Children's Museum of Phoenix | Annual Report 2015

Children’s Museum of Phoenix

annual report 2015 Engaging the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them.

Children’s Museum of Phoenix

annual report 2015

DEAR MUSEUM FRIENDS, Look at all we could do....because of you!

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix welcomed over 325,000 visitors this fiscal year and was designated as one of the top three children’s museums in the nation by the Early Childhood Education Zone. The Museum also provided 50,000 free/reduced admissions to underserved children and families in our community, presented over 500 educational programs, and welcomed nearly 29,000 school children visiting on fields trips.

Board of Directors Chair Becky Lieberman

Vice-Chair Katherine M. Scardello Treasurer Brian Campbell Secretary Kim Covington Rep. Reginald Bolding Katherine Cecala Mark Hillard Angel Jannasch-Pennel, Ph.D. Heidi Jannenga Rick McCartney Scott L. Mitchell Evans O’Brien Sandi Perez, Ph.D. Nick Reed Eileen Sullivan Andrea L. Stone Jenny Holsman Tetreault Stephanie Tribe

Trustees Emeritus Tom Ambrose Sarah Bodney Gretchen Freeman Lisa Handley Terry Hanson Sally Hurwitz, Ph.D. Derrick Johnson Hildy Saizow Gayle Starr Josie Young Chief Executive Officer Kate Wells

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Major support from the APS and Steele Foundations made it possible for us to expand our play experiences by opening our STEM-rich BlockMania! exhibit. In addition: we’ve shepherded new supporters of the Museum through the formation of a high-impact network of emerging leaders known as Playmakers/Young Professionals Network; increased our earned income opportunities with adults-only events; continued our role as a caregiver resource with workshops dedicated to providing caregivers with the tools they need to help their children reach their full potential; and engaged hundreds of families in the WIC program through free memberships to encourage them to visit early and often - maximizing the positive impact the Museum can have on their family’s lives.

In today’s world, playtime is being eliminated from children’s lives. Schools are cutting back or doing away with recess altogether in favor of more didactic learning environments - this in spite of more and more research showing the importance of play in a child’s life. Now, more than ever, children’s museums are playing a vital role in early childhood development. Free form play is how children make sense of their world, build self esteem, test their limits, learn patience and make new friends -- laying the foundation for critical skills that will lead them to become confident, successful adults.

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is a place specifically devoted to the concept of early learning through play.

It is a place made especially for children, with experiences that are driven by what they want to do and how they want to do it -- an empowering place where the child takes the lead, and the adult follows. Ninety percent of a child’s brain develops in the first five years of life; more than 80% in the first three! Therein lies the Museum’s greatest potential for social impact -- reaching young children when their minds and imaginations are most ripe for learning.

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is a strong, healthy, financially responsible organization. And in the year ahead, we will continue to grow and expand with new programs, exhibits, spaces and workshops and by opening up new spaces that support our mission of engaging the minds, muscles, and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them.

While we thank the leadership team of the Museum, our Board of Directors and dedicated staff for their continued commitment to the Museum, none of our accomplishments could have been realized without you -- our supporters. Your investment in the Children’s Museum of Phoenix gives back in multiple ways through benefiting our children and their futures.

We are profoundly grateful.

Kate Wells Chief Executive Office

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Becky Lieberman Chair of the Board of Directors

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Every Child Program | WIC Committed to ensuring that as many children as possible can experience the Museum’s richlearning environment, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix provides 50,000 free or reduced Museum admissions to low-income, at-risk children and their families annually.

In June, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix began a partnership with Adelante Healthcare, to provide eligible WIC (Women, Infants and Children) families so that they can utilize its rich and varied learning experiences. Adelante Healthcare runs the WIC program which is available to Arizona’s pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are at nutritional risk and who are at or below the 185% of the federal poverty guideline.

Museum membership provides programming opportunities that encourage healthy development of a child’s well-being and are offered to WIC members at no cost. Each membership allows free access to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix for the card holder plus seven guests and includes the same benefits as with any other membership sold at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. WIC members remain Museum members as long as they are part of the WIC program.

To date, 1,425 Museum memberships have been given out to WIC members.

