Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC
THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,500 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $469k
What The Children's Complex Inc does
Mission
At explore! We spark the curiosity and creativity of children and inspire wonder about the world. A 501 c 3 nonprofit organization, explore! Is dedcicated to serving children birth through age 12 and their families in dc, va and md. Explore! Does this with the following activities:explore! With portrait gallery is a family friendly, spanish-english exhibition that explores portraiture and identity through hands-on activities and interactive experiences. It was created in collaboration with children's museum of pittsburgh and the smithsonian's national portrait gallery in washington dc.planning for this project began in summer 2015. It is expected that approximately 500,000 individuals will visit the exhibition - located on the first floor of the national portrait gallery - when it opens to the public in january 2016.mission mobile students in grade 4-6 go on simulated missions together in our retrofitted school bus.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
The next big step for creating a dc children's museum, explore! With the national portrait gallery brings a dedicated children's exhibit to downtown. Created in collaboration with the children's museum of pittsburgh. In explore! With the portrait gallery, kids can experiment with portraiture in an age-appropriate way to answer questions such as "what is a portrait?" "how do I see myself? And "how do others see me?". Young visitors will be able to trace each other's silhouettes, strike a pose for a projected video art piece, and experiment with expression and emotion by building faces out of illustrated blocks.explore! With the portrait gallery is intended for children ages 18 months to 8 years old accompanied by an adult. The exhibition will be located on the first floor of the museum. Activity text will be presented in english and spanish.
$9,408 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,408.
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.
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 $498k to $667k (+34%).
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: 2021 65% · 2022 93% · 2023 91% · 2024 100% · 2025 80% · 2026 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $45k → $5k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX 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
THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
72% 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 THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
72% of THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC'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 $18k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC is better cushioned than half of the 710 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 710 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
8% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC?
- THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,500 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $62,500 in grants to THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHILDREN'S COMPLEX INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 3 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