The Childrens Museum Inc

“The form 990 was reviewed by members of the audit committee and made available to the board of trustees prior to filing.”

“Periodically, board members are sent statements requiring them to disclose any conflicts or interest, regardless of materiality. The statements are reviewed by the executive director and board chair.”

“The board used survey data on comparable salaries from the american alliance of museums, as well as data collected by nonprofit consultants, to determine the executive director's salary. The executive director is an independent contractor.”

“The executive committee of the full board of trustees, which also acts as the compensation committee, has the responsibility to annually review and approve the president, officers and key employees compensation, which process and approval is documented. The committee reviews comparable compensation from similar area notforprofit organizations.”

“Documents and policies are available upon request.”

“The childrens museum groups mission is to inspire lifelong learning among children and their caregivers by providing experiential learning opportunities covering steam, health nature and the environment. With a focus on at need communities the museum group strives to find pathways to personal, academic and professional growth and to foster an appreciation of the natural world with a goal of developing curious, confident and innovative children, creating the basis for successful adults. The museum group has three distinct but complementary lines of revenuegenerating centers of excellence. The museum offers onsite interactive exhibits for young children, live animals and an extensive selection of steam education programs that are offered within communities throughout connecticut and neighboring states. The childrens museum preschool, colocated within the museum location, is a naeyc accredited, full day, yearroundlicensed early childhood education facility for ages 35yrs.”

“Educational & admissions: the children's museum west hartford location, temporarily occupying space at 180 mohegan drive in west hartford, encourages families to discover and explore our multisensory exhibits and live wildlife sanctuary. The museums handon immersive steam exhibits promote exploration and inquiry based learning episodes focused on supporting child development in children ages two to age 8 with the support of their caregivers. Current handson exhibits focus on science discovery concepts, paleontology, social and emotional growth, engineering and nature. The wildlife sanctuary houses over 100 animals, primarily unwanted pets and displaced animals that cannot be released back into the wild. The animal resources are viewed by museum attendees onsite and used extensively to support the educational outreach programs the museum offers within communities throughout connecticut and into neighboring states. Additional stem topics covering physics, engineering, chemistry, geology, paleontology, biology and the environment are offered through the museums outreach education offerings, by a team of informal educators with science and education experiences. Roaring brook nature center provides natural history/environmental educationprograms to connecticut communities. Programs include outreach and schoolvisitations, as well as scout, summer, preschool and public programs. Serving as aresource to area residents with environmental concerns, the center answers thousands of naturerelated questions annually. The center receives over 300 injured or ophaned native animals each year for rehabilitation. The goal is to release animals back into the wild, however, permanently injured wildlife may be housed at the center and the collection includes a variety of raptors, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Animals are used to promote knowledge of behaviors, adaptations within connecticut fauna. The center maintains wildflower trails, a native plant butterfly garden and serves as steward for five miles of trails on the adjacent 158 acre stateownedwerner's woods property.”

“The children's museum preschool provides a playbased program that encourages and develops learning through each child's natural activities and is licensed by ct office of early childhood education (oec) and accredited by the national association for the education of young children (naeyc). Experts agree that by learning through play, children will find education to be a positive and joyous process. This focus is at the core of the museum preschools philosophy, mission and curriculum. Recognizing that all children are different, each child comes with different strengths and areas for growth. Using proven techniques, classes are tailored to be sensitive to the needs of each individual child while maintaining an affirming and inclusive environment for all. The museum preschool offers a unique and innovative integration of preschool program curriculum strengthened by access to the resources provided by the onsite museum and remote nature center. Supporting creative play, academic excellence and social development are goals of the preschools team of credentialed early childhood educators.”

“Change in split interest agreements 30,665 change in ust account 10,283 total 40,948”