Vermont · Nonprofit
WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC
WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC (Vermont) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,221 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $501k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $428k
- Net assets
- $420k
What Wonderfeet Kids Museum Inc does
Mission
Wonderfeet kids museum fosters curiosity and exploration, inspires creativity and ignites the imagination of every child through the power of play.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Wonderfeet kids museum (the museum) fosters curiosity and exploration, inspires creativity and ignites the imagination of every child through the power of play. The museum offers programming and admission to residents and visitors of rutland county, with a focus on pre-school aged children. The museum's core values include the opportunity to provide: a caring and inclusive environment relevant and interactive learning vibrant community partners and resources energy by play and fun the museum's primary goals include: 1. Provide engaging and relevant learning experiences (including exhibits and programming) 2. Support a healthy community through strong partnerships 3. Determine suitable growth to meet the needs of the community 4. Develop and retain staff excellence 5. Grow diverse and sustainable funding sources the museum also provides the following programs: hands-on stem opportunities that meet the next generation science standards. Themed events - variety of programming throughout the year on topics of interest to the community. These two-hour programs allow children to be immersed in a topic with hands-on and engaging activities. Homeschool programs - two days each month. This…
$507,814 spent$174,631 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $507,814.
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 2021 to 2022, from $166k to $607k (+266%).
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 42% · 2022 4% · 2023 36% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Danielle Monroe
Exec. Dir. T
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $43k → $25k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 WONDERFEET KIDS 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
WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% 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
96% 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 WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 100% · 2022 73% · 2023 60% — 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 WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
50% of WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM 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 $213k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $215k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like WONDERFEET KIDS 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% 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 WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC?
- WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC (Vermont) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,221 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $428,221 in grants to WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WONDERFEET KIDS MUSEUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 12 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