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NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDRENS

EIN 75-2733048 ABILENE, TX

Revenue 2024
$657,213
Expenses 2024
$774,708

Program services were 63.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A50
Classification
1200
Street
102 CEDAR 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

The National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) exists to exhibit, tour, collect, preserve and promote original art from the finest childrens literature while inspiring children of all ages to read and be creative. See Schedule O for additional information.

  • The organinzation collaborates with award-winning illustrators to produce exhibitions of their artwork that are distinctive, appealing to museum visitors of all ages, and of the highest quality. The exhibitions are on display at their gallery in Abilene, Texas and include opporunities to meet visiting artists during the exhibitions opening events. In addition, these award-winning exhibitions then travel both nationally and internationally to be exhibited in museums, galleries, libraries and more, ensuring more people are impacted by this important work.

    Expenses $297,879

  • The NCCIL offers several opportunities for the community to learn about the displayed art and explore their creative talents. Some of this free programming includes family art activities, monthly art adventure for preschoolers, instructional exhibition tours for students, and annual workshops and art camps for all ages.

    Expenses $102,226

  • The Organization provides exhibitions of artwork from childrens literature to museums, public libraries, and galleries nationwide.

    Expenses $95,021 · Revenue $46,700

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.

  • Kayla Young

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $51,357
    From this org
    $45,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,310
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lynn Barnett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca McMurray

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Trey Shirley

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Frizzell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grant Cunningham

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emerald Cassidy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Curtis-Carr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miguel Espinoza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julee Hammer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Osborne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Austin Roeder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Wiser

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Catherine Barr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caroline Craver

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Nichols

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eddy Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Specht

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $657,213
    Expenses
    $774,708
    Contributions
    $519,983
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $758,576
    Expenses
    $690,377
    Contributions
    $515,622
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $876,353
    Expenses
    $666,407
    Contributions
    $686,592
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $462,940
    Expenses
    $538,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,290,826

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $460,889
    Expenses
    $466,084
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,318,154

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $445,139
    Expenses
    $506,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,381,416

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $392,726
    Expenses
    $532,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,334,353

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $433,881
    Expenses
    $475,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,469,532

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $458,111
    Expenses
    $477,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,545,655

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $519,207
    Expenses
    $426,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,479,822

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $399,887
    Expenses
    $416,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,516,543

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.

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

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.