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
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$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.