Photo Credit Jeff Fuentebella Photography

This free membership program falls under the Museum’s Every Child Program. “The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is committed to providing museum access to our entire community, regardless of their ability to pay,” said Kate Wells, CEO of the Museum. “The WIC program is particularly important because it serves infants and children under the age of five. Being able to provide them free access to the Museum’s learning experiences gives us the opportunity to have the most impact on these children at a critical time in their development.”

The Children’s Museum was thrilled to launch its summer camp program this year! Throughout June and July the Museum was filled with happy campers enjoying four different themed weeks of fun. Campers discovered the everyday heroes among us in Super Hero Adventure camp, explored this great nation in Ready, Set, Road-Trip!, discovered the wonders of water, facts about fire, anything air, and everything earth in Element Explorers and took the stage and explored their inner star power in Hollywood Hall of Fame. In our inaugural summer camp season, we had 194 enthusiastic campers participate! At the end of the camp season, the Museum surveyed camper families to measure outcomes and the feedback was amazing! Here is a small sampling of the praise we received!

My daughter loved both weeks of the camp that she attended--after her first day, she told me she could not wait for the next day so that she could go back. She was that excited and happy every day. We will definitely be back for another session!

My daughter liked camp and the staff so much, that I cancelled other camps and enrolled her in additional weeks at the Children’s Museum.

Camp was the best and all the staff were warm and welcoming.

The kids had a blast! They came home happy, bursting with stories and singing songs!

My child quoted this as the “Best Camp Ever!!” He has been going to other summer camps for the last three years but this was his first summer camp at a children’s museum. He thought this camp was the best with “the most fun ever.”

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Financial Highlights

2015

Cash $884,382 Long Term Debt - Revenue and Support

2014 $340,193 $121,313

$697,632 $223,289

Admissions Membership Contributions Capital Grants Gifts In Kind Earned Income (other) Contributed Income (other)

$1,774,700 $575,721 $459,899 $683,000 $775,563 $377,000 $245,506

$1,574,701 $549,527 $402,131 $50,000 $883,802 $218,975 $299,034

$1,595,178 $569,556 $585,695 $75,000 $1,019,083 $250,609 $358,037

Total Revenue and Support

$4,891,389

$3,978,170

$4,453,158

Expenses: Exhibits and programs Fundraising General and administrative Total expenses

$2,610,160 $1,084,563 $699,262 $4,393,985

Change in Net Assets

$2,800,148 $1,077,669 $733,384 $4,611,201

$3,025,743 $1,066,623 $661,012 $4,753,378

$497,374

($633,031)

($300,220)

Net assets, beginning of year $4,130,235 Net assets, end of year $4,627,609

$4,763,266 $4,130,235

$5,063,486 $4,763,266

FY 2015 Expenses as Percentages of Total Expense

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2013

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FY 2015 Income as Percentages of Total Income

Significant Donations Of Note 2015 Gila River Indian Community

$483,000 Target Corporation

$75,000 Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation $75,000 Arizona Commission on the Arts $60,000 Steele Foundation

$50,000 APS Foundation $50,000

2014

2013

Target Corporation

Arizona Comission on the Arts General Mills Foundation Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation Bank of America PetSmart, Inc.

$ 793,000

Thank you Gila River Indian Community for

CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECT

$

$77,500 $60,000 $40,000 $37,500 $35,000 $30,000

Target Corporation

Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Talking Stick Resort American Airlines

280,000

$

$75,000 $50,000 $40,000 $25,000 $25,000 $23,000 238,000

UPCOMING CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES

Demonstration Kitchen Multi-Purpose Classrooms your investment of $483,000 in the Museum to Collaborative Office Space New & Improved Art Studio fund the creation of a large multi-purpose room for community partnerships and programs. Through Maker Space Water Play Construction Zone this generous gift, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix will continue to grow and thrive with a Community Garden Interactive PublicArt goal of meeting the needs of Arizona’s booming Dramatic Arts Place young child population. and Things We Haven’t Even Imagined Yet!

