California children's museums

Name: Top 20 Children's museums in California
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There are 52children's museums in California. Combined, these Californianchildren's museumsemploy 1,081 people, earn more than $74 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $194 million.

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Children's museums by major California cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Los Angeles	11	311	$23,621,435	$54,735,447
San Francisco	6	204	$12,440,585	$25,563,867
Riverside	5	8	$1,345,337	$5,796,085
Sacramento	4	44	$2,629,846	$4,919,817
Santa Maria	3	100	$4,160,786	$21,956,514
San Luis Obispo	3	45	$765,345	$3,501,244
San Diego	2	147	$8,800,638	$23,691,357
Fresno	2	26	$1,314,529	$1,326,697
Yuba City	1	2	$340,721	$218,361
Visalia	1	42	$1,054,098	$6,167,476

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Job trends for California children's museums

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	6
1-10	10
11-25	5
26-100	12
101 to 1,000	3
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in California children's museums is driven by large organizations like Kidspace Children's Museum, Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM), The New Childrens Museum, Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation, and Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Sizes of children's museums in California

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	8
$250k to $1M	15
$1M to $5M	12
$5M to $25M	5
$25M to $100M	0
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Pretend City The Children's Museum Orange County, Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM), The New Childrens Museum, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, and Kidspace Children's Museum earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in California children's museums.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 11.3% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in California children's museums with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of children's museums in California

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Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

CDM inspires lifelong learning. Exhibits and educational programs have reached over 9.6 million visitors. On-site programs serve 24,707 participants annually in San Jose, CA.

Revenue

$6.1m

Assets

$24.3m

Employees

EIN

94-2870828

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kidspace Children's Museum

Kidspace Children's Museum inspires joyful and active learning through kid-driven experiences, inviting all children to play, discover, create, and explore.

Revenue

$5.9m

Assets

$13.9m

Employees

149

EIN

95-3501213

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pretend City The Children's Museum Orange County

Pretend City is a community which builds better brains through fun, whole body learning experiences and empowers children and their grown-ups to meaningfully connect with and expand their world.

Revenue

$9.8m

Assets

$13.4m

Employees

EIN

33-0761254

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM)

The Bay Area Discovery Museum serves children ages 6 months - 8 years, their families, educators and caregivers. The museum's mission is to transform research in early learning experience that inspire creative problem solving.

Revenue

$7.6m

Assets

$23.5m

Employees

146

EIN

68-0033227

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Cayton Children's Museum

To make a better society through interactive learning, creative self-expression and art experiences for children and families.We are dedicated to teaching people about the big ideas of global citizenship, community responsibility and cultural sensitivity.

Revenue

$4.9m

Assets

$24.6m

Employees

EIN

20-1470992

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)

MOCHA promotes art as a integral part of community, providing opportunities for all children to develop creativity, sense of belonging and potential.

Revenue

$2.7m

Assets

$719.2k

Employees

EIN

94-3086749

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The New Childrens Museum

An arts-based children's museum in San Diego stimulating imagination, creativity, and critical thinking through inventive experiences with contemporary art.

Revenue

$6.6m

Assets

$21.0m

Employees

109

EIN

95-3619583

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kidstream

KidSTREAM is an interactive hands-on learning center in Camarillo, CA that inspires children to become lifelong learners through STREAM education.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$2.5m

Employees

EIN

81-3055601

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Childrens Creativity Museum

The Childrens Creativity Museum is a hands-on, multimedia museum that nurtures creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in children.

Revenue

$1.9m

Assets

$933.4k

Employees

EIN

94-3178735

IRS type

501(c)(3)

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum (SDCDM)

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization providing hands-on educational exhibits and programs focusing on science, art, and world cultures for over 100,000 visitors including children, families and school groups annually.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$2.7m

Employees

EIN

33-0912735

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Childrens Museum of Sonoma County (CMOSC)

The Children's Museum of Sonoma County's mission is to inspire children's creativity and stimulate their curiosity to discover the world through playful exploration of the arts and sciences.

Revenue

$2.5m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

20-3496878

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Southern California Children's Museum

Interactive children's museum in South Pasadena, promoting diverse cultures and stimulating curiosity through play-based exhibits for kids under eight.

Revenue

$768.8k

Assets

$722.4k

Employees

EIN

45-5489506

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Child Creativity Lab

Child Creativity Lab fosters creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in children through hands-on exploration and partnerships with schools and youth organizations.

Revenue

$1.0m

Assets

$616.8k

Employees

EIN

36-4746228

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation

Interactive science and creativity museum in Santa Barbara offering hands-on exhibits, workshops, and programs focused on STEAM education.

Revenue

$3.8m

Assets

$21.3m

Employees

EIN

77-0252722

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Modesto Children's Museum

Modesto Children's Museum nurtures creativity, critical thinking, and a love for lifelong learning among children through the operation of a children's museum providing education and learning opportunities.

Revenue

$3.6m

Assets

$9.1m

Employees

EIN

84-2442152

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Imagine U Childrens Museum

A multi-cultural learning center designed to provide scientific, artistic, cultural and musical hands-on exhibits for children and their families.

Revenue

$1.1m

Assets

$6.2m

Employees

EIN

33-1005895

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Discovery Center

To be an intercity educational science center offering children a hands-on learning experience to stimulate passion, curiosity and wonder for the environment and physical sciences.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$1.3m

Employees

EIN

94-1450438

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Friends of the Childrens Museum at La Habra

Support and advisory organization raising funds for an active learning center with hands-on exhibits and programs for young children in La Habra, CA.

Revenue

$871.4k

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

33-0244625

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Kidzone Museum

Kidzone Museum inspires learning with creative play and discovery, serving 28,500 visitors and providing scholarships to 2,500 under-served children.

Revenue

$1.9m

Assets

$4.5m

Employees

EIN

94-3156964

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Children's Discovery Museum of The Desert

Inspiring curiosity and creativity through interactive exhibits and programs, Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert is located in Rancho Mirage, CA.

Revenue

$838.5k

Assets

$5.3m

Employees

EIN

33-0233725

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A52: Childrens Museums" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

California children's museums

Children's museums by major California cities

Job trends for California children's museums

Sizes of children's museums in California

Directory of children's museums in California

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

Kidspace Children's Museum

Pretend City The Children's Museum Orange County

Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM)

Cayton Children's Museum

Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)

The New Childrens Museum

Kidstream

Childrens Creativity Museum

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum (SDCDM)

Childrens Museum of Sonoma County (CMOSC)

Southern California Children's Museum

Child Creativity Lab

Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation

Modesto Children's Museum

Imagine U Childrens Museum

Discovery Center

Friends of the Childrens Museum at La Habra

Kidzone Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of The Desert

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