2022-2023

ANNUAL
REPORT

A Year of Growth
From Our Founder:

A Year of Growth

Like all kids do, KID Museum is growing—FAST! This past year, we’ve expanded our programs, our reach, and our impact. We’ve matured into an established leader in maker education, and we’re proud that we’ve accomplished all this growth while staying true to the kids at the heart of everything we do.

Most importantly, the youth we serve are growing in ways that will shape their futures for the better. They’re building skills to become more creative and confident learners, equipped to take on life’s challenges and make a difference, no matter what paths they choose.

We are also growing who has access to high-impact maker learning, with a focus on youth from populations typically underrepresented in STEM. We’re working closely with their teachers too, ensuring that educators have the tools to inspire students’ creativity and passion for learning.  

We’ve launched some incredible new programs at KID Museum this year, from our Visiting Artist series to dynamic on-site Community Celebrations, to the inaugural Teach for the Future Fellowship—a major step in amplifying the KID Museum impact, both in our community and beyond.

We are deeply grateful to our many partners, sponsors, supporters, and friends. Because of you, we will continue to grow—as will the children, educators, and families we serve.

Growing Our Impact

KID Museum is growing in every way. Now in our second year at our flagship site, we’ve been intentionally expanding who we reach and how we reach them, with more on-site and school offerings, weekend family experiences, and professional development for teachers. As part of our growth plan, we’ve increased our efforts to prioritize the students too often left out of STEM learning and careers—Black and Latino youth, children of immigrants, students from families with limited incomes, and girls.

We’re proud of the significant outcomes in our elementary and middle school programs over this past school year, building upon previously established success. Our impact is evident in the measured results. Equally powerful are the voices of the students, teachers, partners, and sponsors that make up the KID Museum community, which appear throughout this report.
I didn’t think that I could do this stuff before. But now I think that I can do anything I set my mind to.
—7th grader
Invent the Future Program
Que estoy haciendo cosas divertidas (I am making fun things). It makes me happy to make things.
—3rd grader
KID Inventors Program
367,051
people served since 2014
30,000
served this past year
72%
of youth from
under-resourced communities
are in our school programs
8 IN 10
middle school participants
are students of
color or multiracial
95%
of 2nd-4th graders
experienced joy
in learning STEM
74%
of 7th graders showed
an increase in
critical thinking
100%
of teachers reported
an increase in their
students’ critical thinking
skills & confidence in STEM
Based on data from: The MCPS Office of Shared Accountability; qualitative feedback survey results administered by KID Museum (KID Inventors); survey measures,  program monitoring forms, program observations at each site, interviews with leadership and staff, and surveys of students, parents/family members, and staff (KID Afterschool); measures from the PEAR Institute Common Instrument Suite (CIS) survey (Invent the Future)
KID Museum really changed the way I think about teaching!
—teacher
KID Museum professional development program
Even the students that tend to have challenges with reading and math content have been shining with the maker learning opportunities.
—elementary school teacher
I feel like every student should have this opportunity. We didn’t expect it to have such a huge impact on our lives!
—7th Grader
Invent the Future Program

Growing School Partnerships

We have to start STEM exposure earlier, before middle school. And what they do at KID Museum has to exist in the classroom too.
—Dr. Monifa McKnight
Superintendent, MCPS
As the damaging effects of the pandemic continued to reverberate in our schools, we expanded and deepened our partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools significantly during the 2022-2023 school year.  What began as a pilot program with one middle school in 2014 has grown into a district-wide, comprehensive K-12 learning continuum that helps students build a sense of belonging in STEM and develop skills critical for college and career success. Prioritizing students from populations traditionally underrepresented in STEM (students of color, students from families with limited income, immigrants, and girls), KID’s programs offer embedded in-school curricula, field trips to KID Museum, out-of-school time programs, and teacher professional development.
1,587 6-8th graders from 18 schools
55% of participants received FARMS

