- Revenue 2024
- $4,912,623
- Expenses 2024
- $5,444,035
Program services were 84.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- P33Z
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 2125 BEACON ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO BUILD BETTER FUTURES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION.
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CHILDCARE WAS PROVIDED FROM 6:30 AM TO 5:30 PM WEEKDAYS FOR 164 CHILDREN IN 2024. THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HIGH SCOPE CURRICULUM WAS UTILIZED. MORE THAN 74% OF THE CHILDREN WE SERVE ARE PART OF LOW-INCOME OR AT-RISK FAMILIES. IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDS COLLECTED FOR DIRECT SERVICE TO CHILDREN, ECA RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS, COMMUNITY GRANTS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO FUND THIS PROGRAM.
Expenses $2,371,800 · Revenue $1,659,782
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THE CACFP PROGRAM MONITORS AND REIMBURSES 106 FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES AND 16 CHILDCARE CENTERS IMPACTING 2651 CHILDREN IN 2024. THE HOMES AND CENTERS PREPARE NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED MEALS AND SNACKS FOR CHILDREN IN 15 NORTHEAST INDIANA COUNTIES. EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS TO FUND THIS PROGRAM AND DISBURSED OVER 1.8 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE HOME CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND CENTERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
Expenses $2,091,216
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EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE'S SHARED SERVICES NETWORK, STARTED IN 2022, IS A PROGRAM SET TO HELP CHILDCARE HOMES AND FACILITIES INCREASE ENROLLMENT, REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS THROUGH THE HELP OF TOOLS AND COACHING. ECA WORKED WITH 4 HOMES, 1 FAITH-BASED CENTER, AND 10 SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS IN 2024.
Expenses $130,121 · Revenue $4,247
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Dr Amber TarggartDR AMBER TARGGART
CEO
- Total calculated
- $133,810
- From this org
- $120,327
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,483
- Hours/week
- 40
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Rhonda SteineckerRHONDA STEINECKER
CHIEF OPERAT
- Total calculated
- $100,370
- From this org
- $87,755
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,615
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amber BauerAMBER BAUER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ann WatersANN WATERS
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nick ToneyNICK TONEY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kylee BennettKYLEE BENNETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark BloomMARK BLOOM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Heidi BuffenbargerHEIDI BUFFENBARGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeri BurkhartJERI BURKHART
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kendall Dudley BillowsKENDALL DUDLEY BILLOWS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Frank GomezFRANK GOMEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeanine HeroldJEANINE HEROLD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David JacksonDAVID JACKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kelli PacknettKELLI PACKNETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kelly RentschlerKELLY RENTSCHLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hayley SauerHAYLEY SAUER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,912,623
- Expenses
- $5,444,035
- Contributions
- $3,180,056
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,379,955
- Expenses
- $6,467,193
- Contributions
- $3,373,915
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $6,050,876
- Expenses
- $6,595,249
- Contributions
- $4,056,363
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,413,804
- Expenses
- $6,420,576
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,420,930
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,789,694
- Expenses
- $5,944,810
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,077,055
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,734,100
- Expenses
- $7,142,733
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,595,422
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,412,090
- Expenses
- $7,355,689
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,975,859
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,262,440
- Expenses
- $7,257,468
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,929,737
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,782,589
- Expenses
- $6,891,500
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,071,331
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,403,518
- Expenses
- $6,263,482
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,029,048
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,274,205
- Expenses
- $5,744,026
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,821,627
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,741,553
- Expenses
- $5,771,230
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,240,998
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $5,807,014
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,392,449
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$282,000
2024 EARLY YEARS INITIATIVE
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$144,000
2022 CBS GRANT
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$116,000
2023 SHARED SERVICES GRANT
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$114,000
2023 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CHILD WELFARE, PARENT EDUCATION
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$58,200
2024 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, CHILD WELFARE AND PARENT EDUCATION
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2022 CHARITABLE SUPPORT
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2023 CHARITABLE SUPPORT
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$46,348
2022 SUBSIDY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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2022 CHILD CARE PROGRAM
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.