KIDSCOMMONS COLUMBUS COMMUNITY CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC

EIN 35-2033887 COLUMBUS, IN

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Revenue 2024: $534,642
Expenses 2024: $604,653

Program services were 84.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A520
Classification: 2000
Street: 309 WASHINGTON ST

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

A FUN, SAFE, AND INVITING PLACE, KIDSCOMMONS NURTURES EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION, AND CREATIVITY WITHIN ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. IT IS A PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A WORKING MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN COLUMBUS, INDIANA AND OTHER SURROUNDING SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITIES.

THE MUSEUM IS DESIGNED TO BE A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR WORLD AND COMMUNITY. THE MUSEUM HAD OVER 43,412 CHILDREN AND ADULT VISITORS IN 2024. FREE ADMISSION WAS OFFERED TO APPROXIMATELY 1,186 CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN 2024. THERE WERE 38 SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN 2024, REACHING 2,790 CHILDREN. THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERED 151 FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, SERVING 17,566 VISITORS.

Expenses $509,580 · Grants $57,088 · Revenue $328,917

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

Whitney HartwellWHITNEY HARTWELL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$81,744

From this org

$79,363

From related orgs

$0

Other

$2,381

Hours/week

40
Aurora HarveyAURORA HARVEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Eric HeyobERIC HEYOB

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Hannah McCordHANNAH MCCORD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jan BrinkmanJAN BRINKMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jenny MannsJENNY MANNS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Karlene KurtzKARLENE KURTZ

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kelly BakerKELLY BAKER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kim BennettKIM BENNETT

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Matthew RustMATTHEW RUST

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Paul FurberPAUL FURBER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Shawna NetserSHAWNA NETSER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Stephanie SeaborneSTEPHANIE SEABORNE

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jeremy PushorJEREMY PUSHOR

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Tyler NickersonTYLER NICKERSON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Kiley BroadKILEY BROAD

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5

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

$534,642

Expenses

$604,653

Contributions

$151,220

Grants paid

$57,088
2023

Revenue

$433,362

Expenses

$491,676

Contributions

$23,504

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$408,585

Expenses

$458,747

Contributions

$59,237

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$534,642	$604,653	$151,220	$57,088
2023	$433,362	$491,676	$23,504	$0
2022	$408,585	$458,747	$59,237	$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

$405,910

Expenses

$422,342

Assets (EOY)

$3,901,429
2020 · 990

Revenue

$519,108

Expenses

$434,667

Assets (EOY)

$3,871,111
2019 · 990

Revenue

$609,661

Expenses

$532,660

Assets (EOY)

$3,582,915
2018 · 990

Revenue

$437,943

Expenses

$498,381

Assets (EOY)

$3,266,328
2017 · 990

Revenue

$469,823

Expenses

$593,586

Assets (EOY)

$3,415,469
2016 · 990

Revenue

$580,913

Expenses

$600,639

Assets (EOY)

$3,367,611
2015 · 990

Revenue

$519,096

Expenses

$592,646

Assets (EOY)

$3,295,429
2014 · 990

Revenue

$437,371

Expenses

$574,370

Assets (EOY)

$3,398,014
2013 · 990

Revenue

$437,992

Expenses

$544,316

Assets (EOY)

$3,470,121
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$528,186

Assets (EOY)

$3,421,449

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$405,910	$422,342	$3,901,429
2020	990	$519,108	$434,667	$3,871,111
2019	990	$609,661	$532,660	$3,582,915
2018	990	$437,943	$498,381	$3,266,328
2017	990	$469,823	$593,586	$3,415,469
2016	990	$580,913	$600,639	$3,367,611
2015	990	$519,096	$592,646	$3,295,429
2014	990	$437,371	$574,370	$3,398,014
2013	990	$437,992	$544,316	$3,470,121
2012	990	not reported	$528,186	$3,421,449

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

HERITAGE FUND - THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC

$50,000

2024 MATCHING GRANT

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Grants received

HERITAGE FUND OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC

$169,347

2024 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
HERITAGE FUND OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC

$75,395

2023 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
HERITAGE FUND OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC

$70,461

2025 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
HERITAGE FUND OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC

$66,039

2022 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$38,500

2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
VISITORS CENTER INC

$10,500

2025 TO FURTHER THE TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC

$10,000

2025 MUSEUMS FOR ALL

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.