Funding search · EIN 954087882 · Arlington, VA

Association of Children'S Museums

Name: Association of Children'S Museums grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

45
grants reported: $643,500
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Wow Children'S Museum1 grant · $18,050
Discovery Place1 grant · $18,050
Kids Discovery Station1 grant · $16,550
Fairbanks Children'S Museum1 grant · $16,550
Santa Cruz Children'S Museum of Discovery1 grant · $16,550
Above & Beyond Children'S Museum1 grant · $16,550
Virgin Islands Cm1 grant · $16,550
Zing Zumm Children'S Museum1 grant · $16,550
Cape Cod Children'S Museum1 grant · $16,150
Chesapeake Children'S Museum1 grant · $16,150

Giving over time

$75,000

2021

$181,700

2022

$15,000

2023

$371,800

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$18,050
Discovery Place · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Meowseum participation, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$18,050
Wow Children'S Museum · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Meowseum discovery days, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$16,550
Above & Beyond Children'S Museum · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025, meowseum participation
$16,550
Fairbanks Children'S Museum · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Mvp cohort year 3, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$16,550
Kids Discovery Station · Merced, CA · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025, meowseum discovery days
$16,550
Santa Cruz Children'S Museum of Discovery · Capitola, CA · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025, meowseum discovery days
$16,550
Virgin Islands Cm · St Thomas, VI · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025, meowseum participation
$16,550
Zing Zumm Children'S Museum · Jacksonville, NC · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025, meowseum discovery days
$16,150
Buell Children'S Museum · Pueblo, CO · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025
$16,150
Cape Cod Children'S Museum · Mashpee, MA · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025
$16,150
Chesapeake Children'S Museum · Annapolis, MD · 2024
World wide day of play participation 2025, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$16,150
Children'S Museum of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025
$16,150
Duluth Children'S Museum · Duluth, MN · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025
$16,150
North Country Children'S Museum · Potsdam, NY · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play participation 2025
$15,950
Children'S Museum at Saratoga · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Meowseum discovery days, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,950
Terre Haute Children'S Museum · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Meowseum participation, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,950
Wise Wonders Children'S Museum · Billings, MT · 2024
Meowseum participation, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,900
Kids Discovery Museum · Bainbridge Is, WA · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant & nickelodeon worldwide day of play participation
$15,900
Santa Fe Children'S Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant & nickelodeon worldwide day of play participation
$15,550
Children'S Museum of Illinois · Decatur, IL · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,550
Peoria Playhouse Children'S Museum (County of Peoria) · Peoria, IL · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,550
Wonderfeet Kid'S Museum · Rutland, VT · 2024
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$15,000
Brooklyn Children'S Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Meowseum discovery days
$15,000
Kearney Area Children'S Museum · Kearney, NE · 2023
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Montshire Museum of Science · Norwich, VT · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Treehouse Children'S Museum · Alexandria, LA · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Westchester Children'S Museum · Rye, NY · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Wonder Universe · Christiansburg, VA · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$15,000
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier · Binghamton, NY · 2021
Hosting grant
$15,000
Discovery Museum · Acton, MA · 2021
Hosting grant
$15,000
Fredda Turner Durham Children'S Museum · Midland, TX · 2021
Hosting grant
$15,000
Kidsplay Children'S Museum · Torrington, CT · 2021
Hosting grant
$15,000
Sacramento Children'S Museum · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2021
Hosting grant
$11,400
Spark · Rochester, MN · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant & nickelodeon worldwide day of play participation
$10,750
Amelia Park Children'S Museum · Westfield, MA · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$10,750
Children'S Museum of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant & nickelodeon worldwide day of play participation
$10,500
Adventure Children'S Museum · Eugene, OR · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$10,500
Building for Kids Children'S Museum · Appleton, WI · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$10,500
Children'S Museum of South Dakota · Brookings, SD · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$10,500
Mississippi Children'S Museum · Jackson, MS · 2022
Ffaces hosting grant
$10,000
Boston Children'S Museum · Boston, MA · 2024
Meowseum participation
$7,000
Children'S Creativity Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Meowseum discovery days
$7,000
Discovery Children'S Museum · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Meowseum discovery days
$6,000
Regnier Family Wonderscope Chidlren'S Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Bereavement cohort honorarium, meowseum participation

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.