Photo Credit Jeff Fuentebella Photography

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Volunteers - An Integral Part of the Museum Volunteers are a valuable and integral part of our business. In the past year alone, 700 volunteers contributed a total of 7,181 hours to our Museum. They provided a wide range of support to multiple departments: from serving as staff support at our special events like our Target Free First Friday Nights, Adults-only Play Date, SandFest and our Children’s Museum Gala; to helping our exhibits team keep our exhibits clean through our Adopt-an-Exhibit program and by binding books which are used in our Book Loft and throughout the Museum; to providing administrative support through tasks like cutting, sorting, stamping and collating.

In return, we provide professional development and networking opportunities and a unique and fun way to give back to the children and families in our community.

The Volunteer Program at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix is funded by a generous grant from the American Express Foundation. Thank you American Express Foundation for your support of this valuable Museum program.

Thank you to all of these groups for supporting the Children’s Museum of Phoenix through your volunteer efforts this past year: APS | Wells Fargo | Bank of America | SARRC | American Airlines | Junior League of Phoenix | USAA | Intel | AT&T American Express | Boys and Girls Club | Playmakers | Civitan | Urban Connect Phoenix | Target Phoenix Day School for the Deaf | Boeing | University of Arizona | Arizona State University Do Crew | UnitedHealthcare | PetSmart

Target Volunteers at Target Free First Friday Night

Stacy and Sonny, the therapy dog, volunteer at the Museum every Tuesday!

Planned Giving: Impacting Our Future Making a planned gift helps ensure that the Children’s Museum of Phoenix can meet our goals for current and future generations. Terry Hanson, friend of the Children’s Museum since its infancy, has created a lasting legacy while helping the Children’s Museum of Phoenix by including the Museum in his estate planning. An avid arts supporter, and advocate for early childhood education, Terry is a treasured friend of the Museum who will be remembered for generations to come.

Planned gifts can take many forms, but the most popular are bequests (a gift made through a will), charitable trust, life insurance policy or beneficiary designation in a retirement plan.

With life insurance, donors can select a charity to be the beneficiary of a portion or all of a policy.

To learn more about making a planned gift to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix or to notify us of your future intentions in ensuring that the Museum will be a centerpiece for future generations, please contact: Debbie Paine Director of Development, Children’s Museum of Phoenix 602.648.2743 or dpaine@childmusephx.org

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Terry Hanson

our donors The Children’s Museum of Phoenix gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations and individuals whose gifts have played a major role in supporting our mission of engaging the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them.

Corporations | Foundations Always Dream Foundation American Express Charitable Fund APS APS Foundation, Inc. Arizona Association of Realtors Arizona Commission on the Arts Arizona Coyotes Association for Supportive Child Care Bank of America Corporation Banner Health Systems Cable One Caliente Construction Inc. The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Cardinals Charities Carstens Family Fund Casino Arizona & Talking Stick Resort City of Phoenix CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Company Cox Charities Crescent Crown Distributing, LLC Dairy Council of Arizona/Arizona Milk Producers Delta Dental of Arizona Delta Dental of Arizona Charitable Foundation Dignity Health Feld Entertainment Fennemore Craig, PC HDR Engineering Henry George MacKintosh Foundation Intermix, LLC Kinder Morgan Foundation Margaret T. Morris Foundation National Bank of Arizona NA Orcutt | Winslow Partnership Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Phoenix Suns Charities Salt River Project SmithGroupJJR Southwest Gas Corporation Sprouts Farmers Market Staples Foundation for Learning Target Corporation The Arizona Republic The Boeing Company The James and Mandy Daitch Charitable Fund The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation The Orthopedic Clinic Association The Steele Foundation Thunderbirds Charities TMD & Associates Inc. Truist TruWest Credit Union United Dairymen of Arizona United Healthcare of Arizona USAA Foundation, Inc. Valley Kids Foundation Valley of the Sun United Way Wells Fargo Western Alliance Bancorporation Western Refining Wildflower Bread Company William S. and Ina Levine Foundation The Ellie & Michael Ziegler Fiesta Bowl Center & Museum

Leadership Giving Circles Debbie and Jeff Andrews Mary and Marty Aronson Leah and Andrew Bryans Amber and Brian Campbell Sherry Catlett List reflects gifts received 9.1.14 through 8.31.15.

