NonprofitsMagic House

Arts & Culture

Magic House

SAINT LOUIS, MO

Total revenue

$10.8M

Total expenses

$9.4M

Net assets

$31.8M

Grants received

$6.5M

156 grants

EIN

510138441

Tax year

2024

Mission

Provide children with hands-on learning experiences in a unique educational environment

Programs

2 programs

Public programs - the magic house offers a wide variety of public programs. These include parent-child classes; art and cultural workshops and performances; summer camps; scout programs; birthday parties; and special events such as earth day, fall farm festival and big truck day.

Expenses: $1.4M

School and community programs - the magic house offers facilitated field trip programs for students ages 3 to 14 that connect to classroom curriculum and meet state and national standards. These educational programs take place at both the magic house and our satellite location in the city of st. Louis, made for kids, and cover steam (science, technology, engineering, arts and math), social studies, and financial literacy. In 2024, the magic house provided facilitated field trip programs to 34,617 students. Magic house educators also served students through steam family nights and outreach programs in their schools. Through the magic house's "access for all" initiative, free admission and interactive experiences were provided to more than 90,000 children and families in need in 2024...(continued on schedule o)(school and community programs continued): this was accomplished by providing monthly public free family nights at both locations, free admission on a daily basis to foster families, big brother big sister pairs, and active-duty military families and family nights for not-for-profit youth organizations, field trips for under-resourced schools, and free memberships to families in the city of st. Louis through the st. Louis public library.

Expenses: $211K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.6M
Program service revenue$5.0M
Investment income$496K
Other revenue$723K
Total revenue$10.8M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$5.3M
Fundraising$436K
Other expenses$4.0M
Total expenses$9.4M
Total assets$36.9M
Net assets$31.8M

People

45 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ELIZABETH FITZGERALD

PRESIDENT

Board

$290K

40 hrs/wk

CHERYL DARR

CFO

Board

$182K

40 hrs/wk

TIM NEY

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LINDA HUNTER

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GENE TOOMBS IV

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

QUINN KILEY

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN DREXLER

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRENDA MCKEE

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

ALEX LEE

PAST CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SARAH BOWMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

BRIAN DELANEY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CLAIRE DAVID

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RAHUL DESHPANDE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVE GRABOW

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

HENRY GRAHAM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL HALL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SHARONICA HARDIN-BARTLEY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SALVADOR HERNANDEZ

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

COURTNEY HILL

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

KIMBERLY HODGE-BELL

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JASON KOHUT

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MANSOOR MAHMOOD

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MELISSA MARKWORT

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PAISLEY MATTHEWS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TIMOTHY MCLAUGHLIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SARA MILLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVE O'LOUGHLIN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LISA POTTS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SEKAR PRABHAKER

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

BEVERLY PROPST

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

CAROLINE SAUNDERS

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

CARRIE SCHAFER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

AMY SCHNETTGOECKE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN SHEEHAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL SHLIEN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREW SMOLICK

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARY STEWARD

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MINI TANDON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GWENDOLYN TAYLOR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SUMMIT VERMA

BOARD MEMBER (THRU 8/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

JESSICA WILLINGHAM

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL ZAMBRANA

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PAULA BURDGE

COO

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH HARTMAN

DIRECTOR OF HR

Staff

$109K

40 hrs/wk

VICKI PECKRON

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$109K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

