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2011
annual report
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
S
ince the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum’s
opening in 1995, almost 3 million children
and adults have benefitted from our mission
to promote healthy child development:
• by educating parents and caregivers about the profound influence of early
learning during a child’s formative years (from birth to age 5);
• by providing exhibits and programs that promote cognitive, physical, social
and emotional development, and that help children master
the behaviors, skills and knowledge they need to
be successful in school; and
• by ensuring that disadvantaged
children and families, and those
with special needs, have
regular access to Museum
experiences that can shape
a young child’s life.
Our 2011 Annual Report
highlights our
accomplishments
and progress toward
goals made possible
by the generosity
of Museum
supporters, and
we are honored
to acknowledge
their contributions
in the Museum’s
2011 Honor Roll.
leading
early
learning
initiatives
Children’s museums are vital community
resources and destinations in cities across
the country, attracting more than 30 million
visitors annually. The Betty Brinn Children’s
Museum set a new attendance record in
2011, welcoming more than 200,000 children
and adults during the year.
More than 75,000 of our visitors were
Museum members who value the
opportunity to spend quality family time
in our educational setting, an increase of
43% in just the past four years. All of our visitors
enjoyed engaging exhibit environments
created especially for young children and
their caregivers, as well as facilitated
programs that provided important
opportunities for learning.
More than 11,000 visitors received Museum
admission as a benefit of their employer’s
participation in our Corporate Membership
program, including employees from Brady
Corporation, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,
GE Healthcare, ManpowerGroup, Mortensen
Construction, Northwestern Mutual, PNC,
Quad/Graphics, and Stark Investments. The
support of our corporate members is especially
meaningful to the Museum, sending a strong
message to employees – and to the community
– about their understanding of the importance
of early learning to a child’s lifelong success.
For children, a visit to the Museum means play,
and that is exactly what we want to make
possible! Play is critical to every aspect of a
young child’s development – literacy, physical
coordination, logical thinking, problem solving,
task persistence, and other critical schoolreadiness skills are supported by opportunities at
the Museum for independent and cooperative
play. All of the Museum’s immersive and
fun exhibits and programs reflect state and
national academic standards, as well as
developmental standards established by the
National Association for the Education of
Young Children.
reimagining
the
visitor experience
Ensuring that our exhibits and programs reflect the latest trends
in early childhood education is a Museum priority. With generous
support from the community, the Museum redesigned its South
Gallery in 2011, introducing both a new environmental education
exhibit and enhancements to visitor favorites. These wonderful
additions unified the space and strengthened our commitment to
helping children understand workplace roles and responsibilities,
and how a community functions:
• With sponsorship support from the PNC Foundation and
the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, the Museum
unveiled Pocket Park, a spectacular exhibit that highlights the
importance of fresh water and other natural resources to
families and businesses. A pretend ecology center, rooftop
garden, produce stand, community bulletin board, interactive pond, tree house and other activities promote
reducing, reusing, recycling and repurposing materials, and encourage young children and their families to
adopt environmentally friendly practices at home, and to get involved in real local efforts to preserve and
protect our planet’s natural resources.
• The themes of Pocket Park have been connected both literally and figuratively to Home Town, our kid-sized
community, through Water Works! sponsored by Badger Meter. This pretend water treatment facility is packed
with sound and light effects, knobs, dials and buttons, and job descriptions and props that help children learn
how water from Lake Michigan reaches their homes, and about the importance of fresh water to our community.
• A new TONKA® Work Truck also connects Home Town to Pocket Park, thanks to the support of the Brady
Corporation Foundation. The Work Truck adds a new layer of role-play, math and science activities to a pretend
construction project at the Pocket Park Ecology Center. Together with Water Works!, the Work Truck reflects
the Museum’s commitment to providing our young audience with activities that highlight the importance of
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education – a priority for educators around the nation.
• A gift from the Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation was instrumental to redesigning parts of Home Town to complement
Pocket Park, and to adding pretend street lights, safety signs and landscaping elements that add to the
educational value of Home Town activities. These changes also helped pave the way for a new Home Town
City Bus activity, sponsored by Marquette University. With math and map-reading challenges, role-play
activities, songs and more, the City Bus is packed with Home Town visitors every day. Thanks to the support of
Piala’s Nursery & Garden Shop, the Museum also premiered a new pretend business in Home Town that invites
children to explore gardening, landscape design, and seasonal changes in the environment.
• In February, Museum visitors were delighted by the return of Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home!