Katherine and Rick Cecala

Shelley and Jerry Caniglia

Kelly Kaysonepheth

Marisa and Bob Rebeka

Kim Covington and Derrick Grant

Sheila and Thomas Carter

The Keating Group

Joshua Reedy

Stephanie and Todd Douma

Dom Cellitti

Sarah Kelsey

Renee Reiman

Carl and Eunice Feinberg

Jennifer Chamberlain

Camille and Mark Kendrick

Abby and Mason Renfer

Lisa Foreman

Alisa Chatinsky

Kevin Kennedy

Samantha Rice

Terry Hanson

Stephanie Cherny

Amy and Joshua Kenzer

Nancy and William Richardson

Sheri Heitner-Anderson and Ted Anderson

Mili Choi-Nguyen

Donald Keuth

Larissa and Zack Romero

Mark and Julie Hillard

Kristin and Sloan Christensen

Lisa and Ali Khan

Megan and Scott Rose

Heidi and Brad Jannenga

Michelle and Henry Clarke

Jessica Kirkland

Cheri Roseberry

Jennifer and David Johnson

Maria and Brian Cody

David Knight

Kristen and Mike Ross

Shirley and Greg Karnos

Mark Cone

Jennifer and Nick Kolesar

Dr. Kelly Roy

The Keating Group

Victoria Conrad

Terri Konchan

Amanda and Eric Ryan

Joya Kizer Clarke

Beatriz Conti

Barb Kozuh

Ida Crocker-Sabbagh and Marwan

Becky and Dan Lieberman

Susan Cook

Karen Kruse

Elizabeth and James Lincoln

Lin Sue and Sean Cooney

Kari and Llorn Kylo

Hildy Saizow and Richard Ettenson

Mary Beth and Gary Long

Bianca Cords

Leslie Lammers

Angie Salicrup

Herbert and Julie Louis

John Couleur

Sally Lara

Eric Salsbery

Sarah Snell and Eric Meyer

Rhoda and John Couvaras

Jill LaRose

Ann and Peter Scardello

Mike and Tara Moore; Bolt Forward LLC

Matt Cox

Jennifer Leggat

Anne Marie and Tim Schaub

Nicole Liggett and Evans O’Brien

Ryan Crandall

Sheri and Michael Lemmond

Renee and Chris Scherzer

Debra and Herb Paine

Robin and Matt Cusick

Megan and Landon Luchtel

Leah Schindler

Kristy and Tim Roschke

Mandy and James Daitch

Jennifer and Michael Lum Lung

Amanda and Jeremy Schlosser

Katherine and Stephen Scardello

Lisa and Brandon Dale

Stephanie and Jeff Lyon

Barbara and Jeffrey G. Schlein

Nancy and Matt Dana

Heather MacLean Russell and Mark

Farzana and Josh Scofield

Jamie and Gregg Davis

Andrea and Andrew Stone

Tim Debevec

Jenny and Colin Tetreault

Jennifer Delgado and Jonathan Ariza Perez Sapna Marapelly

The Woods Family - Grant and Marlene Woods

Bethany DeMore

Patricia Marshall

& Joe and Nina Woods

Russell Ginny and Michael Maloco

Sabbagh

Jenn Schuknecht Robert Scott Penny Scott Elizabeth and Dennis Scribner Karolina Seminova and Vladimir Semin

Tiffany Di Giancinto

Mark Marsillo

Carrie Severson

Stephanie Viviano and Scott Brenner

Michelle and Ray DiMuro

Bradley Martorana

Jennifer Shaw

Kate and Jeff Wells

JoEllen and Phil Doornbos

Sara Mayer

Laura Sheinin

Susan and Michael Wissink

Marcia and Brad Doran

Rick McCartney

Cindy and Jon Sigona

Gail Zucker

Susan and Frederick Edwards

Tara and Bryan McCay

Max Smith

Elizabeth and James Eells

Debra and Timothy McShane

Morgan and Rodney Smith

Donna Egan

Audrey Menard

Carly Smith Caniglia and Steve

Hayfa Aboukier

Jennifer and Brian Elser

Robert Meyer

Roger Acker

Dale Erquiaga

Anne and Damien Meyer

Alice and Richard Snell

Carol Ackerman

Lisa Evans

Phyllis and Scott Miller

Susan and Rodo Sofranac

Beverly Adams and John Cossins

Melissa Fedock

Sentari Minor

Abby and Charles Spannagel

Amy and Jim Adkins

Anna and Ed Finn

Alessia and Kevin Mogavero

Christina and Eric Spicer

Sara Agne

Megan and Matt Fischer

Debi and Pete Molnar

Jennifer Steele

Sam Alpert

Ronda and Mark Fisk

Murline and Alan Monat

Christy and John Stofko

Alice and Tom Ambrose

Larry Fitzgerald, Jr.

