STAMFORD MUSEUM AND NATURE CENTER INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

2000

Street

39 SCOFIELDTOWN RD

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

• Early Childhood EducationThe Art, Nature & Me Preschool is a State of Connecticut licensed childcare program for children 3-5 years old. The 38-week program provides children with firsthand learning about the natural world through access to the SM&NC site. Ninety-six children participated in Pre-School programs. Attendance during the school year and summer camp sessions resulted in over 19,000 visits throughout the year.

  Expenses $1,071,655 · Revenue $974,631

• Nature EducationSM&NC provides nature education to public and private schools as well as the general community. Programs focus on the environment, astronomy, botany, geology, animal life and Indian lore. The SM&NC site serves as a dynamic teaching tool, with its 80 acres of hardwood forest trails, varied habitats, a working farm, and observatory. Over 30,000 participants shared in these educational programs.

  Expenses $817,732 · Revenue $376,107

• Farm ProgramsThe SM&NC maintains a 16-acre working New England farm that is home to a variety of heritage breed farm animals. Heckscher farm is a tie to New England's agricultural past. This working farm allows visitors a unique look and interaction on the lessons of food production, animal care, and the inner-workings of a farm. Programs include a renowned Junior Curator program, various engaging school programs, summer camp, scout groups, and internships for students who aspire to learn about animal husbandry. Almost every visitor to the SM&NC tours the farm to experience this unique feature and variety of animals. Program attendance was well over 125,000 during the year.

  Expenses $753,519 · Revenue $187,269

• Other ProgramsSM&NC offers a wide range of festivals, art exhibitions and other attractions that complement its educational programming. Enhanced weekend festivals attracted over 7,000 visitors. Museum exhibitions attracted over 17,000 visitors. Visitors also came for the Farm Market, Corporate Volunteer Projects, Family Campouts and Nature's Playground; an outdoor play space constructed of natural materials showcasing crow's nests, slides, and woodland perches. During the year over 200,000 visitors enjoyed the diverse activities at the SM&NC.

  Expenses $1,489,211 · Revenue $308,803

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.

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. 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

  $8,139,707

  Expenses

  $5,139,996

  Contributions

  $5,714,990

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,775,413

  Expenses

  $4,953,111

  Contributions

  $4,781,645

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,011,119

  Expenses

  $4,975,297

  Contributions

  $3,138,233

  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

  $5,227,746

  Expenses

  $4,446,788

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,412,059

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,356,554

  Expenses

  $4,127,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,432,896

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,458,343

  Expenses

  $4,111,259

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,857,773

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,591,487

  Expenses

  $4,090,788

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,923,567

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,420,070

  Expenses

  $3,611,900

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,083,236

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,062,759

  Expenses

  $3,546,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,547,454

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,500,968

  Expenses

  $3,484,860

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,845,038

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,426,456

  Expenses

  $3,430,919

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,976,200

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,095,346

  Expenses

  $3,296,953

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,869,435

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,062,329

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,873,291

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

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $106,744

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $94,600

  2022 · CT CULTURAL FUND OPE

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $76,973

  2022 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $59,269

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• WOMENS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC

  $25,000

  2024 · START-UP GRANT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $22,913

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,710

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $16,800

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $12,515

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• OUR CHANGE FOUNDATION

  $9,810

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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