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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WOW CHILDRENS MUSEUM WORLD OF WONDER LTD.

Totals

Total revenue
$785,887
Total expenses
$739,875
Contributions and grants received
$454,754
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$324,376
Investment income
$17
Other revenue
$6,740
Total assets, end of year
$495,308
Total liabilities, end of year
$181,982
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$313,326
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$495,602
Management and general expenses
$132,743
Fundraising expenses
$111,530
Program service expenses (Part III)
$495,602

Program services were 67.0% 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)

    $150,886

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $303,868

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $63,354

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GENERAL ADMISSION

    total $183,299 · related or exempt $183,299

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $73,877 · related or exempt $73,877

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PARTY

    total $30,521 · related or exempt $30,521

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUES

    total $12,568 · related or exempt $12,568

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OUTREACH

    total $11,757 · related or exempt $11,757

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $12,354 · related or exempt $12,354

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17 · excluded $17

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,393

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,453

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,940 · related or exempt $4,940

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,800 · related or exempt $1,800

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $88,000 · program services $52,800 · management and general $16,720 · fundraising $18,480

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $304,105 · program services $183,194 · management and general $57,629 · fundraising $63,282

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,062 · program services $23,437 · management and general $7,422 · fundraising $8,203

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,217 · management and general $9,217

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,504 · program services $2,803 · fundraising $701

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,080 · management and general $5,080

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,248 · management and general $14,248

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,930 · program services $1,930

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,767 · program services $5,767

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $73,773 · program services $73,773

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,756 · program services $4,756

  • 24a · Other expenses: IN KIND RENT EXPENSE

    total $42,000 · program services $42,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: JANITORIAL SERVICE & SUPP

    total $31,224 · program services $31,224

  • 24c · Other expenses: IN KIND DONATION EXPENSE

    total $21,354 · program services $3,909 · management and general $660 · fundraising $16,785

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXHIBITS

    total $12,986 · program services $12,986

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $82,869 · program services $57,023 · management and general $21,767 · fundraising $4,079

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,962 · end of year $365,610

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,250

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,240 · end of year $1,925

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

    $953,951

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

    $827,428

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $189,667 · end of year $126,523

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,207 · end of year $46,273

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,163 · end of year $59,874

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $114,185 · end of year $75,835

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $267,314 · end of year $313,326

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ENGAGES ALL FAMILIES IN EDUCATIONAL, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES THAT CONNECT CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND DISCOVERY.

  • WOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FEATURES EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS TO PLAY, EXPLORE AND LEARN IN A WELCOMING COMMUNITY SETTING. EXHIBITS SUCH AS MICRO U, DISCOVERY GARDEN, THE MARKET AND BANK CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S NATURAL INSTINCTS TO LEARN THROUGH DISCOVERY AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY, AND OFFER DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG LEARNERS. DROP-IN SCIENCE, ART AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS EXPAND ON THE MUSEUM'S EMPHASIS ON CURIOSITY AND COMMUNITY. WITH THEMES SUCH AS KINDERGARTEN READINESS AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE, AFTER-HOURS EVENTS OFFER CAREGIVERS SUPPORT IN WORKING WITH THEIR LITTLE ONES ON ACADEMIC, EMOTIONAL AND LIFE SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $477,760 · Revenue $312,619

  • WOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM BRINGS OUR PLAY-BASED LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES TO COMMUNITY SITES: SCHOOLS, DAYCARES, LIBRARIES AND OTHERS AROUND BOULDER COUNTY, WITH A PRIORITY ON SERVING SITES THAT REACH LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS COMPLEMENT COLORADO ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES EMBEDDED IN THE MUSEUM'S LEARNING FRAMEWORK, WITHOUT NEEDING TO SECURE SOMETIMES CUMBERSOME TRANSPORTATION.

    Expenses $17,842 · Revenue $11,757

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joanna Cagan

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $88,000
    From this org
    $88,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Victoria Johns

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Emily Fearnow

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Lauren Barthen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Andrew Burch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Lynn Andrews

    PROGRAMMING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Peggy Goodbody

    COMMUNITY EN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Mark Meister

    FUNDRAISING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

  • Ben Scarbrough

    FINANCE COMM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.57

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
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333129349304428

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