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CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE DESERT

EIN 33-0233725 RANCHO MIRAGE, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,532,574
Expenses 2024
$1,792,551

Program services were 85.9% 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
71701 GERALD FORD DR

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

THE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT IS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF LEARNING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THE MUSEUM INSPIRES PERSONAL GROWTH BY ENGAGING CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPLORATIONS OF EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS.

  • THE MUSEUM'S PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICE IS TO INSPIRE AND PROMOTE INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY AND SELF-EXPRESSION THROUGH VARIOUS INVENTIVE AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS AT ITS FACILITY IN RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDES DISCOVERY CAMPS, ART AND SCIENCE CAMPS, WORKSHOPS, AND FIELD TRIPS.

    Expenses $1,540,292

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.

  • CINDY BURRESON

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $150,430
    From this org
    $143,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,950
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,480
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $150,430

  • CATHERINE ROBINSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DAVIS MEYER

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KATIE STICE

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0

  • WES OLIPHANT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JAMIE STEINBERG

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ANTHONY HENRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • AMIR AFSAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • LAURA HUNT LITTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ERIKA UNRUH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • RUAIRI M CLERKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MARCO ROSSETTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BLAINE AMIDEI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ANGELA CHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MICHAEL O'KEEFE

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KARINA QUINTANILLA

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0

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
    $1,532,574
    Expenses
    $1,792,551
    Contributions
    $477,237
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $655,021
    Expenses
    $908,768
    Contributions
    $361,938
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $838,468
    Expenses
    $570,660
    Contributions
    $792,546
    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
    $789,579
    Expenses
    $586,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,521,757

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $389,330
    Expenses
    $624,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,877,436

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $969,001
    Expenses
    $1,234,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,053,107

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,045,305
    Expenses
    $1,272,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,842,186

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $915,295
    Expenses
    $1,270,222
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,113,350

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $986,602
    Expenses
    $1,223,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,445,468

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $788,039
    Expenses
    $1,253,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,699,807

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $788,770
    Expenses
    $1,156,451
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,193,415

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $846,991
    Expenses
    $1,120,803
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,543,167

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,052,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,499,992

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

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.