1,910 member families made 15,291 visits to the Museum
201,885 people played, discovered and learned with the Museum
28,296 visited on free or reduced admission days
44% of those visitors were from underserved ZIP codes*
*as determined by ESRI
Children's Museum Tucson | Oro Valley
Revenues & Support
• Contributions & Event Revenues (22%) 932,800
• Admissions (13%) 564,718
• Public Support (10%) 411,524
• Program Revenues (7%) 301,826
• In kind, Interest & Misc. (6%) 263,109
• Memberships (5%) 206,404
• Capital Campaign Contributions (37%) 1,602,072
Total Income 4,282,453
6,375 people visited for free with passes
Functional Expenses
• Programs and Exhibits (78%) 2,283,326
• Fundraising (15%) 454,198
• Management and General (7%) 216,519 Total Expenses 2,954,043
*Earnings after depreciation
28,903 visitors gained reduced-price access through discounted admission
$716,215 given back to the community through discounts, passes, free events, outreach and tours
Ì Collaborated with Arizona Arts Live, University of Arizona, Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, Tucson Car Club and Galeria Mitotera to host Little Amal. Amal is an internationally celebrated 12-foot-tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl. She visited Tucson as part of a 6,000-mile journey across the United States. It was an amazing opportunity to be part of this event to share unity and hope across the United States and the world.
Ì Invited by Pima County and Pima Play to bring hands-on play every Thursday to the Pima County Historic Courthouse Courtyard. Museum outreach staff bring free, interactive STEM and arts activities for children with a focus on the Sonoran Desert.
Ì Cohosted OSIRIS-REx Day at the Museum with Arizona Astrobiology Center to celebrate the return of the asteroid probe from Bennu. Visitors met mission scientists, tested their landing precision, and used their imaginations to go on a cosmic adventure.
Ì The Museum, in conjunction with the United States Citizen and Immigration Services office hosted children from 14 different countries as they became U.S. Citizens. Although courtrooms are the typical setting for these events, the Museum provides a fun, joyful and memorable experience for the young participants. After the ceremony kids and families had the opportunity to play and explore the Museum.
15,877 people were reached through school and community outreach
Ì Arizona Science Center partnered with CMT to bring a 1,000-square-foot version of The Science of Guinness World Records Exhibition to the Museum. Guests learned about amazing record-breakers, and how bodies react, focus, and endure. The exhibition also showcased inspirational stories, intriguing artifacts and engaged visitors with fun, interactive games that inspired guests and ignited their desire to set their own records.
10,363 visitors took part in bilingual school tours and group visits
7,250 children from Title I schools were provided scholarships for tours and outreach
CMOV@Tohono Chul
Ì Children’s Museum Oro Valley at Tohono Chul continued to grow and expand, adding new exhibits and making the experience even better for visitors to our satellite location.
Ì Anchored by our beloved tractor, kids can explore and play in our Ag Corner. Little farmers can plant and harvest play veggies in the planters, sit up on the tractor and hop around with bouncy farm animals.
Ì Within the tall walls of our Fairy Garden, curiosity takes visitors into a tiny world of whimsical play where they can create fairy worlds and go on adventures of the imagination!
Ì La Comunidad is a community-focused area set for a party – BBQ at the play picnic area, beat a drum, then grab a sweet treat from the playful paleta cart.
31,274
We are grateful to Tohono Chul and the Town of Oro Valley for making this possible!
Ì We continued our Chillin’ at the Chul collaboration with free programs for families all summer, where CMOV’s Nature Niños team engaged with nearly 3,000 visitors.
Ì Angel Charity for Children selected Children’s Museum Tucson as its 2024 Impact Grant Beneficiary. The Museum is slated to receive $1 million for the renovation of the new Angel Charity for Children Education Center at Children’s Museum Tucson.
Ì The new center, adjacent to the Museum, will include new program spaces, and expand access for children from Title I schools, benefiting an additional 40,000 students in the inaugural year.
Ì With hard hats and sledge hammers, construction kicked off with a groundbreaking at the Education Center. Angels, partners from Swaim Architects and Sundt construction, and CMT staff and board were on hand as we took the next step in our expansion plans.
