Washington · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,431 to it, the largest being THE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($262,300). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $478k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Children's Museum of Skagit County does
Programs
The childrens museum of skagit county (cmsc) had an exciting, robust fy 2024-2025, with new special events and activities, along with additional learning opportunities in the refreshed exhibits throughout the museum. The overall attendance was greate in this fiscal year, along with participation in camps, classes, and special events. There were more visitors from across the state, as well as from canada, other us states, and other nations. The 15,400 square foot facility increased the average annual attendance to 75,000. The museum serves all children and families, with a target age of birth to 10-12 years of age.
$722,736 spent$138,265 earned by the program83% of program spendingThe museum explorers preschool (mep) program continued to be a thriving opportunity for children ages three to five years old. Mep students are able to enjoy the museum prior to opening to the general public. They then transition to the classroom, and participate in a variety of learning activities, plus fine and gross motor skill building experiences, including yoga and music/movement. The carefully designed classroom offers a stimulating curriculum, while also providing the opportunity for social and emotional development.
$1,293 spent$72,467 earned by the program0% of program spendingIn october of 2020 we launched the help me grow skagit family resource center (hmgs frc), initially with cares act funding through skagit county. The hmg-s family resource center provides basic needs for families, along with books and educational activities for infants and children. In addition to the distribution of items, the hmgs frc connects families to the supports that they need, including other programs and resources. Basic needs items include diapers, wipes, safe sleep items for infants, car seats, cleaning, and laundry supplies. In fy 2024-2025 the frc did a total of nearly 3,500 distributions, which translates to over 14,000 individuals, representing a nearly 20% increase over the prior year for the second year in a row.the ability to connect with providers, organizations, and community networks continually improves the number of services clients can be linked to, and strengthens the ties between the community and the hmgs frc. We also took on the role of family navigation, with two trained team members. Our multilingual team members are able to assist clients in six languages, and with strategic partnerships, we have access to outside interpreters, as well.
$144,393 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $868,422.
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 2018 to 2019, from $805k to $1.3M (+66%).
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: 2019 33% · 2020 20% · 2021 20% · 2022 49% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Catherine L Anderson
Exec director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $6k → $117k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 SKAGIT COUNTY’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
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 SKAGIT COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 91% · 2019 67% · 2020 57% · 2021 59% · 2022 95% · 2023 72% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
59% of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $194k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $284k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 SKAGIT COUNTY holds deeper cash reserves 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 SKAGIT COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $431k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$431k
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 SKAGIT COUNTY
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY: 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 SKAGIT COUNTY?
- CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,431 to it, the largest being THE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($262,300). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $478,431 in grants to CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY?
- THE SKAGIT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $262,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SKAGIT COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 12 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