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BUTTERFLY WONDERLAND FOUNDATION INC

SCOTTSDALE, AZ · EIN 274186543 · Form 990 · FY2020 · NTEE O50 · Youth Development · Medium ($1M-$10M) · butterflywonderland.com
revenue
$2.8M
expenses
$41K
net assets
$2.8M
employees
0
program ratio
87%
mission · from form 990

TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Butterfly Wonderland Foundation supports Butterfly Wonderland, an operational organization that provides immersive rainforest and butterfly exhibits. It focuses on accessibility for individuals with disabilities and autism, and offers educational programs for underserved students. The foundation primarily serves the Scottsdale, Arizona area.

named programs · 6 · from sources

what they call their work

Certified Autism Center (CAC)
Designation by IBCCES ensuring at least 80% of guest-facing staff are trained and certified in autism, with ongoing training and accessibility efforts.
Core Program
Provides scholarship opportunities for low-income, underserved communities, including Arizona’s Title 1 school classrooms, to experience an immersive day of education at Butterfly Wonderland.
PAL Place
Offers enhanced accessibility and sensory-sensitive accommodations, including a downloadable visual/social guide and on-site staff support, for families and individuals impacted by autism or other non-visible intellectual or developmental differences.
Rainforest Adventure
An immersive exhibit featuring butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish within a rainforest environment.
Sensory Bags
Bags filled with items like ear muffs, sunglasses, and fidget toys to help reduce sensory overload and provide engagement for adults and children with sensory needs.
Stingray & Shark Feedings
Interactive Aquarist Talk and Live Feeding at the Tropical Waters Observation Pool, providing education on marine life.
activities · 6 groups

