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Children's Museum of Richmond
Children's Museum of Richmond (Virginia) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,369,067 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA NONPROFIT HOUSING COALITION ($577,500). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Children's Museum of Richmond does
Mission
As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the Children's Museum of Richmond's mission is to inspire growth in all children by engaging families in learning through play.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Museum Experience: CMoR is more than a fun place to play indoors and outdoors (though it's definitely that!) - it's an active, involved opportunity for the whole family to grow and learn together. From fundamental concepts to socialization skills, research shows that play has a positive impact on a child's academic performance - and the more often they engage in play at an environment like the one shared at CMoR, the more likely they are to find success inside the classroom. In FY25, CMoR saw total attendance of 284,905 guests.
$2,294,890 spent$981,464 earned by the program76% of program spendingEducation & Outreach: Play is a critical element to encourage healthy development in children, fostering skills that will stay with them well into adolescence and adulthood. At CMoR, children's growth is inspired by engaging families in the power of play, knowing that everyone can learn more - and develop more rapidly - when families play together. Our exhibits and experiences fuel children's problem-solving skills, motor development skills, language skills, spatial skills and coordination, communication and negotiation skills, creative skills, and pre-reading and reading comprehension skills. The Museum facilitated 824 field trips, which consisted of 16,329 students, through In-Museum, Museum-To-Go, and virtual field trips.
$513,373 spent$624,905 earned by the program17% of program spendingMuseum Shop: The Museum Shop carries educational toys, games, art and craft supplies, musical instruments, and hands-on projects that support children's learning experiences.
$38,793 spent$113,816 earned by the program1% of program spendingThe CMoR Book Bank distributes books to children from low-income households; in FY25, we distributed 16,534 books, primarily to children for the home libraries. 42% of field trips were free or reduced price through our Access for All scholarship program and 549 scholarship memberships donated to families in need. Nearly 39,300 visitors utilized our Museums for All program, which provides discount admission to families who access SNAP, WIC, and/or EBT benefits. A monthly evening for children with disabilities and their families welcomed 1,132 attendees to experience the Museum with lower sensory inputs, a cool-down room, and volunteers from VCU's occupational therapy program. In the lead up to the new school year, CMoR helped to prepare families for kindergarten readiness with programs and activities focused on tips for early literacy, social-emotional support, healthy habits, and ways for caregivers to support learning in and out of the classroom. Legendary Santa celebrated its 88th season in Richmond (at CMoR since 2005), continuing the timeless tradition of visiting Santa as he shares stories, memories, and love for all children. During the Legendary Santa visit, children have…
$153,297 spent$85,560 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,000,353.
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 2024 to 2025, from $10M to $13M (+32%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 16% · 2022 41% · 2023 3% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of Children's Museum of Richmond’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. 4 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
Danielle Ripperton
Executive Director
Board chair
Sally Tate
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $265k → $733k.
11 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Richmond’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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 Richmond has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
51% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Children's Museum of Richmond.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 20% · 2019 28% · 2020 18% · 2021 39% · 2022 18% · 2023 24% — broadly stable.
“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
46% of Children's Museum of Richmond's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
75% of Children's Museum of Richmond's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 Richmond runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Children's Museum of Richmond receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $198k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$188k
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 Richmond
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Children's Museum of Richmond: 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 Richmond?
- Children's Museum of Richmond (Virginia) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,369,067 to it, the largest being VIRGINIA NONPROFIT HOUSING COALITION ($577,500). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Children's Museum of Richmond have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $4,369,067 in grants to Children's Museum of Richmond, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Children's Museum of Richmond?
- VIRGINIA NONPROFIT HOUSING COALITION is the largest funder on record, with $577,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Children's Museum of Richmond find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 74 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing