Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF OAK PARK INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $765,916
Total expenses: $753,598
Contributions and grants received: $500,265
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $220,735
Investment income: $18,260
Other revenue: $26,656
Total assets, end of year: $1,247,259
Total liabilities, end of year: $362,628
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $884,631
Program services expenses (Part IX): $531,497
Management and general expenses: $146,957
Fundraising expenses: $75,144
Program service expenses (Part III): $531,497

Program services were 70.5% 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

$133,175
1c · Fundraising events

$107,772
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$166,106
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$93,212
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$7,600
2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSION FEES AND SPA

total $220,735 · related or exempt $220,735
3 · Investment income

total $18,260 · excluded $18,260
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$44,313
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$107,772
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$34,616
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $9,697 · excluded $9,697
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$24,631
10b · Cost of goods sold

$7,699
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $16,932 · related or exempt $16,932
11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

total $27 · related or exempt $27
11e · Other revenue, total

$27

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $448,754 · program services $300,963 · management and general $96,767 · fundraising $51,024
10 · Payroll taxes

total $40,845 · program services $27,966 · management and general $8,284 · fundraising $4,595
11c · Fees: accounting

total $20,251 · management and general $20,251
11g · Fees: other

total $7,546 · program services $5,796 · fundraising $1,750
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $8,990 · program services $8,056 · management and general $22 · fundraising $912
13 · Office expenses

total $33,259 · program services $30,077 · management and general $1,524 · fundraising $1,658
14 · Information technology

total $9,001 · program services $92 · fundraising $8,909
16 · Occupancy

total $25,072 · program services $22,501 · management and general $1,947 · fundraising $624
17 · Travel

total $8,261 · management and general $8,261
20 · Interest

total $12,571 · program services $10,528 · management and general $1,751 · fundraising $292
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $45,220 · program services $42,756 · management and general $1,848 · fundraising $616
23 · Insurance

total $17,406 · program services $15,110 · management and general $1,910 · fundraising $386
24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAX

total $895 · program services $895
24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

total $38,232 · program services $35,880 · management and general $876 · fundraising $1,476
24c · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AN

total $15,016 · program services $11,888 · management and general $3,005 · fundraising $123
24d · Other expenses: TRAINING

total $13,537 · program services $13,138 · management and general $399
24e · All other expenses

total $8,742 · program services $5,851 · management and general $112 · fundraising $2,779

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $177,576 · end of year $131,146
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $390,753 · end of year $552,707
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $116,979 · end of year $21,568
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $20,962 · end of year $41,207
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$1,197,116
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$702,503
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $499,864 · end of year $494,613
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $9,247 · end of year $6,018
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $13,971 · end of year $21,534
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $84,883 · end of year $92,368
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $205,454 · end of year $201,226
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $38,760 · end of year $47,500
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $869,966 · end of year $876,368
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,347 · end of year $8,263

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SPARK CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY IN ALL YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH POSITIVE, PLAY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SPARK CURIOSITY IN ALL CHILDREN THROUGH POSITIVE, PLAY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

WONDER WORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HAS INSTILLED A LIFELONG LOVE OF LEARNING IN ITS VISITORS FOR OVER THREE DECADES. OUR 6,400 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY CONTAINS NINE INTERACTIVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITS WHICH INSPIRE PLAY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE ARTS, MATH, MUSIC, SCIENCE, AND LITERACY THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. FOCUSING ON AGES 0-8 AND THEIR FAMILIES, OUR GOAL IS TO OFFER NOVEL AND INVIGORATING EXPERIENCES THAT SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY TO PROVIDE (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR 2025).

Expenses $531,497 · Revenue $237,694

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

CARRIE SUMMY

CO PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STELLA YOON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STEPHANIE VITALE

CO PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LAILANI WORKMAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LUCIA GIUDICE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LATRICE GARTH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SARA YOUNT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ELIZABETH BEVLY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JERMAL CHANDLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERT STREIT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KYLE RETTBERG

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MEGAN ELLIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LISA KIKER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL MCGARRY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALLISON PRICE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CORINA DAVIS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TRACY PATTON

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: 2025
Filed: 22 July 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.2
Source object: 202622039349301287

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