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BROOKLYN CHILDRENS MUSEUM CORP

EIN 11-2495664 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2024
$10,853,707
Expenses 2024
$7,778,602

Program services were 77.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A520
Classification
1000
Street
145 BROOKLYN AVE

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

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATES EXPERIENCES THAT IGNITE CURIOSITY, CELEBRATE IDENTITY & CULTIVATE JOYFUL LEARNING.

  • MAINTENANCE & SECURITY:IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ITS PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MAINTAINS A 125,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES STAFF OVERSEE SAFETY, CLEANLINESS, BUILDING OPERATIONS, AND REPAIRS NECESSARY TO ENSURE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR VISITORS, STAFF, AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. FACILITIES STAFF ARE REPRESENTED BY MUNICIPAL UNION DC 37.

    Expenses $1,808,236

  • EDUCATION:THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 1,100 SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS AND SCHOOL-BASED VISITS. THE MUSEUM ALSO PROVIDED FREE AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMMING FOR APPROXIMATELY 145 CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL BROOKLYN FAMILIES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT CURRICULUM-ALIGNED LEARNING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND CREATIVE EXPLORATION THROUGH HANDS-ON, MUSEUM-BASED EXPERIENCES. A SMALL TEEN ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM SERVED APPROXIMATELY 100 PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YEAR AND WAS CONCLUDED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $1,795,685 · Revenue $525,047

  • EXHIBIT:IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SERVED OVER 275,000 VISITORS THROUGH GENERAL ADMISSIONS AND EXHIBIT-BASED PROGRAMMING. THIS REPRESENTS A MODEST INCREASE FROM APPROXIMATELY 270,000 VISITORS SERVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM APPROXIMATELY 240,000 VISITORS SERVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT EXHIBITS INCLUDE WORLD BROOKLYN, A RECREATED STREET FEATURING CHILD-SIZE REPLICAS OF REAL BROOKLYN STORES; NEIGHBORHOOD NATURE, AN EXPLORATION OF BROOKLYN'S ECOSYSTEMS; COLLECTIONS CENTRAL, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS OBJECTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION THROUGH ROTATING THEMED EXHIBITIONS; TOTALLY TOTS, AN EARLY CHILDHOOD SENSORY LEARNING SPACE; AND COLORLAB, A HANDS-ON ART AND STEM-FOCUSED STUDIO HIGHLIGHTING BLACK ART AND ARTISTS.DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED IN THE WORKS, A TEMPORARY VISITING EXHIBITION CENTERED ON CONSTRUCTION, COLLABORATION, AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, WHERE CHILDREN ENGAGED IN HANDS-ON BUILDING ACTIVITIES USING REAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS IN A SUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO EXHIBIT-BASED EXPERIENCES, THE MUSEUM EXPANDED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, INCLUDING SPECIAL EVENTS CELEBRATING THE MUSEUM'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY, EXTENDED MOVIE SCREENINGS IN THE MUSEUM'S AUDITORIUM, AND THE CONTINUATION OF SEASONAL ARTRINK PROGRAMMING. THESE ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED THE MUSEUM'S MISSION BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE, PLAY-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,040,910 · Revenue $17,500

  • OTHER PROGRAMMATIC FUNCTIONS INCLUDE COLLECTIONS, VISITOR SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT, MEMBERSHIP, MARKETING, AND GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, WHICH COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT THE MUSEUM'S EXEMPT PURPOSE AND CORE OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $1,348,264 · Revenue $1,151,289

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.

  • MICHAEL FRAZIER

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AMANDA NICHOLS

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DARIAN FUTRELL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LAWRENCE KWON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DANA POUWELS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SANAM AKHLAGH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHELLY BANJO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • OLIVIA BASU-LEON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • COREY BAYLOR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PRABHA SIPI BHANDARI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BONNIE CAMPBELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAMISON DIVOLL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ADAM FREED

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CARA S FRIEDLANDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CRISTIN FRODELLA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FREDERIC GOLEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KRISTINA HUNT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HUMAYUN KHALID

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ALLISON MARITZA LASKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARVALEE BASCUS LESLIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TANYA LEVY-ODOM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JUSTIN MOORE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MARTIN MULKEEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TRISTAN NADAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SEAN O'NEAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

The first 25 listed. 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
    $10,853,707
    Expenses
    $7,778,602
    Contributions
    $7,985,698
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,490,491
    Expenses
    $7,193,672
    Contributions
    $5,184,953
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,537,198
    Expenses
    $6,850,283
    Contributions
    $5,344,330
    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
    $6,705,945
    Expenses
    $5,648,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,384,198

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,454,664
    Expenses
    $4,382,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,339,704

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,779,819
    Expenses
    $5,371,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,074,218

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,351,552
    Expenses
    $5,710,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,896,982

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,827,268
    Expenses
    $5,076,742
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,680,845

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,661,263
    Expenses
    $4,948,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,883,724

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

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

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.

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.