Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,871,098 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($2,650,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Children's Museum of Pittsburgh does
Mission
The museum's mission is to provide innovative and inclusive museum experiences that inspire kindness, joy, creativity and curiosity for all learners.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The museum entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with remake learning to sponsor remake learning days, the mission of which is to ignite a conversation about the importance of intergenerational learning and why parents and caregivers should learn alongside their children.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The museum provides educational and cultural exhibits that exemplify design excellence, innovation and reflect the mission to inspire kindess, joy, creativity and curiosity. Exhibits are both hands-on and artifact-driven focused primarily in the fields of art and science.interactive museum experiences are at the core of the museum's mission. See continuation on schedule o.each of the museum's permanent exhibits are grounded in its longstanding play with real stuff philosophy, which asserts that children need a solid foundation of developmentally appropriate learning activities that are concrete, real and relevant to their lives. The museum is a place for all learners to experience never before seen, one-of-a-kind museum experiences.for over 40 years, the museum has been an institution that specialized in providing meaningful, engaging experiences for elementary school-aged children and younger and their families. Its 13 core exhibits, artist experiences and art collection continue to delight and inspire children and families. In april 2019, the museum added museumlab to its campus to deliver exceptional museum programming for the region by creating museum experiences specifically…
$5,244,370 spent$3,288,203 earned by the program63% of program spendingThe museum creates and presents educational programs that connect with and engage all types of learners. Outreach programs provide services to the general public outside the museum, primarily in schools. Other venues include community festivals, wic offices, health care settings, malls and health fairs. Teacher education, youth programs and classes on the museum's floor provide opportunities for learning and play.
$2,706,562 spent$787,413 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe museum entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with remake learning to sponsor remake learning days, the mission of which is to ignite a conversation about the importance of intergenerational learning and why parents and caregivers should learn alongside their children.
$388,629 spent$968,000 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,339,561.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $30M to $36M (+20%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 7% · 2021 20% · 2022 28% · 2023 14% · 2024 18% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Jane Werner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $304k → $2.0M.
13 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 funders by total. 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
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 29% · 2019 37% · 2020 24% · 2021 31% · 2022 24% · 2023 40% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
48% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.0M on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.4M
- National Science Foundation$594k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Children's Museumlab Advancement Initiative · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: 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 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH?
- CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,871,098 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($2,650,000). 58 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $18,871,098 in grants to CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH?
- HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $2,650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 89 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