CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF DENVER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A520

Classification

1000

Street

2121 CHILDRENS MUSEUM DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE MUSEUM PROVIDES RICH PLAY EXPERIENCES AND A DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WITH MORE THAN 20 INNOVATIVE EXHIBITS, EVER-CHANGING DAILY PROGRAMS AND EXCITING YEAR-ROUND SPECIAL EVENTS. MUSEUM STAFF ALSO TAKE EXPERIENCES INTO CLASSROOMS THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMMING AND REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS. THESE EXPERIENCES AND PROGRAMS HELP DEVELOP SKILLS CHILDREN NEED IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SUCH AS CRITICAL THINKING AND COLLABORATION. ALL SCHOOL GROUP PROGRAMMING ALIGNS WITH COLORADO ACADEMIC STANDARDS, AND MUSEUM OFFERINGS ARE GUIDED BY THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION FRAMEWORK, HEAD START'S CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LEARNING FRAMEWORK, AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICE. AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS, THE MUSEUM STAYS CURRENT ON BEST PRACTICES TO OFFER ITS GUESTS EXCEPTIONAL INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES. EXAMPLES OF MUSEUM PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS INCLUDE: 1) THE CENTER FOR THE YOUNG CHILD, THE REGION'S ONLY DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPROPRIATE PLAY ENVIRONMENT EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE THREE AND THEIR CAREGIVERS; 2) WATER, A LIVELY, STEM-RICH EXHIBIT THAT INVITES CHILDREN TO EXPERIMENT WITH WATER AND EXPLORE ITS PROPERTIES; 3) THE ART STUDIO, A NEW AREA DEDICATED TO CREATIVE WORKS USING PAINT, CLAY, FOUND MATERIALS AND OTHER MEDIA AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO WORK ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S NEW ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM; 4) OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WHICH ENHANCE CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN AREA CLASSROOMS; AND 5) SCHOOL GROUP FIELD TRIPS, WHICH ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE MUSEUM ON THEIR OWN AND PARTICIPATE IN ON-SITE FACILITATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $7,859,917 · Revenue $5,422,771

• THE EXHIBITS DESIGN TEAM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DENVER AT MARSICO CAMPUS SPECIALIZES IN HELPING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARTICULATE AND CRAFT WORLD-CLASS INTERACTIVE AND INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES. WE PROVIDE EXPERT ADVICE ON THE MANY DECISIONS INVOLVED WITH DESIGNING, FABRICATING, INSTALLING, AND MAINTAINING NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITS.

  Expenses $475,618 · Revenue $611,698

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,509,117

  Expenses

  $10,858,631

  Contributions

  $5,986,483

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,258,355

  Expenses

  $10,428,551

  Contributions

  $2,988,973

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,680,088

  Expenses

  $9,234,319

  Contributions

  $5,971,519

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,418,960

  Expenses

  $6,895,824

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,983,569

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,219,080

  Expenses

  $5,072,918

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,663,465

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,486,801

  Expenses

  $7,433,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,405,143

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,924,451

  Expenses

  $7,832,223

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,174,627

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,477,773

  Expenses

  $7,211,411

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,959,238

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $129,549

  2024 · CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $79,732

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $77,400

  2023 · CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $71,340

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO

  $35,000

  2023 · General Program Suppport

• DAIRY MAX INC

  $35,000

  2024 · SPONSOR OF EXHIBIT

• CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO

  $35,000

  2022 · GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

• DAIRY MAX INC

  $35,000

  2022 · SPONSOR OF EXHIBIT

• DAIRY MAX INC

  $35,000

  2023 · SPONSOR OF EXHIBIT

• CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO

  $35,000

  2024 · General Program Support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files