- Revenue 2024
- $808,701
- Expenses 2024
- $655,786
Program services were 73.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A52I
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 902 N 8TH 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
ABOVE & BEYOND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (ABCM) FOSTERS EXPLORATION, IMAGINATION, AND JOY THROUGH IMMERSIVE, PLAY-BASED LEARNING FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - ABCM DELIVERS YEAR-ROUND, PLAY-BASED EDUCATION FOR EARLY LEARNERS AND SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN THROUGH TODDLER TIME, PLAY LABS, IMMERSIVE STORYTIME, CAMPS, FIELD TRIPS, OUTREACH, AND "PLAY IS HEALING" ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. IN 2024, PROGRAMS SERVED 5,000+ YOUNG EXPLORERS, WELCOMED 1,077 FIELD-TRIP LEARNERS, AND ENGAGED 80+ FAMILIES IN "MAKE MUSIC WITH ME,- AND CREATED CONNECTIONS TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMING EXHIBITS, ACCESS, AND MUSEUM OPERATIONS ABCM DESIGNS, MAINTAINS, AND OPERATES HANDS-ON EXHIBITS AND INCLUSIVE PLAY SPACES THAT ANCHOR LEARNING THROUGH DISCOVERY. 2024 BROUGHT NEW/EXPANDED EXHIBITS-SUNSHINE PINSCREEN, PEGBOARD PLAY, TREE HOUSE, WONDER WORKSHOP, AND RHYTHMS & RAINBOWS-AND SUSTAINED COMMUNITY ACCESS INCLUDING 55,439 ON- SITE VISITORS AND 10,000+ USERS OF THE OUTDOOR PURPLE OCTOPUS PLAYGROUND. THIS WORK ALSO INCLUDES FACILITY UPKEEP AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT KEEP THE MUSEUM SAFE, WELCOMING, AND EDUCATIONAL. ACCESS & INCLUSION INITIATIVES (MUSEUMS FOR ALL; COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS) - PROGRAM EXPENSE: INCLUDED IN PROGRAM AND EXHIBIT TOTALS TO REDUCE COST BARRIERS AND BROADEN REACH, ABCM PARTICIPATES IN MUSEUMS FOR ALL, OFFERING REDUCED ADMISSION FOR FAMILIES WITH EBT/WIC/MEDICAID; ~35% OF MEMBERS QUALIFY. ABCM ALSO COORDINATED 100+ COLLABORATIONS WITH SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, HEALTH AND FAMILY-SERVICE AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO EXTEND ACCESS, MENTAL-HEALTH SUPPORTS, LITERACY, AND CULTURAL LEARNING. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, ABCM'S COLLAB CLUB SERVED OVER 300 KIDS ACROSS 10 SITES IN 2024.
Expenses $482,849 · Revenue $196,982
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.
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Catherine TinkerCATHERINE TINKER
EXEC. DIR. A
- Total calculated
- $53,365
- From this org
- $53,365
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jaqueline ErdmanJAQUELINE ERDMAN
EXEC. DIR. T
- Total calculated
- $12,654
- From this org
- $12,654
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Anne BlankeANNE BLANKE
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathryn DinolfoKATHRYN DINOLFO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathleen EatonKATHLEEN EATON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stacy GantnerSTACY GANTNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carrie GreenCARRIE GREEN
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Herb HumkeHERB HUMKE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris KennedyCHRIS KENNEDY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dana KrepskyDANA KREPSKY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kim LapointKIM LAPOINT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathryn LilyKATHRYN LILY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian O'LaughlinBRIAN O'LAUGHLIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Zach PethanZACH PETHAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim SaegerTIM SAEGER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael TietjenMICHAEL TIETJEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Todd WagnerTODD WAGNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- $808,701
- Expenses
- $655,786
- Contributions
- $592,117
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $611,100
- Expenses
- $585,526
- Contributions
- $328,381
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $645,539
- Expenses
- $433,052
- Contributions
- $467,751
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $643,527
- Expenses
- $296,976
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,409,849
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $268,782
- Expenses
- $295,835
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,049,900
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $459,905
- Expenses
- $437,288
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,089,925
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $394,422
- Expenses
- $357,417
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,084,023
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $345,802
- Expenses
- $309,929
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,870,003
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $256,298
- Expenses
- $278,353
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,864,679
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $554,232
- Expenses
- $281,983
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,881,956
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $226,753
- Expenses
- $266,981
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,756,922
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $253,862
- Expenses
- $244,288
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,819,664
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $252,602
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,821,848
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
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$125,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
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2023 Dual membership partnership with the Children's Museum Fond du lac
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 Dual membership program
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2024 SIMONS FOUNDATION MATH LITERACY COHORT PARTICIPATION, WORLD WIDE DAY OF PLAY PARTICIPATION 2025, MEOWSEUM PARTICIPATION
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2025 CARE AND SHARE VET CLINIC
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 GENERAL
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.