2023 Community Report
cmt | ov by the numbers
financial information Revenues & Support
• • • • • • •
187,783 total visitors
11,634
visitors on free or reduced admission days with
42%
of those visitors from underserved ZIP codes*
Contributions & Event Revenues (27%)
811,936
Admissions (19%)
568,528
Public Support (9%)
274,844
Program Revenues (8%)
225,332
In kind, Interest & Misc. (7%)
222,623
Memberships (7%)
224,573
Capital Campaign Contributions (23%)
674,135
Total Income
3,001,971
revenues & support
23%
1,827
member families
19%
7% 7%
9,926 visitors taking part in school tours and group visits
8,276
people reached through school and community outreach
5,601 8,859
visitors receiving discounted admission through Museums forAll
children from Title I schools provided scholarships for tours and outreach
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8%
9%
Functional Expenses
• • • •
Programs and Exhibits (74%) 2,066,488 Fundraising (13%)
357,826
Management and General (8%) 223,473 Other Costs, Events (5%)
Total Expenses
135,439 2,783,226
Change in Net Assets*
expenses 5%
8%
13% *as determined by ESRI
27%
*Earnings after depreciation
218,745
74%
A collaboration during Summer 2022 was the building block for Children’s Museum Oro Valley’s permanent move to Tohono Chul.
CMOV@Tohono Chul
With support from the Town of Oro Valley, CMOV at Tohono Chul opened in January 2023 – a rousing success from day one. This collaboration not only gives CMOV a fresh, nature-based focus, but it was a boon for Tohono Chul as well. With an influx of families and children, Tohono Chul saw a 35% increase in visitors during the first six months, and a 10-fold increase in visitors younger than 5. The programs at CMOV at Tohono Chul help connect young visitors with the natural world around them, with 6,000 square feet of outdoor exhibits, including a clay studio, mud kitchen, outdoor painting area and fairy garden.
24,392 visitors to CMOV at Tohono Chul in its first six months, more than double the number of CMOV visitors in the previous six months Annual attendance to both museums surpassed pre-COVID numbers, reaching more than 187,000 in attendance. 2023 Community Report
FY 2023 highlights
Ì Received a pivotal award
from the Halle Foundation to relaunch the free afterschool I Am A Scientist! STEAM program for the 2023-24 school year.
Ì Collaborated with University of
Arizona College of Humanities to launch Cuentacuentos, an arts series teaching children about diverse cultures through rich storytelling traditions, visual arts, and hands-on activities.
Ì Participated in Cambio, a
yearlong fellowship for STEAM in Hispanic communities, and introduced a “Science in Your Backyard” rotating exhibit to highlight local, nontraditional scientists in our community.
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FY 2023 highlights
Ì Began offering free admission
for our bilingual Discovery Nights program, resulting in growth in attendance and demographic diversity.
Ì Continued the expansion of
our outdoor area with the introducation of Rooted Heritage Garden. This inclusive outdoor space celebrates our Sonoran Desert, through hands-on, interactive learning experiences rooted in creativity and culture.
Ì Expanded Spanish programming, expanded bilingual marketing, and hired more bilingual staff.
2023 Community Report
we bought a building Children’s Museum Tucson | Oro Valley took the first step in a planned, multiyear expansion project when we purchased the neighboring building at 130 S. Scott Ave. The building sits just to the northwest from the Museum’s current downtown location in the historic Carnegie Library. This new building will allow the the Museum to relocate its administrative offices and expand its
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education and event space, making room for more afterschool programs, birthday parties and field trips at the Museum. The $15 million capital project allows the Museum to expand while remaining an anchor destination in Downtown Tucson for families. The decision to remain downtown while expanding led to unprecedented support from Rio Nuevo for the building purchase.
we’re planning to grow
With generous support from the Tucson Foundations, renovation on the new building is expected to be completed in 2024. The administrative space in the Museum will then be renovated to become 6,000 square feet of new exhibits plus a new entrance, gift shop and cafe. Current exhibit space will be updated throughout the Museum. Finally, an outdoor Science Garden will be added, creating an exciting new campus.
A new entrance on the north side of the museum will tie two buildings together in an expanded campus. Architectural elements highlight the connection between the buildings.
