Arizona · Nonprofit
SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,000 to it, the largest being PANOUSOPOULOS SCHOLASTIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $251k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $314k
What Santa Cruz Children's Museum Inc does
Mission
None
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
To establish and maintain a children's museum.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $55k.
From the IRS filings of SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC’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
SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
90% of SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,836 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2020
Organizations like SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC?
- SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC (Arizona) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,000 to it, the largest being PANOUSOPOULOS SCHOLASTIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $72,000 in grants to SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC?
- PANOUSOPOULOS SCHOLASTIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA CRUZ CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Santa Cruz Children's Museum →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2 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