This green-built exhibit, developed in collaboration with the US Forest Service, encourages families to spend time
together outdoors, and inspires children to discover and care for the natural resources that sustain our world –
our home sweet home. The Museum was honored to be selected as the recipient of a Golden Smokey Bear
Award from the United States Department of Agriculture, thanks to our successful partnership with Milwaukee’s
local U.S.D.A. Forest Service division that helped introduce Smokey Bear’s wildfire prevention message to
thousands of children and families.
• Thanks to a generous commitment from the Harley-Davidson Foundation in 2011, our plans for the coming
year include the creation of a new Harley-Davidson Custom Shop in Home Town. The exhibit will strengthen
our commitment to STEM education, and will invite visitors to select and install custom parts and accessories
on a kid-sized motorcycle, change tires, perform regular maintenance with pretend tools and supplies, and
rev the engine once (or twice!).
Museum exhibits are complemented by a wide variety of educational programs that enhance learning,
reinforce academic content, help adults understand the importance of early learning to a child’s healthy development, and offer additional educational opportunities. The Museum’s education staff develops and presents
hundreds of programs to Museum visitors throughout the year, and coordinates our group field trip program,
which welcomed more than 20,000 children to the Museum during 2011.
• The Museum’s popular field trip program enables
educators to extend classroom learning. Groups
have the opportunity to enhance a general visit
by electing to participate in one of 12 special
programs that explore a specific topic in greater
detail. Many schools have limited resources to
support field trips, and the Museum was grateful
for renewed funding in 2011 from the Richard and
Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, which provided more
than 100 Milwaukee city school groups with free
field trip transportation.
• Thanks to support from the Brady Corporation
Foundation, the Garden Room, WaterStone Bank
and the We Energies Foundation, the Museum’s
weekly educational programs served more than
8,200 children and adults during 2011. Habitat
Helpers, a new environmental education program,
debuted in the fall to complement our Pocket Park
exhibit.
• In addition to popular weekly programs, we offer
special programs to accompany temporary exhibits,
including Go Green with Smokey Bear and Woodsy
Owl, ABC Garden Explorers, and Brainstorm, Build
and Back Again!, a hands-on program that was
offered during our display of TINKERTOY®: Build Your
Imagination™ sponsored by GE.
• Partnerships with many of Milwaukee’s leading arts
organizations, including the Florentine Opera
Company, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, and
the Milwaukee Ballet, along with independent
artists and educators, allowed us to introduce their
important work to more than 5,400 visitors.
• Nearly 700 Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and their
troop leaders participated in our overnight or
daytime programs designed to meet badge
requirements.
enrichingthrough
livesprogramming
creating memorable
celebrations
Signature events at the
Museum delighted member
families and visitors in 2011,
and helped raise funds to
support our mission:
• In October, our
talented and
dedicated volunteers,
led by our 2011 Gala
Co-Chairs Sara and
Mark Meaney and
Carey and David
Vollmers, created a
spectacular evening for
guests who attended
the Museum’s annual
black-tie Gala, our most
important and visible
fundraiser. Planned by an
energetic committee to
reflect a 70’s disco theme,
Gala 2011: Oh, What A Night!
was attended by 400 Museum
supporters who enjoyed
an amazing dinner, fantastic
ambiance, an extraordinary auction
and plenty of fun on the dance floor!
The event raised a record $183,000 to
support the Museum’s operation and outreach
commitments, and helped increase community
awareness about our educational mission. Leadership
support for the 2011 Gala was provided by our Gala Patron
Sponsors, AirTran Airways and the Northwestern Mutual Foundation,
our Raffle Sponsor, the Marcus Corporation, and our Partnering Sponsor, Briggs & Stratton.
• We celebrated Earth Day with Milwaukee County Parks and other community partners at the Outdoor
Recreation Resource Fair in April, and Museum guests enjoyed the best seats on Milwaukee’s lakefront during
our annual July 3rd Family Fireworks event exclusively for members and donors. There were 290 guests who put
on pajamas and party hats to ring in the new year and to dance the night away – at least until bedtime – at
the Museum’s New Year’s Eve Pajama Party on December 31!
