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Austin Children's Museum
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| Basic Charity Information |
| Organization Name: | Austin Children's Museum |
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| Number of Paid Staff: | 24 |
| Number of Volunteer Staff: | 300 |
| Category 1: | Children & Youth |
| Category 2: | Education |
| Category 3: | Arts & Culture |
| Category 4: | Family & Parenting |
| Category 5: | none |
| Category 6: | none |
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| E-Mail: | steink |
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| Web Site: | www.austinkids.org |
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| Street Address 1: | 201 Colorado Street |
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| Street Address City: | Austin |
| Street Address State: | TX |
| Street Address Zip: | 78701 |
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| Charity Description |
| Mission: | To provide innovative, participatory Museum exhibits, resources, and programs which encourage curiosity, creativity, learning, and appreciation for all children, their families, and those who work with children. |
| Program or Service: | The Austin Children’s Museum was founded in 1983 by a group of citizens who understood that the world’s future ultimately rests in the hearts and minds of our children. The Museum was created to provide a place where adults could share early learning experiences with children – a place where questions could be asked and answered. The Museum fosters conversations about how and why things work, and how and where different people live…questions about art, culture, science, technology, and the world around us. |
| Outcomes: | On October 21, 1999, researchers from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center released a report, Early Learning, Later Success: the Abecedarian Study, that demonstrates long-lasting benefits for children enrolled in an experimental early education program. Of the 111 children studied, 57 children were continuously enrolled from infancy through age 5 years in a high-quality early childhood program. The program’s key components included good adult-child ratios, ongoing professional development and salaries for staff based on the public school payscale, and an individualized curriculum designed to enhance children’s abilities through learning games. The other 54 children were the control group and did not receive services.
Researchers followed these children until age 21. Their findings go beyond demonstrating school readiness and success, to identifying positive educational and social outcomes during young adulthood. The study recently compared the treated group with the control group and found significant differences in their abilities and achievements.
At age 21 those who received early intervention were more likely to:
Score higher on IQ, reading and math tests
Be enrolled in or graduated from a 4 year college
Delay parenthood
Be gainfully employed
Researchers attribute the success of the project to the early intervention, sustained services and investments in quality.. |
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| How to Donate: | In person, by mail or on-line...check, cash, credit card or stock transfers. |
| Financial Information |
| Tax Exempt?: | Yes |
| Fiscal Year End: | September 30 |
| Statement Audited?: | Yes |
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| Key Staff |
| Name: | Becky Jones |
| Title in Organization: | Interim Director |
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| Phone Extension: | 242 |
| E-Mail: | jonesb |
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| Key Staff |
| Name: | Cind Shaver |
| Title in Organization: | Director of Finance |
| Phone Number: | 472-2499 |
| Phone Extension: | 216 |
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| Key Staff |
| Name: | Ken Stein |
| Title in Organization: | Director of Development 7 Mark |
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| Phone Extension: | 212 |
| E-Mail: | steink |
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| Board Member |
| Name: | Gregory Kozmetsky |
| Title in Organization: | Board President |
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