Stephanie Mondloch

Eileen Sullivan

Debbie and Jeff Andrews

Ellen Fong

Minsoo Moon and Wookjin Chun

Mitchell Svor

Laura Antonuccio and Kristopher McKee

Erika Feinberg and Larry Fugleberg

Shari and Sean Morrison

Nick Svor

Meghan Arrigo

Jennifer Fuller

Debbie and Constantine Moschonas

Danny Swancey

Catherine Arvizu

Marisue and Jack Garganta

Dana and Rick Naimark

Kimberly and Edward Sweet

Stephanie and Jonathan Ashman

Linda Gebbia

Kathleen and Barry Nidiffer

Avein and Paul Tafoya

Autumn Bachmann

Sasha and Rodney Glassman

Will Novak

Angela and Ken Tanigawa

Lindsey Baird

Dennis Glauner

Bobbie O’Boyle

Jessica and James Taylor

Shalyn and Adam Baker

Sydney Goldstein

Amy O’Loughlin and Harry Teaford

Anita and Charles Theisen

Linda and James Ballinger

Heather Gray

Aleka and Tim O’Neil

Katie Thomas

Frank Barrios

Lindsay Grizzle and Luke Demler

Farah and Eric Olsen

Alicia Togno

Dorothy and Thomas Bast

Carole Haig

Dina Osinski

Caroline and Kevin Turner

Julie and Luke Bathel

Kim Hartmann

Allison and Essen Otu

Vivian and James Ullman

David Bauer

Christine and John Hatfield

Dawn Pacheco

Lorena Van Assche

Janet Bean

Teresa and James Hennessee

Rose and Harry Papp

Elaina and Gary Verhoff

Debbie Beggs

Kristin and Robert Henry

Dana Paschke

Sioux Vittengl

Amy Benjamin

Becky Hill

Kaitlin Patterson

Mathine Walter

Michele Beyer

Geraldine Hills

Sandi and Jon Perez

Margaret Warner

Lisa Bienstock

Katie and B.J. Ho

Lynda and James Peterman

Suzanne Watts and Adam Webb

Alexis and Chris Boglio

Naoma and Randy Holmes

Sage Dillon and Eric Peterson

George Herbert Webb

John Bomhoff

Brandi and Greg Hunt

Renata Hejduk and Darren Petrucci

Marion and Matthew Wiener

Rita Bostick

Linda and Bill Hunt

Michael and Kristin Pfeifer

Lindsey and Patrick Williams

Shirley and Charles Bowers

Brandy and Ryan Ingram

Suzanne Pfister

Karen and Glenn Williamson

Greta and Justin Brandt

Alexis Janson

Julie and Robert Pierce

Amy and Todd Wimer

Rosita and Roberto Brembilla

Rebecca Johnson

Bobi Seredich Pierson and Roy Pierson

Kristin and Marc Windtberg

Logan Browning

Rachel Johnson

Dawna and Gerald Pitts

Bonnie Gibson and Jeff Winkler

Ashley Bunch

Barb and Rodd Jose

Peter Pizzolongo

Stephanie and Todd Woodhead

Jaime and Kraig Burgess

Kathleen and Allon Kahn

Penny and Richard Post

Adeel Zafar and Lisa Hashem

Cameron and Ben Butler

Natascha and John Karadsheh

Denise Price

Individuals

Caniglia

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blockmania!

camps

PlayDate

children’s museum gala

SandFest

215 N. 7th Street Phoenix, AZ 85034 602.253.0501 ChildrensMuseumOfPhoenix.org The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN #86-0934323.