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CREATIVE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC

EIN 82-5165061 JOPLIN, MO

Revenue 2024
$573,112
Expenses 2024
$319,908

Program services were 94.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
300 S MAIN 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

CREATIVE LEARNING ALLIANCE'S VISION IS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN HANDS ON LEARNING, DRIVEN BY CURIOSITY, AND PLAY.

  • A SCIENCE CENTER BRINGS MANY CRITICAL THINGS TO OUR REGION. CULTURAL AMENITIES ARE PROVEN TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHILE IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FAMILIES OF OUR REGION ENGAGE IN, EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT NEW PASSIONS WHILE DISCOVERING NEW AND EXCITING CAREER CHOICES. OUR PARTNERS HELP TEACH OUR PATRONS WHAT THEY LOVE AND THAT CAREERS IN THOSE FIELDS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE AT HOME. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE US IN THE REGION. IN 2022, WE OPENED OUR PHASE 1 DOWNTOWN CREATIVE LAB WHERE WE HOLD MONTHLY THEMED EVENTS WHICH OPENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY INTO THE LAB TO EXPLORE OUR EXHIBITS AS WELL AS OFFERING VARIOUS LABS THAT ENHANCE LEARNING WHICH SUPPORTS STEAM BASED LEARNING. IN 2024, WE HOSTED 13 IN-LAB EVENTS, 7 EVENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND REACHED OVER 8,500 KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $303,016

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.

  • AUDIE DENNIS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CATHERINE WARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD GREER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHELLY KRAFT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BRI WATTS

    BOARD MEMBER END 06/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER END 09/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LOGAN STANLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE BRADSHAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Neely Myers

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $57,000
    From this org
    $57,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
    $573,112
    Expenses
    $319,908
    Contributions
    $558,548
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $503,176
    Expenses
    $102,660
    Contributions
    $501,254
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $124,973
    Expenses
    $49,242
    Contributions
    $123,005
    Grants paid
    not reported

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
AUDIE DENNIS
Mailing address
PO BOX 3655JOPLIN MO 64803
Website
WWW.CREATIVELEARNINGALLIANCE.COM

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 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

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.