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NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY

NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,077,144 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($310,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$1.1M
9/19 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Neighborhood North Museum of Play does

Mission

The musuem inspires the next generation of innovative and creative thinkers through exhibits & programming while connecting individuals, families, and organizations in beaver falls & surrounding communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The museum provides a space where children and families can learn, create, and explore together through hands-on exhibits and educational programs. Interactive exhibits include a maker space, air maze, pollinator playground, market area, and more. Programming features arts and science-based activities such as family yoga, craft sessions, theatre, and drumming. The museum averages approximately 600 guests per month, which helped bring playful learning landscapes to the beaver falls community. The museum is now launching a major capital campaign to move from its preview space into the historic tribune building in downtown beaver falls, expanding its impact and accessibility.

    $311,519 spent$125,865 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $311,519.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($93k) Expenses 100 ($80k) Net assets 100 ($63k)2022 Revenue 530 ($495k) Expenses 293 ($235k) Net assets 582 ($366k)2023 Revenue 235 ($220k) Expenses 411 ($330k) Net assets 485 ($305k)2024 Revenue 328 ($307k) Expenses 499 ($401k) Net assets 436 ($274k)2025 Revenue 1436 ($1.3M) Expenses 655 ($526k) Net assets 1800 ($1.1M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (1436)Expenses (655)Net assets (1800)Peer revenue range

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 $660k to $1.9M (+194%).

$67k
$370k
$312k
$660k
$1.9M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 27% · 2022 3% · 2023 28% · 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

91% of NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
’21
$260k
’22
−$110k
’23
−$94k
’24
$816k
’25
23
months of
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

Christine Kroger

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed1719161713
Joined·+5+0+2+2
No longer listed·3316
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $13k → $295k.

6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY’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

NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

34% 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 NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY.

29%
largest funder
68%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 36% · 2022 57% · 2023 54% — 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

50% of NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

95% of NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
AR
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $239k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin61% · top quartile
Months of reserve23.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)95% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $92k on record.

Federal$92k
grants $92kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$92k

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 NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

59% of spending goes to programs.

Program 59%Management 21%Fundraising 20%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

55%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY?
NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,077,144 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($310,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,077,144 in grants to NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY?
HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $310,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 19 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