• Valentine’s Day and Halloween are always busy days at the Museum! With the support of our friends at
Sendik’s Food Market, our ever-popular Little Sweetheart Dance and Valentine Ice Cream Social offered
special activities and treats provided by event sponsors, including Breadsmith, Cedar Crest Ice Cream, Golden
Guernsey Dairy, Palermo Pizza and Sargento. And, almost 6,000 visitors joined us during our three-day Not-SoScary Halloween celebration, including special treat stops for visitors, and our popular evening
costume party, the Little Monster Bash.
strengthening
our
community
Research shows that disadvantaged children stand
to benefit the most from early learning programs,
and our Community Outreach Initiatives ensure that
Milwaukee’s most vulnerable children and families
have regular access to the Museum’s resources, and
our safe, educational environment. These
programs have benefited more than 470,000
participants since 1995, and continue to pay tribute
to Betty Brinn’s experience as a foster child, and
her dedication as an adult to enriching the lives
of disadvantaged children. We remain deeply
committed to these efforts despite a challenging
economy, both for our Museum and for the families
and groups we serve.
Generous gifts and grants from the Elizabeth A. Brinn
Foundation, the Joy Global Foundation, the Richard
and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, the Nicholas Family
Foundation, the A.O. Smith Foundation, Kapco, Inc.,
Andrew and Carlene Ziegler, US Bank and
Quad/Graphics were critical t.m o maintaining
Museum outreach programs that benefited more
than 35,000 children and adults during 2011:
• Family Focus provided free parenting education,
Museum memberships, and transportation
assistance to almost 1,000 disadvantaged
families, resulting in more than 15,000 visits from
participants during the year. Since its inception,
more than 7,400 families have benefited from
the program, including low-income families, teen
parents, families with a disabled child, foster
families, families that do not speak English as a
first language, at-risk fathers, and other families
whose personal circumstances often limit their
access to educational experiences that can
change a young child’s life. Our 2011 partner
agencies included Penfield Children’s Center,
Neighborhood House, COA Youth and Family
Centers, Center for Communication, Hearing &
Deafness, Indian Community School, Cross Trainers
Academy, Sojourner Family Peace Center, Horizon
House, West Allis School Age Parent Program,
My Father’s House, Social Work Department of
Milwaukee Health Services, MPS Head Start, Empowering Families of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Health
Department and many other social service and
community organizations.
• Our Special Admissions Program, established in memory of Mary Leach Smith, provided free/subsidized field
trips for more than 10,000 children and adults in 2011, including students enrolled in the National School Lunch
Program, adults and children with disabilities, and low-income community groups, childcare centers and
neighborhood organizations. This fund was generously supported in 2011 by gifts from Denise and Gary Elfe
and the Smith family.
• Neighborhood Night, an evening each month when the Museum provides free admission to meet the needs
of low-income and working families, served more than 6,000 children and adults. The program was sponsored
throughout the year by US Bank with media support from FOX 6; grants from the City of Milwaukee Arts Board
and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund enabled the Museum to provide arts education
experiences during Neighborhood Night through Art Central!, developed by the Museum in collaboration with
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.
• The Back-to-School Resource Fair – an annual event that provides free school supplies and school-readiness
information to families with limited financial resources – continued to be a key element of our outreach
efforts, benefiting almost 1,600 children and adults in 2011 (another new record!). A generous gift from Mike
and Jennifer Keough supported the event and our distribution of more than 800 backpacks to school-age children in need. The backpacks were filled with school supplies thanks to donations by employees from
GE Healthcare and US Bank.
sustainability
through
innovation
In addition to creating
unique activities for
children and families who
visit our facility, the Museum’s
Exhibit Development
Initiative creates exhibits
for sale and lease to peer
museums, science centers
and other educational
facilities, generating income
to help support our operation and cover the rising cost
of our community outreach
efforts (outreach costs have
risen 75% since 2007).
• Community support has
been vital to the growth
and success of this
entrepreneurial effort,
which covered 25% of
our operating and
outreach expenses in 2011.
Grants from the Greater
Milwaukee Foundation’s
Halbert and Alice Kadish
Fund 1 and Community
Grant Fund, and the Jane
Bradley Pettit Foundation,
helped us expand the
Initiative in 2011.
• Museum exhibits have been leased/purchased by almost 50 institutions around the country – and around
the world! In 2011, the Museum completed its first international sale of an exhibit to the Children’s Museum
of Jordan, as well as our first international rental of a touring exhibit to a children’s museum in Mexico. We
also expanded our customer base with the sale of our Big Bank financial literacy exhibit to an elementary
school in New Jersey.
• We were pleased to bring our popular touring exhibits back to Milwaukee in 2011, both for our local audience
to enjoy and for mid-tour refurbishment, including The Adventures of MR. POTATO HEAD® (developed in
collaboration with Hasbro, Inc. and sponsored by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation), Smokey Bear and
Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home (developed in partnership with the United States Forest Service), and
TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™ (developed in partnership with Hasbro and sponsored by GE).