INVENT THE FUTURE

KID Museum’s signature program, now offered as both a semester-long elective and as an after-school club, engages middle school students in inventing a solution to the question,
“What will you make to improve life on this planet?”
Students build technical skills in computer science, engineering, and 3D design while making gains in creative problem-solving, perseverance, confidence, and collaboration.
[Inventing] can help you mature and learn certain things about yourself that you never thought possible.
—6th grader
Invent the Future

KID INVENTORS

KID Inventors was designed to expose students to maker learning in the formative elementary years. Students develop creative problem-solving skills and a maker mindset while designing solutions to problems that are personally meaningful to them. They explore circuits, coding, and robotics through a mix of in-class curriculum and field trips to KID Museum.
2,186 2nd-4th graders from 10 schools
72% of participants received FARMS
100%
of participating teachers would recommend KID Inventors to other teachers
100%
of teachers want to participate again next year

KID AFTERSCHOOL

In response to growing pandemic-related disparities in education for youth of color and youth from families with limited income, KID Museum developed an afterschool program for the youngest learners. Teachers are trained and supported by KID Museum to provide innovative, maker-centered math and literacy enrichment.
420 K-3rd graders from 10 schools
68% of participants received FARMS
There were a couple of 2nd grade girls who struggled to engage and interact due to fear of failure. By the end of the program, each were more engaging within our setting and risked success more frequently.
—teacher
KID Afterschool

EXPANDED PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS

Building on our established Apprenticeship Program, this extension program for teens deepens maker learning skills, develops leadership skills, and fosters industry and career connections. Made up of a cohort of current KID Museum apprentices, the expanded teen programming emphasizes real-world problem solving and career readiness, and firmly extends our learning continuum into the high school years.
1,000+ teen apprentices since 2014
To be a part of KID Museum means to be someone who creates, teaches, and also learns.
—high schooler
KID Teen Program

Growing & Empowering Teachers

Well-trained teachers are key to increasing access to maker learning. That’s why we’ve made teacher professional development a core strategic priority. Simply put, if more teachers are delivering maker learning, more students will have access to these transformative learning experiences.This year, we launched two cutting-edge initiatives for educators: a national program to increase STEM interest among Latino youth, and a first-of-its-kind maker teacher fellowship. In addition, we’ve ramped up our existing professional development intensive workshops, and continue to embed professional development into all of our school programs.

LATINX MAKER LAB

As part of an exciting national initiative to increase access to and interest in computer science among Latino youth, KID Museum partnered with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and InfoSys Foundation USA to bring professional development workshops to 64 teachers in four cities (Dallas, Phoenix, LA, and DC). The program focused on how to integrate culturally responsive, hands-on learning that can open pathways to a more inclusive future in computer science.
This was the best training I have ever attended. The staff created a wonderful collaborative environment and I learned a lot from everyone. I am excited to take back what I learned to my school and help further our students’ understanding of computer science.
—teacher
Los Angeles Latinx Maker Lab

TEACH FOR THE FUTURE FELLOWSHIP

The inaugural Teach for the Future Fellowship launched this summer with 60 elementary and middle school teachers. This innovative professional development opportunity dramatically increases capacity for delivering maker learning curriculum to students across our region. Fellows will spend the year acquiring and refining the skills to incorporate maker education into their curriculum and advance student creativity, agency, and empathy.
My brain is overloaded. I have so many ideas of things that I can do with my students next year. This has been so helpful.
—Teach for the Future Fellow

Growing Access & Engagement

This year, we strengthened our approach to community engagement, building on our existing relationships, and establishing new ones. Our outreach focused on our key priority populations—Black and Latino youth, girls, first and second generation immigrants, and families with limited incomes—with the goal of providing meaningful connections for our learners and their families, and instilling a sense of belonging.

COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS

Community Celebrations energized the museum this year. These dedicated days brought together people of all backgrounds with interactive cultural experiences, maker workshops, and the chance to meet and learn from makers who have made an impact in the world. Our Community Celebrations this year included programs tied to the month-long celebrations of Hispanic Heritage, Black History, Women’s History, Asian American & Pacific Islander, and Pride.

