHI

    total $243,875 · related or exempt $243,875

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $83,695 · related or exempt $83,695

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,738 · excluded $18,738

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $49,562

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $13,795

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $35,767 · excluded $35,767

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $1,347 · related or exempt $1,347

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,347

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $57,088 · program services $57,088

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,744 · program services $61,324 · management and general $16,303 · fundraising $4,117

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $167,179 · program services $125,417 · management and general $33,342 · fundraising $8,420

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,439 · program services $30,338 · management and general $8,065 · fundraising $2,036

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,916 · program services $25,658 · management and general $13,536 · fundraising $1,722

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,603 · program services $6,956 · fundraising $647

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,338 · program services $10,006 · management and general $2,660 · fundraising $672

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,851 · program services $18,238 · management and general $512 · fundraising $101

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,689 · program services $8,689

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $110,349 · program services $109,620 · management and general $729

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,393 · program services $8,338 · management and general $55

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $22,116 · program services $22,066 · management and general $50

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

    total $13,466 · program services $13,466

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,166 · program services $6,126 · management and general $1,629 · fundraising $411

  • 24d · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

    total $6,064 · program services $6,064

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $252 · program services $186 · management and general $52 · fundraising $14

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $225,495 · end of year $226,967

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $315,617 · end of year $340,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,162 · end of year $3,883

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,331 · end of year $3,243

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

    $4,381,978

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

    $2,586,323

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,810,572 · end of year $1,795,655

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,348,791 · end of year $1,480,469

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,867 · end of year $24,178

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,644,560 · end of year $3,789,373

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $51,541 · end of year $36,743

Mission and programs · 2024

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 43,412 CHILDREN AND ADULT VISITORS IN 2024. FREE ADMISSION WAS OFFERED TO APPROXIMATELY 1,186 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN 2024. THERE WERE 38 SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN 2024, REACHING 2,790 CHILDREN. THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERED 151 FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SERVING 17,566 VISITORS.

    Expenses $509,580 · Grants $57,088 · Revenue $328,917

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Whitney Hartwell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,744
    From this org
    $79,363
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,381
    Hours/week
    40

  • Aurora Harvey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Heyob

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hannah McCord

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan Brinkman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenny Manns

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karlene Kurtz

    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

  • Matthew Rust

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Furber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shawna Netser

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349308797

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.