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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HABITOT CHILDRENS MUSEUM.

Totals

Total revenue
$363,643
Total expenses
$361,457
Contributions and grants received
$234,319
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$126,703
Investment income
$2,621
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$448,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,680
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$438,311
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$244,952
Management and general expenses
$61,085
Fundraising expenses
$55,420
Program service expenses (Part III)
$244,952

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $142,544

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $91,775

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Admissions

    total $109,638 · related or exempt $109,638

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Fees for service

    total $12,964 · related or exempt $12,964

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Rentals

    total $4,101 · related or exempt $4,101

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,621 · excluded $2,621

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,880 · program services $7,440 · management and general $3,720 · fundraising $3,720

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $212,912 · program services $142,583 · management and general $29,608 · fundraising $40,721

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,848 · program services $3,162 · management and general $397 · fundraising $1,289

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,110 · program services $14,303 · management and general $3,227 · fundraising $3,580

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,750 · management and general $3,750

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,724 · program services $37,859 · management and general $1,615 · fundraising $1,250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,155 · program services $2,349 · management and general $494 · fundraising $1,312

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,310 · program services $28,788 · management and general $9,213 · fundraising $3,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,372 · program services $5,372

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,222 · program services $2,819 · management and general $300 · fundraising $103

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,761 · management and general $1,761

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,413 · program services $277 · management and general $7,000 · fundraising $136

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $274,837 · end of year $278,827

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $152,817 · end of year $155,438

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,574 · end of year $1,574

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $1,500

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

    $196,435

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

    $188,983

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,213 · end of year $7,452

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,200 · end of year $4,200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,016 · end of year $10,680

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $286,125 · end of year $288,311

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Habitots mission is to provide art and play-based experiences for young children that are safe, appropriate and enriching that help them learn and grow and to support parents and caregivers in raising curious, creative and confident children.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Habitot offers hands-on exhibits and learning experiences for young children and their families. Along with outreach and inclusion programs for the most vulnerable, Habitot has welcomed over 1.5 million visitors since 1998 and influenced generations of children and parents in raising curious, creative and confident children.

  • Temporary Museum Installation - Habitot opened a temporary space on Bay Street, Emeryville from January to December, presenting the Space Station Experience, an immersive rocket ship and mission control exhibit with embedded STEM play and learning activities through May, and the Little Town exhibit with a Firehouse, Fire Engine, and interactive burning house, a pretend play Grocery Store and Pizzeria from June to December. An expanded Infant-toddler area, Wiggle Wall climber, train table, chalk wall, Art Studio and Maker Lab were available as well. Open four days a week to the public, with after hours programs like Parents Night Out drop-offs, preschool field trips, STEM classes, and birthday party rentals, the museum welcomed over 16,700 adults and children in 2024.

    Expenses $154,883 · Revenue $113,739

  • Mobile Museum Tour - Habitot continued its Mobile Museum Tour with 9 full-day pop-up events in 6 cities in outdoor community parks, libraries, schools, and other venues across the East Bay. The most popular exhibits were presented along with art and maker stations facilitated by art and education staff. Exhibits include the Waterworks water play and discovery exhibit; Imagination Playground Blue Building Blocks; Paintable Wall; Magnetic Ball Wall; Baby Ball Pit and stations for art and maker stations. A sliding scale of $1-40 per family makes the events accessible to a wide range of projects. The Tour supported post-pandemic re-engagement of families and children in social situations, while also strengthening parent-child bonding. Additional free Arts & Crafts Days took place in Emeryville and Berkeley. Almost 2,300 parents and children attended 2024 events.

    Expenses $83,145 · Revenue $10,000

  • Birthday Parties for Unhoused Children - Prior to the pandemic, Habitot welcomed dozens of children and families living in family shelters for their childrens birthday party at the museum, with Habitot providing a gift for the birthday child, food, drinks, a cake, and party to family shelters. This year, Habitot was able to reinstate its all-inclusive birthday parties for children experiencing homelessness in the Emeryville space. These parties included two hours of museum time for the birthday child and their guests, pizza, beverages, a personalized birthday cake, party favors for attending children and a hand-selected $25 gift for the birthday child.

    Expenses $6,924

  • Habitot-at-Home and Kit-based Programs for Families - Habitot continued distribution of its STEM, art, and play-based learning kits created during the pandemic for at-home use. The kits were available for purchase and grants covered the cost of some kits distributed to low income and special needs families. Staff-led, how-to videos available through the YouTube channel were made available to guide parents in facilitating kit activities with their children, especially how to foster childrens learning of math and science concepts, language, and problem solving. In addition, Totmail e-newsletters containing instructions for art and STEM at-home activities were delivered to 4,000 households weekly with a high open rate of 30-40%.

    Revenue $2,964

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gina Moreland

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $14,880
    From this org
    $14,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Veronica Ortega

    President/Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Paul Armano

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maya Melczer Greenfield

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Wendy Muse Sinek

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Phillips

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sundar Subramanian

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531339349307798

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