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← CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,919,523
Total expenses
$1,338,222
Contributions and grants received
$1,185,504
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$730,293
Investment income
$1,342
Other revenue
$2,384
Total assets, end of year
$12,798,447
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,012,513
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$214,066
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$931,009
Management and general expenses
$291,746
Fundraising expenses
$115,467
Program service expenses (Part III)
$931,009

Program services were 69.6% 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)

    $942,278

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $243,226

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $730,293 · related or exempt $730,293

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,342 · excluded $1,342

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $2,384 · excluded $2,384

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,384

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $113,719 · program services $7,667 · management and general $86,885 · fundraising $19,167

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $232,520 · program services $84,586 · management and general $133,603 · fundraising $14,331

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,647 · program services $26,180 · management and general $18,386 · fundraising $1,081

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,462 · program services $10,726 · management and general $17,133 · fundraising $2,603

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,548 · program services $34,404 · management and general $435 · fundraising $8,709

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,344 · program services $27,922 · management and general $353 · fundraising $7,069

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,171 · program services $19,060 · management and general $45 · fundraising $6,066

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,762 · program services $8,515 · management and general $1,098 · fundraising $2,149

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,985 · program services $20,528 · management and general $260 · fundraising $5,197

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,554 · program services $45,017 · management and general $2,537

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,322 · management and general $2,322

  • 20 · Interest

    total $213,916 · program services $203,023 · management and general $519 · fundraising $10,374

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $349,757 · program services $332,269 · management and general $17,488

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM & FUNDRAISING E

    total $81,468 · program services $43,510 · fundraising $37,958

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUILDING MAINTENANCE AN

    total $55,411 · program services $55,411

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $13,365 · program services $7,083 · management and general $6,282 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $7,625 · program services $5,108 · management and general $1,754 · fundraising $763

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,646 · management and general $2,646

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $60,964 · end of year $168,245

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $92,765 · end of year $630,978

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,988 · end of year $1,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,148 · end of year $16,384

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

    $12,849,039

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

    $867,199

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,276,034 · end of year $11,981,840

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,637 · end of year $38,334

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $106,974 · end of year $131,501

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $12,821,776 · end of year $12,842,678

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$650,860 · end of year -$280,314

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,372 · end of year $66,248

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INSPIRES LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

Activities or mission (Part I)

INSPIRES LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

  • CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE (CMEC) OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2014 AND HAS BECOME A DESTINATION OF LEARNING THROUGH PLAY FOR CHILDREN ZERO TO TEN YEARS OLD AND THEIR GROWN-UPS. PLAY IS NOT ONLY SERIOUS LEARNING BUT ALSO SERIOUS BUSINESS.

    Expenses $931,009 · Revenue $730,293

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KASEY LEMKE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMIE RADABAUGH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JASON MUNZ

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TANNER THOMPSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRANT BEARDSLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JUSTIN HARINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DAVID WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JENNIFER PHILLIPS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KIRSTIN ROSSI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANJELA WONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SHAUGHNESSY MURPHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARA ASCHEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRYAN GERLACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GEOFF ROELANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIKE LEE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,667
    From this org
    $76,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

  • MICHAEL MCHORNEY

    PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $37,051
    From this org
    $37,051
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512339349300536

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