Our goals for 2012-2014 include the launch of our fifth touring exhibit – WEEBLES® Coast to Coast – the addition
of two new exhibits for purchase to our growing product line, and increasing income from the Initiative to cover
35% of the Museum’s operating and outreach expenses.
succeeding
through
community support
We gratefully acknowledge our 2011 Annual Campaign donors of $100 or
more and the Museum’s 2011 Gala sponsors and guarantors.
$100,000 or more
Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation
$50,000 – 99,999
Badger Meter Foundation
The Harley-Davidson Foundation
The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld
Foundation
$25,000 – 49,999
Joy Global Foundation, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
$10,000 – 24,999
AirTran Airways
Anonymous Briggs & Stratton Corporation
Gary and Denise Elfe
Mike and Jennifer Keough
Marquette University Nicholas Family Foundation
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
Andrew and Carlene Ziegler
$5,000 – 9,999
Garden Room
GE Healthcare Gorman & Company
Grant Thornton LLP
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s
Mary L. Nohl Fund
Karen and Steve Guy
Marcus Corporation
Deborah and Timothy Nustad
Piala’s Nursery & Garden Shop
PNC Robert W. Baird and Company
Michael and Julie Schneider
A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc.
Stark Investments
US Bank
$1,000 – 4,999
Augustyn Foundation Trust
Bill and Betsie Berrien
Joanne and Rob Bischmann
BMO Harris Bank
Boelter SuperStore
Brady Corporation Brady Corporation Foundation James and Deborah Brenn
Brewers Baseball Club
Margaret and Benjamin Brown
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin City of Milwaukee Arts Board Deloitte Karen and Dan Diedrich
ESI Attorneys LLC
Molly and Patrick Gallagher
GE Capital
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. Granite MEDSystems
Patrick and Marguerite Hammes
Hanson Dodge Creative Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
Hydrite Chemical Co. IBM Corporation
John T. and Suzanne S. Jacobus
Family Foundation
Kapco, Inc.
Ted and Mary Kellner
Krause Family Foundation
Onnie Leach Smith
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation
Melissa and Eric Nelsen
Nonprofit Management Fund
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
Quarles & Brady, LLP
Sendik’s Food Market
Shorewood Animal Hospital
Snap-on Incorporated
Tria and Carson Thomas
Time Warner Cable Vilter Foundation, Inc.
Carey and David Vollmers
Richard and Barbara Wiederhold
$100 – 999
Dawn Allain and Adam Johnson
Debra Altshul-Stark and Brian Stark
Blue’s Egg & Maxie’s Southern
Comfort
Steven and Nicole Boemer
Julia and Bill Bowen
Jeffrey and Kelly Bradford
Sheryl and Russell Brandt
Lori Craig and Eric Lassiter
Jackie Darr and Dr. Omar Darr
Matthew and Michelle D’Attilio
Lisa Douros
Palermo’s Pizza
Patricia M. Walloch
Piala’s Nursery & Garden Shop, Inc.
Premier Flooring, Inc.
Salesforce.com Foundation
Sargento Foods, Inc.
Select Sound Service
Sendik’s Food Markets
Usinger’s
Varitronics, A Brady Corporation
Visual Image Photography, Inc.
WMYX 99.1
Corporate Members
The Museum is proud to recognize
these outstanding Corporate
Members that support our mission.
April and John Dunn
Alicia and Patrick Dupies
Moira Fitzgerald and Peter Kammer
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s
Forbes/Berend Family Fund
JayKay Foundation Fund
Tendick Family Foundation (DT)
David Heiny and Stacey Buening
Colin and Colleen Hutt
Peter and Kristin Langhoff
David and Melina Marcus
Elizabeth and Ted Matkom
Maribeth and Daniel McNally
Karen and Marty Ordinans
Joan and Dean Phillips
Bradley and Allie Pierson
Bruce and Candy Pindyck
Keith and Michelle Rode
Kevin Russell
Nilesh and Vaishali Shah
Mowry Smith III
Nita Soref
Sreedharen Surendran and Rajani
Sreedharan
Joe and Trish Ullrich
German Vera
Stacey Walthers Naffah and Chris
Naffah
W. Ward White and Sydney
Greenblatt
Ross and Angela Williams
Marti and Andrew Wronski
We are pleased to
acknowledge Museum
Donors who have made
payments on gifts pledged in
previous years:
Brady Corporation Breadsmith Franchising, Inc.
