IOWA CHILDRENS MUSEUM

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A520

Classification

1000

Street

1451 CORAL RIDGE AVE STE 715

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 IOWA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (THE ICM) HAS FIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT INFORMS THE CREATION OF ALL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS. THESE INCLUDE STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH), FINANCIAL LITERACY, SCHOOL READINESS, HEALTHY KIDS AND ARTS & CULTURE. THE ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE INITIATIVES EMBODY BEST PRACTICES OF INFORMAL EDUCATION AND ADVANCE 21ST CENTURY SKILLS. IN FY25, THE MUSEUM SERVED MORE THAN 190,000 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THE MUSEUM'S SPECIFIC COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:25TH ANNIVERSARY AND "POTENTIAL SPACE" EXHIBIT: DURING FY25, THE ICM CELEBRATED ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AT CORAL RIDGE MALL. THE COMMEMORATION OF THIS MILESTONE INCLUDED A GATHERING OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS AT A RIBBON CUTTING FOR A TRAVELING EXHIBIT. "POTENTIAL SPACE" IS A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION CREATED BY CALIFORNIA-BASED ARTIST NANCY RICHARDS FARESE. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES A RANGE OF FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS, BANNERS, FLOOR DECALS AND VINYL WALL ART DEPICTING CHILDREN PLAYING IN MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES. THE EXHIBIT WAS ON DISPLAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS -- MADE AVAILABLE TO REGULAR VISITORS ON A DAILY/WEEKLY BASIS AND TO SPECIAL GUESTS DURING HOSTED GALLERY HOURS. SCHOOL READINESS GRANT AND NEW FESTIVAL: THE ICM COMPLETED ITS MULTI-YEAR SCHOOL READINESS GRANT PROJECT THROUGH THE INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS) AND BOSTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. THIS PROJECT HELPED SOLIDIFY AND ADVANCE THE YEARSLONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND THE CORALVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE FINAL YEAR OF THE GRANT SAW THE ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATING ON A PERMANENT BOOK WALK IN NORTH RIDGE PARK AND THE LAUNCH OF A FAMILY-FOCUSED MUSICAL FESTIVAL CALLED "PLAYING IN THE PARK."COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: DURING FY25, THE ICM CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A STRONG LEADER AND COLLABORATOR -- BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NASA IOWA SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM, LAUNCHING A LIBRARY-BASED "SPACE STATIONS" PROGRAM AND HOSTING A CONSORTIUM SUMMER INTERN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE MUSEUM'S EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AT THE STATEWIDE ARTS CAUCUS, WHILE CONTINUING TO LEAD "ARTS & CULTURE" DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE LOCAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY, GARNERING MORE THAN 450 RESPONSES, LEADING TO A SERIES OF COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS LATER IN THE YEAR. STEM SMART PROGRAMS: STEM SMART ENCOURAGES LITERACY AND HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW CHILDREN TO APPLY AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE WORLD WORKS WITHIN THE AREAS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING FAMILY FREE NIGHTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, THE MUSEUM CONTINUED ITS "STEM IN THE COMMUNITY" PROGRAM WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, WHILE GREATLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICPATING IN THE "TECH TREK DROP-OFF INITIATIVE AND LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW IN-MUSEUM PROGRAM CALLED "AFTERSCHOOL STUDIO."ICM FOR EVERYONE AND ICM2GO: THE MUSEUM CONTINUED WITH A RANGE OF ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 42,000 FREE AND REDUCED MUSEUM ADMISSIONS BEING OFFERED. THE ICM2GO PROGRAM CONNECTS ICM'S "PLAY TO LEARN" MODEL WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ON-LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN IOWA CORRIDOR. MORE THAN 19,000 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, WITH MORE THAN 8,000 LOCAL/REGIONAL STUDENTS COMING TO THE MUSEUM FOR FIELD TRIPS. NEARLY 3,000 FAMILIES HAD MUSEUM MEMBERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MOVE IT! DIG IT! DO IT! AND JACK SPLAT: THESE TWO LARGE-SCALE, FREE, OUTDOOR COMMUNITY EVENTS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ICM A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR, JACK SPLAT WAS HELD IN A DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY PARK AS A MEANS OF INCREASING ACCESS. THE ICM AND VARIOUS PARTNERS INVITE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRING THEIR COMPOSTABLE JACK-O-LANTERNS TO THE PARK, WHERE THEY ARE DROPPED FROM THE FOURTH FLOOR OF A LOCAL PARKING RAMP FOR EVERYONE'S ENJOYMENT. MOVE IT! DIG IT! DO IT! CONTINUED ITS GREAT RUN OF SUCCESS IN FY24 WITH AN ESTIMATED 5,000 PEOPLE GATHERING IN THE MALL PARKING LOT FOR A ONE-OF-A-KIND OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND FAMILY FUN.

  Expenses $1,630,955 · Revenue $1,206,806

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,957,392

  Expenses

  $2,141,681

  Contributions

  $802,080

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,812,328

  Expenses

  $2,109,729

  Contributions

  $718,109

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,045,334

  Expenses

  $2,067,647

  Contributions

  $981,484

  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

  $2,157,682

  Expenses

  $1,596,802

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,932,210

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,241,709

  Expenses

  $1,267,549

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,008,938

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,363,831

  Expenses

  $1,527,755

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,503,140

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,877,918

  Expenses

  $1,838,254

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,016,737

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,866,996

  Expenses

  $1,660,916

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,095,981

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

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $45,818

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $45,585

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GreenState Credit Union

  $31,500

  2024 · Program and Exhibit Support for The ICM 2024-2026

• GreenState Credit Union

  $31,500

  2025 · Program and Exhibit Support for The ICM 2024-2026

• GreenState Credit Union

  $30,000

  2022 · Playing to Learn at The Iowa Children's Museum!

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GreenState Credit Union

  $30,000

  2023 · Playing to Learn at The Iowa Children's Museum!

• DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION

  $21,750

  2024 · THRIVE TOGETHER: MINDFULNESS TRAINING FOR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROVIDERS

• DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION

  $15,700

  2023 · MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROVIDERS

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON

  $14,085

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION.

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

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