Childrens Museum of South Bend Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832006491
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- South Bend, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5742222044
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's Museums
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,477
- Expenses
- $69,583
- Assets
- $141,498
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMILIE UTIGARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JACKIE OLSEN (PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
- EMILY KLUG (VICE PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
People named in this filing
- EMILIE UTIGARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JACKIE OLSEN (PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
- EMILY KLUG (VICE PRESIDENT OF BOARD)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Children's Museum of South Bend is a nonprofit organization that exists to provide opportunities for all children, families, and the community to connect and engage in activities that foster safe and meaningful learning and growth.
What it reported doing in 2024
Admission of over 9000 visitors with 22% reduced admission for low income families
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.