VISITING ARTISTS

Throughout the year, kids and families had the unique opportunity to get inspired by Visiting Artists who created original artwork displayed in the museum and showed visitors how their art is made. Art is a way to strengthen STEM skills, form cultural and community connections, create new pathways for identity exploration, and elevate creative expression.
Ellen Xu’s popsicle stick art created a dreamlike environment at the museum.
We celebrated International Day of the Girl with a coding and robotics event co-hosted with the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (REC Foundation) and Google.

COMMUNITY ACCESS

This year, we strengthened our approach to community engagement, building on our existing relationships, and establishing new ones. Our outreach focused on our key priority populations—Black and Latino youth, girls, first and second generation immigrants, and families with limited incomes—with the goal of providing meaningful connections for our learners and their families, and instilling a sense of belonging.
8,000+
attended free
Family Days at KID

Family Days

Community Celebrations energized the museum this year. These dedicated days brought together people of all backgrounds with interactive cultural experiences, maker workshops, and the chance to meet and learn from makers who have made an impact in the world. Our Community Celebrations this year included programs tied to the month-long celebrations of Hispanic Heritage, Black History, Women’s History, Asian American & Pacific Islander, and Pride.

School Days Out

Throughout the year, kids and families had the unique opportunity to get inspired by Visiting Artists who created original artwork displayed in the museum, and showed visitors how their art is made. Art is a way to strengthen STEM skills, form cultural and community connections, create new pathways for identity exploration, and elevate creative expression.

Scholarships

Fifty percent of kids who participate in summer camps and school day out programs attend for free, part of our commitment to increasing access to maker learning experiences. We partner with local organizations to publicize our highly sought-after scholarship opportunities.

Growing Community

KID Museum’s network of partners are vital to our community, ensuring that all kids have the skills they need for school and workforce success. These dedicated partners, who span from large corporations to local nonprofits, make it possible for us to design new programs, grow existing programs, and expand access and reach for all our programming.

BOEING

Boeing’s multi-year investment has enabled KID Museum to develop curriculum for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders—considered critical years for the building of foundational skills in STEM. This investment means that KID Museum can now offer a K-12 continuum of learning, and bring high-impact programming to more elementary students in under-resourced schools within the DC/MD/VA area. Boeing also stresses the importance of family engagement, and supports out-of-school time and family STEM experiences to deepen learning and increase awareness of STEM careers.
Boeing is committed to preparing and inspiring the next generation of innovators and explorers here locally and around the world. We strive to provide access to high-quality STEM education, mentorship and career development opportunities to students from all backgrounds, and are proud to partner with the KID Museum to build stronger, more vibrant communities.
—Sarah Kyrouac
Sr. Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region, Boeing Global Engagement

IDENTITY

KID Museum’s partnership with Identity – a local organization that serves Latino youth from high poverty areas of the county – has spanned nearly 8 years. Together, we’ve delivered out-of-school time STEM enrichment to underserved youth, with the goal of increasing STEM interest, improving learning outcomes, and building family engagement.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

We teamed up with Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center to provide third graders from Van Ness Elementary in southeast Washington, D.C. with a day-long field trip full of robotics, biology, and engineering design. KID Museum designed the program, and KID educators and Georgetown professionals collaborated to engage kids in cancer prevention and bio tinkering, with the goal of encouraging students to think about careers in science while solving big problems together.

THE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE

With a focus on underserved populations, our partnership with The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) builds exposure to college and career pathways. Middle schoolers who are part of our Invent the Future and summer school programming have workshops on-campus in USG’s state-of-the-art facilities, and families are invited there to celebrate student achievements, creating a sense of belonging on a college campus. This year, our collaboration with USG grew deeper, with the launch of the Teach for the Future Fellowship.
Maker education, the maker mindset, these are encouraging the kinds of skills that are so essential right now in our society.
—Anne Khademian
Executive Director, The Universities at Shady Grove

Growing the Meaning of “Maker”

