Providence Childrens Museum
Providence Childrens Museum
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of the Providence Children's Museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. The museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on serving the youth of southern New England, ages 1 through 11, and the adults who care for them.
About
Museum learning occurs in the educational exhibits and programs created and presented by the museum. The museum creates and presents interactive exhibits designed to meet the developmental needs of children ages 1 - 11. In 2018 Rhode Island's first and only children's museum celebrated 42 years of adventure, exploration, advocacy, research and community service. Welcomed 160,731 total visits, provided 57,032 free admissions and served a record 12,775 children and caregivers offsite. In 2018, Providence Children's Museum debuted a new digital interactive exhibit in the coming to Rhode Island gallery, and engaged in intensive design, development and prototyping for its new creativity initiative launch in summer 2019. The museum also continued collaboration with Brown University on research centered on children's learning through play.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The mission of the non-profit, as stated in the filing, is “The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on serving the youth of southern new england, ages 1 through 11, and the adults who care for them.”.
When detailing its duties, they were outlined as: “The mission of the providence children's museum is to inspire and celebrate learning through active play and exploration. the museum welcomes children and adults of all ages and backgrounds and from all communities although its focus is on serving the youth of southern new england, ages 1 through 11, and the adults who care for them.”.
- The non-profit is operating legally in the state of RI.
- The non-profit's address for the year 2019 is listed as 100 SOUTH STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02903 in the filing.
- The non-profit's form for the year 2019 reports a total of 98 employees on their payroll.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$302,069.
- The organization has 21 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1975.
- The organization pays $2,165,307 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $193,000 in fundraising expenses.