Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by SANTA CRUZ CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 29 January 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $447,186
- Total expenses
- $480,154
- Contributions and grants received
- $217,816
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $217,206
- Investment income
- $7,984
- Other revenue
- $4,180
- Total assets, end of year
- $410,172
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,670
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $401,502
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $390,293
- Management and general expenses
- $69,112
- Fundraising expenses
- $20,749
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $390,293
Program services were 81.3% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$98,360
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1c · Fundraising events
$38,473
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$80,983
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2a · Program service revenue: Fundraising Revenue
total $56,122 · related or exempt $56,122
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2b · Program service revenue: Program Services
total $161,084 · related or exempt $161,084
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3 · Investment income
total $7,984 · related or exempt $7,984
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$38,473
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$5,218
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$1,038
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $4,180 · related or exempt $4,180
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $254,418 · program services $190,423 · management and general $63,995
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $9,036 · program services $9,036
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,916 · program services $15,799 · management and general $5,117
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $700 · program services $700
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $180 · program services $180
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,912 · program services $5,912
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13 · Office expenses
total $24,964 · program services $24,964
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14 · Information technology
total $4,450 · program services $4,450
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $66,235 · program services $66,235
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17 · Travel
total $402 · program services $402
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $7,878 · program services $7,878
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23 · Insurance
total $6,392 · program services $6,392
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24a · Other expenses: Exhibit expenses
total $29,380 · program services $29,380
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24b · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenditures
total $20,749 · fundraising $20,749
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24c · Other expenses: Program Supplies
total $12,115 · program services $12,115
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24d · Other expenses: Cleaning
total $8,000 · program services $8,000
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,427 · program services $8,427
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $90,820 · end of year $38,453
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $301,136 · end of year $311,159
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $13,525
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $11,456 · end of year $11,456
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $617 · end of year $2,031
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$118,113
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$84,565
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $41,426 · end of year $33,548
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $10,985 · end of year $8,668
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $2
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $434,470 · end of year $401,502
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The mission of the Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery is to delight, inspire and challange by providing an exciting and interactive learning environment in which children and their adults can explore the wonders of Santa Cruz County
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Education
Expenses $390,293
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Seth Reder
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Emily Jacobson
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Brian Scholz
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Vickie Boriack
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Ross Johnston
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Jessica Matsumori
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Jim Felch
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513169349304016
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