The new entrance includes dedicated gift shop and cafe spaces, offering a better experience for visitors and increasing the museum’s potential for earned revenue. 2023 Community Report
investors $50,000 & up Arizona Complete Health Armstrong McDonald Foundation Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Ruth McCormick Tankersley Charitable Trust Town of Oro Valley $20,000 - $49,999 Arizona Commission on the Arts Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Inc. City of Tucson Edna Gray Pima County William and Mary Ross Foundation TMC HealthCare Tucson Electric Power United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona $10,000 - $19,999 Association of Science-Technology Centers AZ Humanities Citi Cox Communications Delta Dental Foundation Encompass Health First Things First Fred and Christine Armstrong Foundation Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Geico Kinder Morgan Foundation Joseph Stanley Leeds Foundation Pascua Yaqui Tribe Chuck Pettis Southwestern Foundation for Education & Historic Preservation James C. Stewart Charitable Foundation Sundt Companies. Inc. $5,000 - $9,999 Alliance Bank of Arizona Arizona Community Foundation Cambio Cardinals Charities Cigna Country Fair White Elephant Children's Museum Tucson | Oro Valley
investors Desert Valley Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics Connie Hillman Family Foundation HSL Properties Southwest Energy, LLC Stone Canyon Community Foundation Tucson Unified School District Union Pacific Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation $1,000 - $4,999
Walmart 2922 Walmart 3379 Walmart 6692 (Sam's Club) Walmart Stores Inc Waste Management $500 - $999 Bookmans Cody and Ava Clare Cassidy Adam and Victoria Foard Lisa Frank Mike and Alison Hernandez Ironcraft, LLC Carlotta Larson and Jonathan Ruiz LeCroy & Milligan Associates Martha Manar Adriana and David Mariñez Mathnasium of Catalina Foothills Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Ridgway Private Wealth Michael Shiner and Melissa Spiller-Shiner The Solar Store Truly Nolen of America, Inc. Van Alsburg Law Firm Walmart 5031 Amy and Brett Welander Kristen and Peter Wendler Western Dental Services, Inc.
Banner Health BeachFleischman PC Neal Cash Caterpillar, Inc. Central Arizona Project Children's Clinics Copper Ridge Roofing CXT Realty Eugene C. & Wiletta F. Denton Family Foundation Fiesta Bowl Charities Susie and Stan Hilkemeyer Hughes Federal Credit Union Kai Family Foundation Long Realty Cares Foundation Jill Madden Mining Foundation of the Southwest Dawn and Ron Mercaldo Mercaldo Law Firm Hanna Miller and Luke Jakobsen Nova Home Loans Oschmann Employee Screening Services Pacific Premier Bank Steve and Suzanna Pangburn PICOR Charitable Foundation Power Women Investing Renewal by Andersen Marc and Carrie Serra Southern Arizona Roadrunners Southwest Gas Corporation Texas Instruments Gemma Thomas Vantage West Credit Union Annual donations from July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023. Expansion Vertex Education donations acknowledged in Capital Campaign reports. Volk Company 2023 Community Report
Mission
To provide fun, play-based, interactive, hands-on learning experiences for children and their families.
Vision
To inspire children and their families to reach their full potential through discovery, creativity and learning.
CMT is dedicated to five principals of internal organizational culture Inclusion • Accessibility • Professional Growth • Collaboration • Transparency
Leadership Team Hilary Van Alsburg Executive Director David Lopez Director of Operations
Carol Sayler Director of Finance
Sarah Osborne Director of Strategic Engagement
Teresa Truelsen Director of Marketing Joel Trupiano Director of Exhibits
Michael Bilharz Associate Director of Guest Experiences Danae Pineda Associate Director of Education
Board of Directors Kristen Wendler Chair Nicole Maneval Treasurer Steve Pangburn Secretary Gemma Thomas Member-at-Large
Teresa Brown
Carlota Larson
Ted Burhans
Adriana Mariñez
Cody Cassidy
Adiba Nelson
Travis Craddock
Christopher Pastore
Brandy Dujmic
Marc Serra
Adam Foard
Michael Shiner
Mike Hernandez
Stefanie Teller
Joseph Howell
Ralph Verna
200 S. Sixth Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701 ChildrensMuseumTucson.org | 520.792.9985 The Children’s Museum Tucson | Oro Valley is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.