Public Charity

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX is a Public Charity headquartered in PHOENIX, AZ. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.1M revenue, $5.5M expenses, $17.6M total assets. 34 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 860934323 PHOENIX, AZ Museums NTEE: A50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.1M
Total Expenses$5.5M
Total Assets$17.6M
Grant Records34
Funding Total$1.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX MISSION IS TO ENGAGE THE MINDS, MUSCLES, AND IMAGINATIONS OF CHILDREN AND THE GROWN-UPS WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. WITH A FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN BIRTH TO TEN YEARS, THE MUSEUM PROVIDES HANDS-ON EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.

Where $100 goes at Children's Museum of Phoenix

How Children's Museum of Phoenix divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$8 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$70
The Children'S Museum of Phoenix's mission is to engage the minds, muscles, and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 111,092 visitors; 324 guests; 360,583 visitors
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Allison Otu
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Angel Jannasch-Pennell Phd
COO Betsy Fermon
DIRECTOR Brian Campbell
DIRECTOR Colin Seale
SECRETARY Donna Williams

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$737,862 26 grants
Youth Development
$180,000 3 grants
Education
$35,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$15,250 2 grants
Unspecified
$60,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.1M $5.5M $17.6M
2024 $7.7M $5.4M $13.7M
2023 $6.7M $4.7M $11.3M
2022 $7.3M $3.9M $9.7M
2021 $3.0M $2.1M $6.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.0M to $9.1M (+204%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.6M.

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