Children'S Museum of Skagit County

“Form 990 - organization's missionsince we opened our doors in 2003, the mission of the children's museum of skagit county is to provide an interactive learning environment to promote, encourage and increase an understanding of the arts, science, culture and literature among the children, youth, families and educators in skagit county and beyond. In a carefully constructed environment, with components built in such as comfort and accessibility as well as ducational and experiential, inter-generational sharing and play can occur, thereby strengthening the family communication and potential for learning. The museum serves children of all ages and ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds, and strives to meet the needs of skagit county's 11.1% of the population that falls below the poverty level. The primary targeted ages for the museum are birth to age 10-12; the majority of children are birth to five years old. We have members of literally all ages. Each year, the museum serves approximately 64,000 visitors, and thousands more through their on-going partnerships with other community agencies. Scholarships are granted, as possible, to schools for field trips who meet the criteria of percentage of students participating in the free and reduced lunch program. With community free days once a month and a policy of providing passes, memberships, field trips and birthday parties to the community's at-risk, vulnerable and homeless families, the children's museum is a place that is accessible to all.in addition to admissions, memberships, field trips, camps and classes, events and parties, we have a museum explorers preschool and toddler tuesday program, parenting education programs and off-site community programs. The museum store offers books and developmental activities related to steam learning.”

“Organization's process to review form 990 review of the form 990 is conducted by the executive committee of the board of directors initially, followed by the full board of directors. As appropriate, or by recommendation of the cpa firm who prepares the form 990, additional review may be conducted by professionals or committees to ensure that compliance is being met and that the form 990 corresponds with any annual reports produced and distributed.”

“Governing documents disclosure explanationgoverning documents for the children's museum of skagit county (cmsc) are available to the public in several ways. The mission statement is posted in the museum, on our website and within correspondence. Our form 1023 and form 990 is available to grantors, donors and the general public upon request. Further, those documents are always available in print form within the children's museum. Updated copies of the organizational articles of incorporation and bylaws are kept by the secretary or co-secretaries of cmsc, as well as in print on-site at cmsc and available to the general public. Other policies regarding personnel and other business of cmsc are available to the board, staff and public for review. The board regularly reviews the documents for compliance and to ensure updates are being made.”

“Telephone 4114. 4114. 0. 0.”

“Outside services 5563. 5563. 0. 0.”

“Other programs 3901. 3901. 0. 0.”

“Dues and subscriptions 1111. 1111. 0. 0.”

“Other expenses 11. 11. 0. 0.”