Organizations Filed Purposes:
To inspire curiosity and creativity through joyful, transformative experiences.
The Children's Museum of Sonoma County, founded in 2005 out of the back of a minivan, is now a world renowned place where children and their caregivers can explore and learn in a "hands-on" environment. The Permanent Museum, located in +/- 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, was opened in 2014 after an $8.3 million capital campaign. Since its opening, people have visited the Museum more than 600,000 times. The Family Access Program was launched early on to distribute free memberships and discounted or free daily admission to low income families. The Museum continues to build new interactive exhibits and programs focused on the arts, science, and nature, custom designed for children aged ten years and younger.Now in its seventh year of operation, the Children's Museum of Sonoma County's permanent campus continues to expand its impact and outreach. In FYE 19 the Museum hosted over 150,000 guests; visited schools with the mobile Museum-On-the-Go (MOG); provided scholarship funded field trips, transportation and MOG visits through the Access for School Kids (ASK)program, offered day camp programs in Winter, Spring and Summer; installed two new major exhibits and continued to expand its planned giving and unrestricted gifts, laying the groundwork for long termsustainability.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Collette Michaud | CEO | 40 | $105,000 |
| Douglas Kay | CFO | 20 | $15,000 |
| Gordon Blumenfeld | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Shapiro | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jessica Peterson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Daniel Wilson | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sue Bisbee | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Samantha Marquis | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Courtney Comer | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Cindy Berrios | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Evan Hershey | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
| Nate Lamar | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Ame Van Dyke | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Samuel Lee | President | 1 | $0 |
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