Public Charity

THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM

Based in SAN DIEGO, CA, THE NEW CHILDRENS MUSEUM operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $4.9M in revenue, $6.0M in expenses, $19.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 39 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $861K.

EIN: 953619583 SAN DIEGO, CA Children's Museums NTEE: A52 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.9M
Total Expenses$6.0M
Total Assets$19.4M
Grant Records39
Funding Total$861K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with contemporary art.The Museums vision is to address a critical need in our society and become a leader in engaging children through contemporary art in order to help develop the skills needed for the 21st century. Its virtual and onsite activities build on research about brain development, play, and engagement with art.

Where $100 goes at The New Childrens Museum

How The New Childrens Museum divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$15 Management running the organization
$11 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$74
The Museum opened in a La Jolla shopping center in 1983 and moved to its current downtown location in 1993
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,700 students; 1,325 attendees; 265 families
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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

CFO Anneka Van Dongen
Director Bill Payne
Secretary Brent Douglas
Director Claudia Amezcua
Director Denise Montgomery
Director Elizabeth Phelps

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$434,434 24 grants
Arts & Culture
$148,229 7 grants
Education
$86,500 1 grant
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$23,525 1 grant
Unspecified
$168,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.9M $6.0M $19.4M
2024 $6.1M $5.9M $20.1M
2023 $5.9M $6.3M $20.1M
2022 $6.6M $6.1M $21.0M
2020 $3.2M $3.6M $20.4M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.2M to $4.9M (+52%), with total assets most recently reported at $19.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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