Nido & Mariana Qubein Childrens Museum

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824270597
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
Location
High Point, NC, USA
Phone
3368483951
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's Museums

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,934,475
Expenses
$3,390,435
Assets
$26,616,713
Liabilities
$145,449

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEGAN WARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MEGAN WARD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $119,671 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The nido & mariana qubein children's museum provides a space of wonder, discovery and play for all children and families. We do this with a commitment to learning, inspiration and love of children as they explore our universe, earth and community. The nido & mariana qubein children's museum provides daily hands-on, engaging programming rooted in stem and art. The museum also offers special events, summer camps, school field trips, and a kindergarten readiness program in partnership with guilford county schools.in addition, the museum hosts sciquest, a monthly science-fair-style event offered in partnership with high point university's school of science. Sciquest features dozens of interactive science stations throughout the museum, giving children and families the opportunity to explore, experiment, and learn together.

What it reported doing in 2025

The nido & mariana qubein children's museum opened its doors on april 30, 2022. In four years, the museum has welcomed more than 600,000 guests and generated an estimated $75 million in economic impact for the city of high point, according to visit high point inc.reflecting a strong commitment to accessibility and inclusion, the museum has provided free or reduced admission to more than 164,000 individuals. The museum is also proudly recognized as a certified autism center.designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and wonder, the museum offers children and families hands-on learning experiences through play. Guests can explore two floors of interactive exhibits, the outdoor adventure zone, the hall of mysteries, a double-decker carousel, steam lab, art studio, daily programming, and more.the museum serves as a hub for education, discovery, and enrichment, welcoming school field trips throughout the year and offering engaging summer camps that inspire children to learn, explore, and grow.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -75.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.85; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.