PARIC CORPORATION

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS

$570K

PFG MIDDENDORF

FOOD SERVICES

$206K

LEACH PAINTING COMPANY

PAINTING SERVICES

$147K

INDEPENDENTS GRAPHIC & DISPLAY

GRAPHICS AND DISPLAY

$124K

GENE DEL INC

PRINTING SERVICES

$114K

Grants received

Showing 156 of 156

FromAmountPurposeYear
$290K
CAMPAIGN GIFT. THE GRANT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: IN JANUARY OF 2025, AND ANNUALLY IN JANUARY OF 2026, 2027, 2028, AND 2029, BOOK SMART WITH ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MAGIC HOUSE GALA
2024
$96K
ARTS, CULTURE
2024
$75K
IN SUPPORT OF STORY TIME MAGIC EARLY LITERACY EXPERIENCE: ONCE UPON A TIME EXHIBIT
2024
$71K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$25K
GEN. OP. FUNDS
2024
$20K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$12K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Free Field Trips to Underserved Schools
2024
$5K
PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN
2024
$5K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$3K
CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2024
$1.5M
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2023
$181K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2023
$159K
2023 WATLOW SPONSORSHIP OF THE MADE FOR KIDS ROBOTICS TEAM AS PART OF OUR STEM TALENT CURRICULUM TEAM EFFORTS.
2023
$143K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$95K
CHARACTER THROUGH CHILDRENS MUSEUMS
2023
$64K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$62K
ARTS, CULTURE
2023
$51K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$50K
CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
2023
$32K
TO ENGAGE ALL CHILDREN WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO PROMOTE IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY
2023
$25K
GEN. OP. FUNDS
2023
$15K
The contributions were made to exempt 501c3 organizations in furtherance of the foundations exempt purpose
2023
$12K
ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS
2023
$10K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
OPERATING FUNDS
2023
$10K
Free Field Trips to Underserved Schools
2023
$5K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2023
$1K
Charitable
2023
$1K
CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2023
$1K
PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN
2023
$600
General Purpose
2023
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$360K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$113K
2022 WATLOW SPONSORSHIP OF THE MADE FOR KIDS ROBOTICS TEAM AS PART OF OUR STEM TALENT CONTINUUM TEAM EFFORTS.
2022
$105K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2022
$99K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2022
$56K
ARTS, CULTURE
2022
$36K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$28K
CCS - Early Childhood and Youth Success
2022
$25K
GEN. OP. FUNDS
2022
$25K
CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
2022
$23K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$15K
TO ENGAGE ALL CHILDREN WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO PROMOTE IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY
2022
$10K
OPERATING FUNDS
2022
$10K
Free Field Trips to Underserved Schools
2022
$10K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
Reimagining Our Future"" Comprehensive Campaign
2022
$6K
2022 GIVE STL DAY NET GRANT
2022
$5K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED USE IN EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$5K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$5K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1K
PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN
2022
$250
Charitable
2022
$250
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2022
$250K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2021
$133K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2021
$85K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$85K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$29K
The Magic Ball: Roaring Twenties MY 2018-2022
2021
$25K
CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
2021
$15K
TO ENGAGE ALL CHILDREN WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO PROMOTE IMAGINATION, CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY
2021
$10K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2021
$10K
Reimagining Our Future"" Comprehensive Campaign -
2021
$10K
Operating Support/free admission for military families
2021
$10K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2021
$10K
OPERATING FUNDS
2021
$5K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2021
$5K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$1K
CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2021
$250
Charitable
2021
$250
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2021
$184K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$173K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2020
$150K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$96K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$40K
YOUTH EDUCATION
2020
$30K
EXHIBIT COLLATERAL/DESIGN TEAM PARTICIPATION PAYMENTS
2020
$20K
OPERATING FUNDS
2020
$17K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$15K
CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION
2020
$10K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$10K
FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
2020
$10K
Reimagining Our Future"" Comprehensive Campaign -
2020
$10K
PROGRAM FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2020
$8K
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
2020
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2020
$3K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$1K
TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN
2020
$500
USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR TRUSTEES AS THEY SEE FIT FOR OPERATING THEIR ORGANIZATION.
2020
$500
EMERGENCY FUND IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
2020
$250
SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
2020
$250
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2020
$100
Charitable
2020
$95K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2019
$50K
CCS - Arts & Culture
2019
$40K
EXHIBIT COLLATERAL/DESIGN TEAM PARTICIPATION PAYMENTS
2019
$38K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$23K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$10K
Reimagining Our Future"" Comprehensive Campaign -
2019
$9K
The Magic Ball 2019: Forever Young
2019
$82K
CCS Designation Spire Employee Match Disbursement -Arts & Culture;CCS Designation-Arts & Culture; Private Campaign-Arts & Culture
2018
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$57K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2018
$16K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$8K
ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS
2018
$6K
TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO CHILDREN
2018
$5K
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
2018
$5K
ANNUAL FUND - SUPPORT
2018
$1K
Charitable
2018
$1K
CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2018
$500
TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT DEVELOP CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS
2018
$101K
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
2017
$51K
CSR Match-Arts & Culture; CCS Designation-Education
2017

Funded by

$6.5M from 56 funders · 156 grants · 2017–2024

The Crawford Taylor Foundation

$1.8M · 2 grants · 2021–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$839K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

St Louis Community Foundation Inc

$746K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$395K · 7 grants · 2018–2023

The Blackbaud Giving Fund

$360K · 1 grant · 2022

Jerry And Judy Kent Family Foundation

$298K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

American Endowment Foundation

$252K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

United Way Of Greater St Louis Inc

$210K · 4 grants · 2017–2022

Details

EIN510138441
NTEE codeA520
Subsection03
Ruling date1977-09
Formed1975
Employees251
Volunteers210
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