Virginia · Public charity
Association of Children's Museums Inc
The association of children's museums will strengthen all children's museums through leadership, advocacy, professional development and service.
- $553k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $372k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,150
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Association of Children's Museums Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $372k | 84% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $182k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $321k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $416k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $60k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $184k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $90,781 | 2 | 1% |
| Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation | $85,655 | 2 | 1% |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation | $85,320 | 3 | 1% |
| Minnesota Children's Museum | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Museum Inc | $77,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Children's Museum | $70,060 | 2 | 1% |
| The Magic House | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| San Jose Children's Discovery Museum | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Childrens Discovery Center | $60,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Flint Children's Museum | $60,000 | 2 | 5% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Association of Children's Museums Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Association of Children's Museums Inc
- How much does Association of Children's Museums Inc give?
- Association of Children's Museums Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $371,800, out of $553,432 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Association of Children's Museums Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), Education (12%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Association of Children's Museums Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Madison Children's Museum Inc ($91k), Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation ($86k), Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation ($85k).
- Does Association of Children's Museums Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Children's Museums Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc, Mr Metzger Family Foundation Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is Association of Children's Museums Inc based?
- Association of Children's Museums Inc is based in VA.
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