Ì The new building, which will also include administrative offices, is expected to be completed in May 2025.
$50,000 & up
Arizona Complete Health
Armstrong McDonald Foundation
Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
State of Arizona
Ruth McCormick Tankersley
Charitable Trust
Town of Oro Valley
$20,000 - $49,999
Arizona Commission on the Arts
City of Tucson
Edna Gray
Fiesta Bowl Charities
Kinder Morgan Foundation
Joseph Stanley Leeds Foundation
Pima County
James C. Stewart Charitable Foundation
Tucson Electric Power
TMC Healthcare
Tucson City Council Ward 6 Office
Richard and Beatrice Wiltse Trust
$10,000 - $19,999
Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
Citi
Country Fair White Elephant, Inc.
Cox Communications
Delta Dental Foundation
First Things First
Freeport-McMoRan
Friends of the Oro Valley Public Library
National Endowment for the Arts
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
PNC Foundation
The Lester and Roberta Smith Foundation
The Stocker Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Arizona Milk Producers
Fred and Christine Armstrong Foundation
AZ Humanities
BeachFleischman
Caterpillar, Inc.
Cigna
Desert Valley Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics
Connie Hillman Family Foundation
HSL Asset Management, LLC
Long Realty Cares Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999 (con’t.)
Phil and Carol Lyons Family Foundation
R & A CPAs
Donald E. Ray Trust
Renewal by Andersen
Rodeo Dental
Southwest Energy, LLC
Stone Canyon Community Foundation
Sundt Companies, Inc.
Union Pacific Foundation
Volk Company
$1,000 - $4,999
Amtrak Association of Science and Technology Centers
AssuredPartners
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Teresa and Buck Brown
Cody and Ava Clare Cassidy
Central Arizona Project
Creative Machines, Inc.
Desert Diamond Casino
Downtown Tucson Partnership
Encompass Health
Flores Concepts
Sally Grant and Neal Cash
Hazen Family Foundation
HeinfeldMeech
Mike and Alison Hernandez
Susie and Stan Hilkemeyer
Hughes Federal Credit Union
Integrated Axis Technology Group
Kai Family Foundation
Nicole and Eric Maneval
Mercaldo Law Firm
Dawn and Ron Mercaldo
Mining and Minerals Education Foundation
Steve and Suzanna Pangburn
PICOR Charitable Foundation
Rio Nuevo
Satori School
Schmidt and Barton Family Fund
Marc and Carrie Serra
Southern Arizona Roadrunners
Southwest Gas Corporation
TCI Wealth Advisors
Texas Instruments
Tucson Federal Credit Union
University of Arizona College of Science
U.S. Bank
Vertex Education
Visit Tucson
Carol Volk
Walmart 3379
Walmart 3884
Walmart 6692 (Sam’s Club)
$500 - $999
Brandy and Dinko Dujmic
Robert Fischer and Kerri Strug
Lisa Frank
Yield Giving
Evelyn Groh
George and Shawna Henderson
Cheryl House
Kittle Design & Construction
Martha Manar
Adriana and David Mariñez
Alison Schaffer
Dev and Olivia Sethi
Stefanie and Matthew Teller
Gemma Thomas
Amy and Brett Welander Annual donations from July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024. Expansion donations acknowledged in Capital Campaign reports.
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
Lauren Kaye Special Projects Manager
Steve Pangburn Chair
Kristen Wendler
Immediate Past Chair
Sarah Osborne Director of Development
Carol Sayler Director of Finance & HR
Teresa Truelsen Director of Marketing
Joel Trupiano Director of Exhibits
Board of Directors
Nicole Maneval Treasurer Gemma Thomas Secretary
Cody Cassidy
Member-at-Large
Adam Foard Member-at-Large
Teresa Brown
Travis Craddock
Brandy Dujmic
Mike Hernandez
Joseph Howell
Carlota Larson
Adriana Mariñez
Adiba Nelson
Christopher Pastore
Marc Serra
Michael Shiner
Kara Snyder
Stefanie Teller
Ralph Verna