what they do

  • Immersive Wildlife Visitor Experiences 10 activities
    • Offer annual and lifetime passes
      Provides unlimited attraction visits for one year with an annual pass, unlimited visits to three attractions for one year with the Triple Combo Annual Pass, and unlimited lifetime visits to OdySea Aquarium and Butterfly Wonderland with a Combo Lifetime Membership, including discounts on events, birthday parties, gift shop, and cafe purchases for annual pass holders.
    • Offer membership and annual passes
      Provides unlimited attraction visits for one year with an annual pass, offers unlimited visits to three attractions for one year with the Triple Combo Annual Pass, and provides unlimited lifetime visits to OdySea Aquarium and Butterfly Wonderland with a Combo Lifetime Membership, including discounts on events, parties, gift shop, and cafe purchases for annual pass holders.
    • Offer membership and annual passes
      Provides unlimited attraction visits for one year with an annual pass, unlimited visits to three attractions for one year with the Triple Combo Annual Pass, and unlimited lifetime visits to OdySea Aquarium and Butterfly Wonderland with a Combo Lifetime Membership, along with discounts on events, birthday parties, gift shop, and cafe purchases for annual pass holders.
    • Operate a rainforest exhibit and provide educational experiences
      Operates a rainforest exhibit featuring butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish, including edible insect experiences, and conducts live stingray and shark feeding demonstrations with expert aquarist talks.
    • Operating an immersive butterfly and rainforest exhibit
      Operates a rainforest exhibit featuring live butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish, offering educational experiences including edible insect tastings and live stingray and shark feeding demonstrations with expert aquarist talks.
    • Operating an immersive rainforest exhibit
      Operates a rainforest exhibit that features live butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish, and offers edible insect experiences to visitors.
    • Operating an immersive rainforest exhibit
      Operates a rainforest exhibit that features live butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish, and offers edible insect experiences to visitors.
    • Providing membership and annual passes
      Offers various annual passes and lifetime memberships that provide unlimited attraction visits and discounts on events, birthday parties, gift shop, and cafe purchases, including options for single attractions or multiple attractions like OdySea Aquarium.
    • Providing visitor amenities and memberships
      Offers food and retail services, conducts live stingray and shark feeding demonstrations, and provides various annual and lifetime passes for unlimited attraction visits and discounts.
    • Providing visitor amenities and memberships
      Offers food and retail services, conducts live stingray and shark feeding demonstrations, and provides various annual and lifetime passes for unlimited attraction visits and discounts.
  • Certified Autism Center Operations 9 activities
    • Ensuring accessibility for visitors
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, providing sensory bags and a dedicated guest services team, and ensures wheelchair and stroller accessibility throughout its facilities. The organization also maintains an accessible website through regular testing and updates.
    • Ensuring accessibility for visitors
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, providing sensory bags and a dedicated guest services team, and ensures wheelchair and stroller accessibility throughout its facilities. The organization also maintains an accessible website through regular testing and updates.
    • Provide accessible facilities and resources for visitors
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, offering sensory-friendly resources such as sensory bags, and provides wheelchair and stroller accessibility throughout its facilities with a dedicated guest services team.
    • Provide accessible facilities and resources for visitors
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, providing wheelchair and stroller accessibility, distributing sensory bags, and maintaining a dedicated guest services team to support guests with sensory sensitivities and other accessibility needs.
    • Provide accessible facilities and services
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, offering sensory-friendly resources like sensory bags, and ensures wheelchair and stroller accessibility throughout its facilities with a dedicated guest services team for support.
    • Providing accessible visitor experiences
      Operates as a Certified Autism Center, providing sensory bags, wheelchair and stroller accessibility, and a dedicated guest services team to support guests with sensory sensitivities and other accessibility needs. This includes training at least 80% of guest-facing staff in autism and cognitive differences.
    • Staff training for accessibility
      Trains at least 80% of guest-facing staff in autism and cognitive differences through certification by the International Board of Credentialing and Continued Education Standards (IBCCES).
    • Staff training for accessibility
      Trains at least 80% of guest-facing staff in autism and cognitive differences through certification by the International Board of Credentialing and Continued Education Standards (IBCCES).
    • Train staff in autism and cognitive differences
      Trained at least 80% of guest-facing staff in autism and cognitive differences through certification by the International Board of Credentialing and Continued Education Standards (IBCCES).
  • Venue Rental with Birthday Party Hosting 6 activities
    • Host private and corporate events
      Offers customizable birthday party packages and provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe.
    • Hosting private and corporate events
      Provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe, and offers customizable birthday party packages.
    • Hosting private and corporate events
      Provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe, and offers customizable birthday party packages.
    • Hosting private and corporate events
      Offers customizable birthday party packages and provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe.
    • Provide event hosting and party packages
      Offers customizable birthday party packages for private events and provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe.
    • Provide event hosting services
      Offers customizable birthday party packages and provides venue spaces for private and corporate events, including a 193-seat movie theater, butterfly conservatory, and cafe.
  • Website Accessibility Compliance 3 activities
    • Ensure website accessibility
      Implements measures to improve website accessibility, including semantic HTML, alternative text, keyboard navigability, color contrast, font choices, responsive design, descriptive link text, and error handling, and regularly reviews and updates its website content, design, and backend systems to conform with evolving accessibility standards and best practices, with periodic testing using automated and manual tools, as well as human audits.
    • Ensure website accessibility
      Implements measures to improve website accessibility, including semantic HTML, alternative text, keyboard navigability, color contrast, font choices, responsive design, descriptive link text, and error handling, with periodic testing using automated and manual tools, human audits, and regular content and design updates.
    • Maintaining website accessibility
      Implements and regularly reviews measures to improve website accessibility, including semantic HTML, alternative text, keyboard navigability, appropriate color contrast, responsive design, descriptive link text, error handling, and periodic testing using automated and manual tools.
  • Visitor-Facing Educational Retail Operations 1 activity
    • Provide food and retail services
      Provides food and retail services to visitors at Butterfly Wonderland and Arizona Boardwalk.
  • Uncategorized 5 activities
    • Ensure website accessibility
      Implements measures to improve website accessibility, including semantic HTML, alternative text, keyboard navigability, color contrast, font choices, responsive design, descriptive link text, and error handling, and regularly reviews and updates its website content, design, and backend systems to conform with evolving accessibility standards and best practices, conducting periodic testing using automated and manual tools, as well as human audits.
    • Offer educational field trips for underserved communities
      Offers scholarship-funded field trips for students from low-income, underserved communities, including Arizona Title 1 schools, to participate in immersive educational experiences at Butterfly Wonderland.
    • Offering educational field trips for underserved students
      Provides scholarship-funded field trips for students from low-income, underserved communities, including Arizona Title 1 schools, enabling them to participate in immersive educational experiences at Butterfly Wonderland.
    • Providing educational programs for students
      Offers scholarship-funded field trips for students from low-income, underserved communities, including Arizona Title 1 schools, to participate in immersive educational experiences at Butterfly Wonderland.
    • Providing educational programs for students
      Offers scholarship-funded field trips for students from low-income, underserved communities, including Arizona Title 1 schools, to participate in immersive educational experiences at Butterfly Wonderland.
financials · form 990 · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$2.77M
Contributions & grants$2.71M98%
Program service revenue$26K1%
Investment income$14K1%
Other revenue$15K
expenses
Total expenses$41K
Program expenses87%
Admin / overhead13%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$14K
Largest expense lineFacilities
balance sheet
Total assets$2.75M
Cash$58K
Investments$0
Liabilities$1K
Net assets$2.75M
Liquid reserves17.1 mo
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

board members · 4
  • AMRAM KNISHINSKY — CEO
  • DEE MANGULINS — DIRECTOR
  • GREG CHARBENEAU — DIRECTOR
  • MARTIN POLLACK — DIRECTOR UNTIL DEC. 12, 2020
relationships · 11

who they work with

  • AZ Boardwalk Partner — Offers discounts at select AZ Boardwalk venues to pass holders.
  • Arizona Boardwalk Partner — Co-located retail and dining partner hosting shared visitor experiences.
  • Arizona Boardwalk Partner — Offers bundled tickets with other attractions at Arizona Boardwalk.
  • International Board of Credentialing and Continued Education Standards (IBCCES) Government — Designated Butterfly Wonderland as a Certified Autism Center following staff training and onsite review.
  • Laser/Mirror Maze Partner — Offers bundled admission with Butterfly Wonderland and OdySea Aquarium to save up to 30%.
  • Local, Private Donor Partner — Provided a donation of over 60 preserved butterfly specimens for display.
  • Mirror Maze Partner — Offers discounts on birthday parties as part of the Triple Combo Annual Pass and Combo Lifetime Membership.
  • OdySea Aquarium Partner — Offers bundled admission with Butterfly Wonderland to save up to 40%.
  • OdySea Aquarium Partner — Offers unlimited lifetime visits and discounts at cafes and gift shops as part of a Combo Lifetime Membership.
  • UFO Experience Partner — Offers bundled admission with Butterfly Wonderland, OdySea Aquarium, and Pangaea Dinosaurs to save up to 40%.
  • Wheel the World Partner — Verified Butterfly Wonderland’s accessibility features through an on-site assessment.