Public Charity

Childrens Creativity Museum

Childrens Creativity Museum, of San Francisco, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $2.6M in revenue, $2.4M in expenses, $1.9M in total assets. 36 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 943178735 San Francisco, CA Performing Arts NTEE: A60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.6M
Total Expenses$2.4M
Total Assets$1.9M
Grant Records36
Funding Total$2.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The childrens creativity museum (CCM) is a hands-on, multimedia arts and technology museum for children. Its mission is to nurture creativity and collaboration in all children and families. We believe that creative expression, innovation, and critical thinking are core to fostering the next generation.

Where $100 goes at Childrens Creativity Museum

How Childrens Creativity Museum divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$46
Creativity Museum and Creativity Theater:The Childrens Creativity Museum (CCM) was founded originally as Zeum through a downtown San Francisco community redevelopment effort in the 1990s
63% of program spending
$24
Networks and Outreach:CCM works with colleagues at local, state, and national levels to expand opportunities for children and youth typically underrepresented in the arts and sciences
33% of program spending
$2
Historic Carousel:Originally destined for downtown San Francisco in 1906, Yerba Buena's Looff carousel enjoyed nearly six decades as a signature ride at Playland at the Beach along the…
2% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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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.

Sample Grants Received

2024
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS NURTURING CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION IN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
$745,368
2024
TO SUPPORT ART IN MOTION PROGRAMMING
$14,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$13,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,877
2024
MEOWSEUM DISCOVERY DAYS
$7,000

Showing up to 5 of 36 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Alice Ferguson
Director Carol Liu
Executive Director Carol Tang
Director Darlene Lin
Dir of STEM Darrell Porcello
Director Herve Gomez

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$1,705,368 3 grants
General Support
$297,198 17 grants
Arts & Culture
$87,083 8 grants
Education
$50,000 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$30,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.6M $2.4M $1.9M
2024 $3.1M $2.1M $2.0M
2023 $1.9M $2.1M $933K
2022 $1.9M $2.0M $788K
2021 $1.0M $1.1M $910K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.0M to $2.6M (+160%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.9M.

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