New York · Nonprofit
STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,156,403 to it, the largest being THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION ($285,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Staten Island Children's Museum does
Mission
The museum is committed to achieving these goals through programming that emphasizes direct and authentic hands-on experiences conducted in a welcoming environment. Furthermore, the museum encourages participation by visitors of all abilities and endeavors to reach beyond its walls to serve as an educational resource for the members of our diverse community, especially families and schools.the museum experienced reduced earned revenue due to partial facility closure related to city-funded hvac upgrades sept 2024-jan 2025.the museum's revenue model is primarily government appropriations and institutional grants, and it does not operate large-scale fundraising events or a dedicated development department. Fundraising expenses reflect limited contracted grant writing services and a portion of staff time devoted to institutional grants and annual appeals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Exhibits and public programs:the museum's permanent exhibits engage children in educational and entertaining experiences through innovative and creative play. Public programs enhance the exhibits with hands on workshops, programs and performances for children and their families related to art, science, culture, music, and the humanities.school programs and internships:the education department develops and implements programs that enhance the nyc public school core curriculum standards. Programs are in-depth experiences at the museum, in the school and after-school.(continued on schedule "o")partnering with the local high schools, the museum offers an immersive 20 week internship program for staten island high school students providing public speaking, college preparation and work readiness skills.
$1,678,781 spent$506,184 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,678,781.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.4M to $4.0M (+18%).
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 35% · 2018 33% · 2019 40% · 2020 37% · 2021 67% · 2022 64% · 2023 49% · 2024 39% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM’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. 0 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
Dina Rosenthal
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $28k → $127k.
3 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S 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
STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 79% · 2019 62% · 2020 47% · 2021 45% · 2022 33% · 2023 39% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM'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
70% of STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: 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 STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM?
- STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (New York) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,156,403 to it, the largest being THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION ($285,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,156,403 in grants to STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM?
- THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $285,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STATEN ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 28 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