Washington · Nonprofit
KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM
KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,884 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($162,685). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $519k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $362k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Kids Discovery Museum Kids Discovery Museum does
Mission
KiDiMu is a hub for early childhood development, creating experiences centered on playful learning that supports the broader community and children's current and emerging needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kids discovery museum operates a children's museum to provide early childhood education and exploration which is open to the general public. The organization welcomed 25,673 visitors in 2024. The organization offers 5 levels of membership and also provides access through free and reduced admission.
$450,539 spent$220,260 earned by the program99% of program spendingKids discovery museum runs a small preschool program to fill a service gap in the community for early learning. The preschool program is built upon the museum's model of exploratory learning through play. The preschool program is limited to 12 students and is run by two professional staff members.
$2,671 spent$45,355 earned by the program1% of program spendingThe organization offered fifteen summer camp sessions serving 160 campers during 2024.
$1,058 spent$59,016 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $454,268.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $1.7M (−8%).
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 5% · 2020 27% · 2021 11% · 2022 13% · 2023 6% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $31k → $59k.
3 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY 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
KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 40% · 2019 58% · 2020 50% · 2021 36% · 2022 39% · 2023 37% — 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
44% of KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
69% of KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168k 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
KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM?
- KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $361,884 to it, the largest being BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($162,685). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $361,884 in grants to KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM?
- BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $162,685 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM KIDS DISCOVERY MUSEUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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