STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A520

Classification

2000

Street

303 WEST AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• CREATIVE CONNECTIONS INC

  EIN 13-3697184

Mission and programs · 2025

• STEPPING STONES IS A PREMIER MULTIDIMENSIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THAT PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL AND MEANINGFUL INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE MUSEUM'S LEARNING PURPOSE IS TO SPARK CHILDREN'S CURIOSITY, IMAGINATION AND INTERESTS BY ENGAGING THEM IN PLAYFUL EXPLORATION OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND SHARED MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY WITH PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND EDUCATORS, EXCITING AND PREPARING THEM FOR AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX, CHANGING AND DIVERSE FUTURE.

  Expenses $8,187,267 · Revenue $5,544,134

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $9,055,331

  Expenses

  $9,890,547

  Contributions

  $3,808,884

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $13,750,464

  Expenses

  $10,734,655

  Contributions

  $8,800,026

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,525,027

  Expenses

  $10,105,038

  Contributions

  $4,540,290

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,485,556

  Expenses

  $8,932,125

  Contributions

  $1,933,526

  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

  $8,372,447

  Expenses

  $6,897,083

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,093,030

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,828,154

  Expenses

  $7,431,775

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,583,872

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,216,257

  Expenses

  $8,473,805

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,038,752

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,154,336

  Expenses

  $8,034,688

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,230,439

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,937,585

  Expenses

  $8,465,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,430,257

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,396,169

  Expenses

  $8,273,758

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,016,117

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,470,291

  Expenses

  $7,618,472

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,445,700

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,223,728

  Expenses

  $7,050,404

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,401,627

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,951,249

  Expenses

  $6,385,138

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,539,628

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,519,575

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,329,762

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

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $192,358

  2023 · CT SUMMER AT THE MUS

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $102,970

  2022 · KIDS FREE SUMMER MUS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $44,200

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $37,445

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $17,500

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $15,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $10,000

  2022 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $10,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $9,500

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $9,500

  2022 · GRANT RECOMMENDED BY DAF AND TO SUPPORT SCHOOL AND GROUP PROGRAMMING

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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