THE COLORADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A560

Classification

2000

Street

2001 COLORADO BOULEVARD

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 · 2023

• Exhibits & Digital Media: To advance its mission of igniting our community's passion for nature and science, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science presents a dynamic menu of permanent and temporary exhibits (Apollo, Unseen Oceans, Bugs, Planet Ice and Wild Color), films in the newly renovated Infinity theater, offsite science play areas and awe-inspiring shows in its digital Planetarium. In 2023, the Museum served 2.4 million adults, families, and students, including 1.1 million offsite in the community and virtually.

  Expenses $27,713,991 · Grants $16,375 · Revenue $17,515,249

• Educational Programs & Community Engagement: In 2023, diverse program offerings for people of all ages include exciting science facilitations, lectures, documentary film screenings, school break camps, and family activity programs. Programs included After Hours virtual lectures, in-person facilitated family programs, numerous virtual program offerings, themed celebrations focused on inclusion, Scientists in Action broadcasts from the field, and many more. ExciteEd programs for schools included teacher professional development classes, field trips and overnight stays at the Museum, virtual science labs, summer and school break camps and offsite programs. Our Museum on Wheels: Curiosity Cruiser and the community engagement team connected nearly 29,800 people with nature and science by going to their events and communities.

  Expenses $9,738,487 · Grants $150,000 · Revenue $6,914,552

• Science Division: Museum scientists contribute knowledge about the earth, its inhabitants, and beyond by conducting research across multiple scientific disciplines including anthropology, earth sciences, health sciences, space sciences, and zoology. Staff also manage, curate, and provide access to the Museum's collection of 4.3 million objects and specimens. In 2023, Science Division staff published 37 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters, produced 21 popular books, book chapters, articles, and were cited 1,920 times. During this time, staff also hosted 196 researchers and fielded 253 research requests from the scientific community. The Science Division also engaged in abundant educational outreach by communicating science to almost 45,000 members of the public through courses, events, tours, lectures, and field trips. 6,557 of those guests attended collection open houses or behind-the-scenes tours of the Avenir Collections Center. Science staff supervised 35 interns, hosted 20 Teen Science Scholars, and mentored 15 undergraduate and graduate students. The division's volunteer program continued to rebound following the pandemic and in 2023, 900 volunteers contributed over 104,638 hours.

  Expenses $7,925,870 · Grants $210,665 · Revenue $1,575

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $55,709,331

  Expenses

  $59,642,200

  Contributions

  $29,855,159

  Grants paid

  $377,040

• 2022

  Revenue

  $51,308,274

  Expenses

  $49,100,036

  Contributions

  $29,316,822

  Grants paid

  $378,378

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

  $55,828,700

  Expenses

  $41,793,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,823,512

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $41,393,270

  Expenses

  $51,503,688

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,907,845

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $56,788,653

  Expenses

  $57,316,308

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,497,005

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $63,137,531

  Expenses

  $50,756,370

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,168,717

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $45,373,004

  Expenses

  $44,979,731

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,064,156

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $39,335,666

  Expenses

  $44,944,015

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,266,322

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $45,003,999

  Expenses

  $43,265,131

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,320,571

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,764,113

  Expenses

  $43,185,665

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,738,424

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $45,319,512

  Expenses

  $62,704,314

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,015,575

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

• DMNS FOUNDATION

  $4,631,835

  2023 · $3,075,029 EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS & CAPITAL PURCHASES; $1,556,806 OPERATIONS

• DMNS FOUNDATION

  $3,868,722

  2022 · $2,289,767 EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS, PROGRAMS & CAPITAL PURCHASES; $1,578,955 OPERATIONS

• DENVER FOUNDATION

  $1,094,000

  2024 · NATURAL HISTORY & NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUMS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $899,610

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $275,742

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $222,403

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $141,479

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $110,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION

  $108,243

  2024 · GENERAL PURPOSE, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

  $100,000

  2022 · Research Grant

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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