Cedar Crest Ice Cream
City of Milwaukee Arts Board Moira Fitzgerald and Peter Kammer
GE Capital
Golden Guernsey Dairy
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s
Halbert and Alice Kadish Fund 1
& Community Grant Fund
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s
Halbert and Alice Kadish Fund 2
ManpowerGroup, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Foundation PNC Foundation
Palermo Villa, Inc.
Sendik’s Food Market
Shorewood Animal Hospital
Time Warner Cable WaterStone Bank We Energies Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Foundation
In-kind contributors
supporting Museum
programs and services:
Andrew Toyota
Avicom Communications Group
Breadsmith Franchising
Cedar Crest Ice Cream
Clear Channel Outdoor
Coca-Cola Bottling of WI
Current Electric Co.
DigiCOPY
FOX 6
Golden Guernsey Dairy
Hanson Dodge Creative
Interpark US Bank
Journal Sentinel Inc.
Keiding Inc.
MillerCoors
Community Leader
Quad/Graphics
Community Leaders help support
programs for disadvantaged children and families.
VIP Circle
Brady Corporation
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
GE Healthcare
ManpowerGroup
Mortenson Construction
Northwestern Mutual
PNC
Stark Investments
Donor-Level Members
Nathan and Heather Ansell
Katie and Michael Falk
Diane and Tim Herman
Noah and Kathleen Horowitz
Lisa Lo-Scarpino and Tan Lo
Thomas and Susan Neill
Carol and Robert Schwartz
Makela and VJ Taphorn
Victoria Teerlink and Jeffrey Drope
Christopher and Holly Wedding
BBCM Foundation Board
Colin Lancaster, President/Treasurer
Matt D’Attilio, Vice President/
Secretary
Molly Gallagher
Peter Hammond
David Heiny
Nathan Johnson
Melissa Nelsen
Kevin Roth
Michael Schneider
Board Officers
Molly Gallagher, President
David Marcus, President-Elect
Joseph Ullrich, VP Administration
Debra Altshul-Stark, VP Education
and Exhibits
Deborah Nustad, VP Development/
Strategic Planning
Jeffrey Bradford, VP Finance
Melissa Nelsen, VP Friends
Anthony Smith, VP Marketing
Bill Berrien, VP Nominating
Board Members
Margaret Brown
Lori Craig
Erickajoy Daniels
Jackie Darr
Matthew D’Attilio
Alicia Dupies
Moira Fitzgerald
Patrick Hammes
Rebecca Hamrin
Benjamin Holbrook
Colin Hutt
Elizabeth Matkom
Sara Meaney
Karen Ordinans
Joan Phillips
Bradley Pierson
Michael Sheppard
Jerry Vite
Carey Vollmers
Barbara Wiederhold
Marti Wronski
Stacy Zaja
Honorary Board Members
Debra Altshul-Stark
Therese Binder, Founder and
President Emeritus
Molly Gallagher
Susie Gruenberg, Founder
Colin Lancaster
Onnie Leach Smith
Greg Marcus
Melissa Nelsen
Julie Sattler Rosene, Founder
Mary Ellen Stanek
Brian Stark
W. Ward White
Barbara Wiederhold
Richard Wiederhold
Volunteers
Daniel Adamonis, Programs
Laura Adamonis, Programs
Amy Afsari, Gala
Yvette Ardis, Education
Kelly Barthel, Finance
Joanne Bischmann, Marketing
Cindy Braunschweig, Gala
Ray Brinn, Finance
Meghan Brown, Programs
Kenesha Burns, Programs
Eileen Cahill, Gala
Charlotte Clarke, Programs
Adam Claus, Programs
David Crouther, Programs
Stacy Crouther, Programs
Jeff Dardis, Marketing
Anneliese Dickman, Gala
Lauren Duda, Programs
Alicia Dupies, Gala
Elise Emmers, Programs
Kathleen Farrell Whitworth, Gala
Katie Foy, Gala
Emma Gillette, Gala
Joy Graf, Gala
Christine Gurses, Gala
Julie Hanrahan, Marketing
Christine Hansen, Programs
Trevonte Harris, Programs
Ali Hause, Programs
Rebecca Hernandez, Programs
Kristie Hopf, Gala
Ontario Jewett, Programs
Kathy Johnson, Gala
Jolene Keenan, Gala
Alex Kristl, Programs
Brad Kussow, Finance
Deborah Ladd, Programs
Cindy Larson, Programs
Thomas LeNoir, Programs
Michael Leon, Programs
