Texas · Nonprofit
CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM
CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,488,000 to it, the largest being DAN L DUNCAN FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Chambers County Childrens Museum does
Mission
The chambers county children's museum seeks to insprire discovery through innovative, hands-on experiences and exploratory play.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Cccm celebrated a grand opening with the community on saturday, june 24th 2023.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Cccm celebrated a grand opening with the community on saturday, june 24th 2023. In this first 6 months (as of the close of 2023), we welcomed 41,533 guests, celebrated 265 birthdays, held 8 camp sessions, offered more than 50 individual events and field trips, and registered 344 families into an annual museum membership. As we prepared for opening, our operational projections anticipated 1,365 daily admission tickets purchased each month. In the last 6 months, we averaged the purchase of 3,604 tickets a month, more than 2.5 times the number of guests we anticipated! Birthday parties exceeded our projections at 3.76 times, and annual museum membership at 3.1 times.
$117,563 spent$248,302 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $117,563.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $6.4M (+91%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 66% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Macy Middleton
President/Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $750k → $1000k.
From the IRS filings of CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 80% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
99% of CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
38% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM?
- CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,488,000 to it, the largest being DAN L DUNCAN FOUNDATION ($1,900,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,488,000 in grants to CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM?
- DAN L DUNCAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAMBERS COUNTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing