Kansas Childrens Discovery Center Inc

Analysis

Kansas Childrens Discovery Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Topeka, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Kansas Childrens Discovery Center Inc reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.8m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kansas Childrens Discovery Center Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Story Partners ($1.8m), Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum the ($1.8m) and Project Bandaloop ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $179k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $469k. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $923k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 35 employees.