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EDUCATOR ACADEMY INC

EIN 47-5135488 KANSAS CITY, MO

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Revenue 2024
$2,701,057
Expenses 2024
$3,863,831

Program services were 72.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
2000
Street
1712 MAIN ST STE 200

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

WE RECRUIT, CULTIVATE, SUPPORT, AND RETAIN A DIVERSE NETWORK OF EMPOWERED AND EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS. WE PREPARE TEACHERS TO CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE AND EQUITABLE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE RECRUIT, DEVELOP, PLACE, AND RETAIN EDUCATORS WORKING IN KC AREA SCHOOLS.

  • THE EDUCATOR ACADEMY RECRUITS, PREPARES, PLACES, AND RETAINS PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN THE TEACHING PROFESSION. WE STRIVE TO DEVELOP THESE TEACHERS INTO EFFECTIVE, COMPASSIONATE, AND ANTIRACIST EDUCATORS WHO WORK TO ENSURE KIDS RECEIVE A QUALITY EDUCATION. WE DO THIS THROUGH A TEACHER RESIDENCY MODEL, WHICH ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO HONE THEIR TEACHING SKILLS BY SERVING AS AMERICORPS MEMBERS IN MENTOR TEACHERS' CLASSROOMS FOR A FULL SCHOOL YEAR. RESIDENTS EARN THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATION, RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING, ENGAGE IN COURSEWORK, AND PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM THEIR AMERICORPS MEMBERSHIP. THIS RIGOROUS DEVELOPMENT MODEL HELPS OUR RESIDENT TEACHERS BECOME THE EDUCATORS THE STUDENTS OF KANSAS CITY DESERVE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) IN ADDITION TO OUR TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WE PREPARE TEACHERS THROUGH A FELLOWSHIP MODEL AS WELL. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE TAKE INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN CLASSROOMS AND PROVIDE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION. WE LEVERAGE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYED SINCE INCEPTION FOR TEACHER PREPARATION SUCH AS INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING AND RIGOROUS COURSEWORK WITHIN A COHORT MODEL. THIS STRONG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HELPS OUR FELLOWS BECOME THE EDUCATORS THE STUDENTS OF KANSAS CITY DESERVE.

    Expenses $2,812,898 · Grants $108,495 · Revenue $456,068

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Michael Roane

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Anderson

    TREASURER (TERM START 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Pine

    SECRETARY (TERM END 06/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Javen Betts

    DIRECTOR (TERM START 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dean Johnson

    DIRECTOR (TERM START 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Olmedo

    DIRECTOR (TERM START 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Ralph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chase Barnes

    DIRECTOR (TERM END 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Rice

    TREASURER (TERM END 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles King

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $138,979
    From this org
    $128,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,577
    Hours/week
    40
  • Charles Cordt

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $114,828
    From this org
    $105,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,753
    Hours/week
    40
  • Beth Benkert

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $122,541
    From this org
    $111,799
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,742
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leslie McTighe

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $117,415
    From this org
    $106,683
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,732
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,701,057
    Expenses
    $3,863,831
    Contributions
    $2,023,501
    Grants paid
    $108,495
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,323,729
    Expenses
    $3,242,007
    Contributions
    $2,807,378
    Grants paid
    $100,463
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,473,412
    Expenses
    $3,810,777
    Contributions
    $8,826,785
    Grants paid
    $165,521

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,152,267
    Expenses
    $3,981,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,891,989
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,208,187
    Expenses
    $2,821,387
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,678,100
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,920,461
    Expenses
    $2,907,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,453,233
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,599,005
    Expenses
    $3,487,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,235,543
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,928,202
    Expenses
    $2,562,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,134,921
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,928,202
    Expenses
    $2,562,213
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,134,921
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,908,456
    Expenses
    $2,619,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $801,611

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Charles King
Mailing address
4801 Rockhill RdKansas City MO 64110
Website
kcteach.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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.