Every year, we honor people who push the boundaries of what it means to be a maker. At KID, we define a maker as someone who looks at the world with curiosity and creativity, and bravely taking on a variety of challenges. This year, we honored four such people at our annual Fête for the Future event.
Yehimi Cambrón
Artist, activist, and storyteller
Seth Goldman & Julie Farkas
Social entrepreneurs and activists
Dr. Karriem Watson
Chief Engagement Officer, 
NIH All of
Us Research Program
Dr. Karriem Watson was also one of our keynote speakers at the Invent the Future Celebrations, along with Dasia Taylor. Dasia, who invented an infection-detecting suture while still in high school and now, at age 19, is founder and CEO of VariegateHealth, was a fitting role model for the middle school inventors. Dr. Watson, from the All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, was equally inspiring, challenging students to reframe the question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” as “What problems do I want to solve when I grow up?”
KID Museum has done a phenomenal job of putting its foot on the gas pedal and pushing this innovative spirit forward.
—Dasia TayloR
teenage inventor of infection-detecting sutures

Our Team is Growing Too!

We’ve doubled our staff this year, growing into a robust 48-person team. We’re excited to welcome talented professionals in pivotal new roles including our Chief Impact Officer, Senior Director for Programs and Learning Innovation, and Community Outreach & Engagement Director. We grew our exhibit and experience teams, as well as our fabulous maker educator team, making it possible for us to expertly deliver our ever-growing programs.
Working at KID is so important to me because I can see the difference we make every day. Kids walk away with confidence as they learn new skills and become proud of their accomplishments. Adults are equally proud and impressed by the creativity and capabilities of our young learners. They all realize being a maker means something different for everyone.
—Kathleen Chung
KID Museum Maker Educator
School Partners 2022-2023
Arcola Elementary School
Argyle Middle School
Banneker Middle School
Bel Pre Elementary School
Briggs Chaney Middle School
Brookhaven Elementary School
Brown Station Elementary School
Burnt Mills Elementary School
Capt. James Daly Elementary School
Center City Public Schools
Clemente Middle School
Clopper Mill Elementary School
Concord Hill
Cresthaven Elementary School
Fairland Elementary School
Farquhar Middle School
Fields Road Elementary School
Francis Scott Key Middle School
Gaithersburg Elementary School
Gaithersburg Middle School
Galway Elementary School
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Georgian Forest Elementary School
Glen Haven Elementary School
Greencastle Elementary School
Harmony Hills Elementary School
Highland Elementary School
Highland Elementary School
Jackson Road Elementary School
JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres
Kemp Mill Elemenrary School
Key Middle School
Lake Seneca Elementary School
Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Montgomery Village Middle School
National Cathedral School
Neelsville Middle School
New Hampshire Estates Elementary School
Oak View Elementary School
Odessa Shannon Middle School
Parkland Middle School
Pyle Middle School
Redland Middle School
Rolling Terrace Elementary School
Rosa Parks Middle School
Roscoe Nix Elementary School
Sally K. Ride Elementary School
Sargent Shriver Elementary School
Shady Grove Middle School
Silver Spring International Middle School
Sligo Middle School
South Lake Elementary School
Stedwick Elementary School
Strathmore Elementary School
Strawberry Knoll Elementary School
Summit Hall Elementary School
The Harbor School
The River School
Twinbrook Elementary School
Viers Mill Elementary School
Washington Grove Elementary School
Watkins Mill Elementary School
Weller Road Elementary School
Wheaton Woods Elementary School
Whetstone Elementary School
White Oak Middle School
Financials
INCOME
Total Contributed Income
$2,681,513.52
50%
Corporate Contributions: $282,000
Foundations: $238,138.32
Government Support: $1,732,232
Individual Contributions: $429,143.2
Total Earned Income
In-Kind Income
Interest Income
$2,287,420.9
$358,354.07
$457.09
43%
Total Income
$5,327,745.58
Change in net assets
Net Assets Beginning of Year
Change in Net Assets
$398,598
Net Assets End of Year
$1,716,332
$1,317,734
EXPENSES
Program
Management
Fundraising
$3,388,241.71
$804,293
$736,611
69%
16%
15%
Total Expenses
$4,929,145.71
cash & cash equivalentS
End of Year
$413,464
Board of Directors
SAM ALEMAYEHU
Cambridge Industries Energy
ROBERT BREWER
Lerch, Early & Brewer
JILL CHESSEN
Long & Foster
DAVID GOLDBERG
Goldner LLC
SUSAN HENDRICKSON
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
SHANIKA HOPE
Google
CORINNA E. LATHAN
AnthroTronix
CARA LESSER
KID Museum
MICHAEL C. LIN
Formerly National 
Institutes of Health
ALEXANDRE H. RENE
Ropes & Gray
BRIAN TAFF
Streetsense
JOSE ANTONIO TIJERINO
Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Contributors

