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DULUTH CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC

EIN 41-0718361 DULUTH, MN

Revenue 2024
$631,291
Expenses 2024
$511,823

Program services were 80.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A540
Classification
2000
Street
2125 W SUPERIOR 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

THE DULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE CHILDREN IN HANDS-ON LEARNING THROUGH CREATIVE PLAY AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, HISTORY AND ART THRU INFORMAL PLAY AND PROGRAMS THAT SPARK CURIOSITY AND WONDER. ALSO, THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT OUTREACH TO THEIR CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PROVIDE FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

  • EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH:PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED DAILY AND PROVIDE VISITORS WITH UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE AREAS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, HISTORY, AND ART. MUSEUM STAFF USE A VARIETY OF LEARNING TOOLS AND INCORPORATE MINNESOTA STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS TO TEACH CONCEPTS SUCH AS MAGNETISM AND CHEMICAL REACTION TO DULUTH HISTORY AND WORLD CULTURAL. THE MUSEUM OWNS MANY INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS. MUSEUM STAFF PROVIDE OUTREACH TO NUMEROUS CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH IMPACT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT SUPPLEMENT CLASSROOM LEANING AND YOUTH PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $375,278 · Revenue $64,239

  • MEMBERSHIP, ADMISSION AND GIFT SHOP: THE MUSEUM OPERATES AS AN ATTRACTION WITH OVER 25,000 ANNUAL VISITORS AND 948 ANNUAL MEMBERS. AS AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, A DISCOVERY FOR ALL PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 310 SCHOLARSHIP MEMBERSHIPS TO FAMILIES EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. IN ADDITION, AS A MUSEUM'S FOR ALL AND BLUE STAR MUSEUM PARTNER, LOW COST ADMISSION IS AVAILABLE TO VISITORS WITH A VALID EBT OR ACTIVE MILITARY ID. THE GIFT SHOP PROVIDES MISSION-ORIENTED TOYS AND GAMES OF SALE TO CONTINUE LEARNING AND EXPLORATION AT HOME.

    Expenses $34,200 · Revenue $179,594

  • COLLECTION:UNIQUE TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM CARES FOR AND CURATES EXTENSIVE TEXTILE COLLECTIONS, HUNDREDS OF DOLLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, A CUNEIFORM TABLET FROM 5000BC, AND MANY ITEMS RELEVANT TO THE OJIBWE CULTURE AS WELL AS DULUTH'S EARLY SETTLERS. ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION ARE ROTATED THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S GALLERY SPACES AS WELL AS USED IN CLASSROOM OUTREACH. MANY ITEMS ARE ON LONG TERM LOAN TO THE TWEED MUSEUM, HARTLEY NATURE CENTER AND THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

    Expenses $3,095

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.

  • KATE VAN DAELE

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEE CUTLER

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERICA HENKEL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TEAGAN CASSAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA GOODSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TYRA JARAMILLO-KRAEMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATT OSTBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHAEL ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR NICHOLLE SCHUELKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HANNAH STOKES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DREW JENSEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $77,352
    From this org
    $71,232
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,120
    Hours/week
    10

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
    $631,291
    Expenses
    $511,823
    Contributions
    $378,494
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $495,301
    Expenses
    $393,125
    Contributions
    $283,532
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $445,961
    Expenses
    $577,757
    Contributions
    $306,428
    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
    $691,550
    Expenses
    $442,666
    Assets (EOY)
    $886,313

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $641,933
    Expenses
    $503,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $718,910

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $378,227
    Expenses
    $661,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $611,396

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    -$310,872
    Expenses
    $768,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $653,875

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $609,109
    Expenses
    $688,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,144,036

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $609,109
    Expenses
    $688,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,144,036

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $539,211
    Expenses
    $644,261
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,232,999

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $698,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,419,889

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.

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.