CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A560

Classification

1000

Street

8 WILCOX ST STE 1

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 9182), covering 1 subordinate organization. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

• ROARING BROOK NATURE CTR AUXILIARY

  EIN 22-2596568 · CANTON, CT

Mission and programs · 2025

• EDUCATIONAL & ADMISSIONS: THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WEST HARTFORD LOCATION, TEMPORARILY OCCUPIED SPACE AT 180 MOHEGAN DRIVE IN WEST HARTFORD, ENCOURAGED FAMILIES TO DISCOVER AND EXPLORE OUR MULTISENSORY EXHIBITS AND LIVE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. THE MUSEUMS HANDS-ON IMMERSIVE STEAM EXHIBITS PROMOTED EXPLORATION AND INQUIRY BASED LEARNING EPISODES FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN AGES TWO TO AGE 8 WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR CAREGIVERS. HANDSON EXHIBITS FOCUSED ON SCIENCE DISCOVERY CONCEPTS, PALEONTOLOGY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH, ENGINEERING AND NATURE.

  Expenses $1,288,273 · Revenue $427,912

• THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PRESCHOOL PROVIDES A PLAYBASED PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES LEARNING THROUGH EACH CHILD'S NATURAL ACTIVITIES. IT IS LICENSED BY CT OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (OEC) AND ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC). RECOGNIZING THAT CHILDREN HAVE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS AND AREAS FOR GROWTH, CLASSES USE PROVEN TECHNIQUES TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS WHILE MAINTAINING AN AFFIRMING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT. THE PRESCHOOL OFFERS A UNIQUE INTEGRATION OF CURRICULUM WITH RESOURCES FROM THE ONSITE MUSEUM AND REMOTE NATURE CENTER. SUPPORTING CREATIVE PLAY, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARE GOALS OF THE PRESCHOOL'S CREDENTIALED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.

  Expenses $753,641 · Revenue $750,616

• THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY HOUSES OVER 100 ANIMALS, PRIMARILY UNWANTED PETS AND DISPLACED ANIMALS THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD. THE ANIMAL RESOURCES ARE VIEWED BY MUSEUM ATTENDEES ONSITE AND USED EXTENSIVELY TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS THE MUSEUM OFFERS WITHIN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT AND INTO NEIGHBORING STATES. ADDITIONAL STEM TOPICS COVERING PHYSICS, ENGINEERING, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, BIOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S OUTREACH EDUCATION OFFERINGS, BY A TEAM OF INFORMAL EDUCATORS WITH SCIENCE AND EDUCATION EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $314,719 · Revenue $162,144

• ROARING BROOK NATURE CENTER PROVIDES NATURAL HISTORY/ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES. PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUTREACH AND SCHOOL VISITATIONS, AS WELL AS SCOUT, SUMMER, PRESCHOOL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. SERVING AS A RESOURCE TO AREA RESIDENTS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, THE CENTER ANSWERS THOUSANDS OF NATURE RELATED QUESTIONS ANNUALLY. THE CENTER RECEIVES OVER 300 INJURED OR ORPHANED NATIVE ANIMALS EACH YEAR FOR REHABILITATION. THE GOAL IS TO RELEASE ANIMALS BACK INTO THE WILD, HOWEVER, PERMANENTLY INJURED WILDLIFE MAY BE HOUSED AT THE CENTER AND THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A VARIETY OF RAPTORS, SMALL MAMMALS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. ANIMALS ARE USED TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF BEHAVIORS, ADAPTATIONS WITHIN CONNECTICUT FAUNA. THE CENTER MAINTAINS WILDFLOWER TRAILS, A NATIVE PLANT BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND SERVES AS STEWARD FOR FIVE MILES OF TRAILS ON THE ADJACENT 158 ACRE STATE OWNED WERNER'S WOODS PROPERTY.

  Expenses $10,348

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,554,933

  Expenses

  $2,856,160

  Contributions

  $1,098,245

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,534,999

  Expenses

  $2,572,400

  Contributions

  $1,212,637

  Grants paid

  $159,287

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,055,900

  Expenses

  $2,584,650

  Contributions

  $1,881,674

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,561,597

  Expenses

  $2,042,588

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,378,947

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,311,807

  Expenses

  $1,946,356

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,357,178

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,975,118

  Expenses

  $2,020,762

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,198,050

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,928,827

  Expenses

  $2,019,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,257,638

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,490,811

  Expenses

  $1,939,043

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,224,630

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,878,000

  Expenses

  $1,843,232

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,572,447

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,553,174

  Expenses

  $1,819,850

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,307,499

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,656,405

  Expenses

  $2,004,900

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,780,428

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,420,727

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,141,431

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.

Grants made

• Hartford Youth Scholars

  $50,319

  2023 · ctr. for STEAM adv. collaborative

• Hartford Parent University

  $44,926

  2023 · ctr. for STEAM adv. collaborative

• YMCA of Greater Hartford

  $36,822

  2023 · ctr. for STEAM adv. collaborative

• The Legacy Foundation of Hart

  $27,220

  2023 · ctr. for STEAM adv. collaborative

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $128,976

  2023 · CT SUMMER AT THE MUS

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $113,040

  2022 · KIDS FREE SUMMER MUS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $55,853

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION

  $48,821

  2023 · CAPACITY BUILDING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $23,950

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,642

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $15,560

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

  $12,500

  2022 · General support

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $11,025

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• POINT32HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2024 · MATCHING GIFTS

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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