PARTNERS
Jose Antonio Tijerino

Aryani Ong

Grace Rivera Oven

Janelle Wong

Karla Silvestre

Maria del Carmen Cossu

Michael C. Lin

Nora Morales

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Common Good City Farm

District Motherhued

Excel Beyond the Bell

Food & Friends
Identity, Inc

Lisa Marie Studio

Mocha Moms, Inc. 

SMYAL
So
What Else?
Soul & Ink Crew

Table for Two

Taiwan Fun
 Washington DC
Taiwanese School (WDTS)

Deloitte

Marriott

Ledo Pizza

Lunchskins

Montgomery County Department
 of Recreation
Montgomery County Public Libraries

The Black and Brown Coalition for Educational Equity and Excellence
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Montgomery County Public Schools

Nourish Culinary
FOUNDATIONS
A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

George Wasserman Family Foundation

Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation

Hull Barrett Family Fund

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Kay Family Foundation

Lemelson Foundation

Miller Family Foundation
Samuel & Sylvia Kaplan Family Foundation

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Foundation

The Leder Family Philanthrophic Fund

The Ruppert Family Foundation

The Battelle Foundation
The Mead Family Foundation

The Samuel, Nadia, Sidney and 
Rachel Leah Fund
Lyda Hill - IF/THEN

Thomas Kempner Foundation

Vincent A. & Helen M. Sheehy Foundation
Montgomery County Public Schools

Nourish Culinary
non-profits
The Walt Whitman Robotics Team
Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Bethesda Rotary Club

Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
GOVERNMENT
Arts & Humanities Council of 
Montgomery County
Maryland State Department of Education
Montgomery
County Recreation Department
WorkSource Montgomery
The Universities at Shady Grove

Maryland Office of Statewide Broadband
corporationS
Amazon

Bethesda Bagels

Boeing
Comcast

Cooper Building Services, Inc.

Google

Emergent Biosolutions

Ledo Pizza

Lerch, Early & Brewer
Lucky Tiger Productions, LLC

Novavax

Pepco, an Exelon Company
Rodgers Consulting

Sandy Spring Bank

Xometry

Yeti

Verizon Foundation

International Development Bank (IDB)

Avison Young

Butera
Wealth Management

681 Marketing
INDIVIDUALS
Alison Rodner & David Goldberg

Anthony Yoseloff

Carol Trawick

Cathy Bernard

Chris & Sharon Carpenito

Cori Lathan & David Kubalak

Donna Westmoreland

Dusty Rood

Erik Heyer

Fabio Rosati

Fleur Bresler

Gary & Julie Greenstein

Glenn & Jennifer Leon

Harry & Adrienne Rosenberg

Jill Chessen & Danny Cohen

Johanna Chanin

Joseph Mindell & Ossie Borosh

Elizabeth Mann Memorial Fund

Maura Mahoney

Michael C. & Ellen Lin

Morry & Mary Joftus

Nakisha Hobbs

Nancy & Reid Liffmann

Rachel & Michael Svec

Ricardo Berrios

Robert & Sharon Buchanan

Robert & Stephanie Oshinsky

Robert G. Brewer, Jr.

Ruth & Robert Lesser

Sally Rosenberg & Bruce Charendoff

Scott Nudelman

Shanika Hope

Shirley Brandman & Howard Shapiro

Stacy & Seth Silber

Sumir Chadha

William Gehrke

Cheryl & Randy Altschuler

Beth Redlich & Howard Widra

Brad & Martha Taishoff

Gary & Julie Greenstein

Michael C. Lang
Wealth Management

681 Marketing
Contributions of $500+ made between September 2022 and August 2023