Shasha Liu, Programs
Wendy Lund, Gala
Andrew Marris, Marketing
Kevin Marty, Programs
Ted Matkom, Administration
Amol Mody, Programs
Jennifer Moglowsky, Exhibits
Angela Morkwald, Programs
Demetriana Morris, Programs
Sara Meaney, Gala
Marcus Molina, Programs
Bridie Mooney, Gala
Melissa Nelsen, Gala
Sarah Ney, Gala
Deborah Nustad, Gala
Casey O’Keefe, Education
Daniela Orozco, Programs
Ben Pagenkopf, Programs
Mayra Perea, Programs
Deborah Perez, Marketing
Allie Pierson, Gala
Zhilan Qin, Programs
Precious Randle, Programs
Katelyn Rattner, Programs
Sean Reed, Programs
Sheila Reynolds, Administration
D’Angelo Richmond, Programs
Caryl Roberts, Programs
Amy Sarnowski, Gala
Carol Schwartz, Exhibits
Bria Scholossmann, Programs
Judy Schwerm, Marketing
Patrick Sheehy, Marketing
Jeff Sherman, Marketing
Kortni Smith, Programs
Marianne Szymanski, Marketing
Kabrevia Taper, Programs
Victoria Teerlink, Gala
Ellie Thompson, Programs
Amanda Tollefsen, Gala
Molly Vaklyes, Programs
Carey Vollmers, Gala
Stacey Walthers-Naffah, Marketing
Barbara Wiederhold, Product
Development
Bridget Winn, Programs
Danielle Zyert, Programs
Museum Staff
Fern Shupeck, Executive Director
Kristen Adams, Director of
Advancement
Lisa Balster, Associate Director
of Community Education
Jenna Benz, Associate Director
of Development
Terry Boyle, Director of Exhibits
Linda Brown, Gift Shop Manager
Kathy Cannistra, Exhibits Manager
Eliseo Carmona, Exhibit Designer/
Fabricator
Elizabeth Dolatowski, Membership
& Communications Coordinator
Joe Dorn, Visitor Experiences
Manager
Michele Duranso, Communications
Manager
Sandy Hughes, Event Coordinator
Amy Kazilsky, Director of Education
Sheila Martinez, Director of Finance
& Administration
Tom Matthews, Exhibit Floor
Manager
Alaa Moustafa, Accountant
Joe Pariso, Exhibit Technician/
Fabricator
Christopher Poff, Exhibit Developer/
Technician
Nancy Rappaport, Visitor Services
Manager
Jennifer Sarnowski, Director of
Exhibit Rental & Sales
Jill Stevenson, Early Childhood
Education Specialist
Erin Taylor, Development Associate
Carrie Wettstein, Director of Special
Projects
Visitor Assistants
Kenzie Boswell
Andrew Elfe
Shelly Grunert
Anna Kinsinger
James Kosombo
Amanda MacDonald
Michaela Marecek
Elijah Muehlbauer
Jeff Newman
Thomas Sanders
Alice Wilson
statement of
activities
January 1 - December 31, 2011
Income
Earned Revenue
Admission
$473,661
Membership
253,694
Programs
19,710
Special Events
232,884
Interest
1,189
Exhibit Rental
358,647
Exhibit Sales
59,559
Other Income
36,245
Total Earned Revenue
Contributions
Gifts and Grants
In-kind Goods and Services
Total Contributions
$1,435,589
541,697
232,271
$773,968
Total Income
$2,209,557
Expenses
Occupancy
101,931
Exhibits
336,825
Exhibit for Rental and Sales
104,942
Programs and Visitor Services
445,467
Membership and Marketing
492,309
Development
172,198
General and Adminstrative
217,454
Depreciation
170,723
Total Expenses
$2,041,850
Change in Net Assets
$168,707
balance sheet
at December 31, 2011 Assets
Current
Investments
Exhibits
Leasehold Improvements
Equipment
Less: Accumulated Depreciation
Other Assets
$1,380,570
17,261
2,856,584
1,220,476
110,990
(2,253,513)
336,146
Total Assets
$3,668,515
Liabilities and Net Assets
Current Liabilities
$532,455
Net Assets
Unrestricted
$839,495
Fixed Assets
1,895,729
Temporarily Restricted
400,836
Total Net Assets
$3,136,060
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$3,668,515
Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
929 E. Wisconsin Ave. • Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-390-KIDS (5437) • www.bbcmkids.org