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CHILDRENS EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF MISSOURI

EIN 20-8002436 SAINT LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2024
$516,575
Expenses 2024
$619,508

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B990
Classification
2000
Street
1300 PAPIN 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

CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ALLIANCE OF MISSOURI IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING MISSOURI'S K-12 EDUCATION SYSTEM BY ADVANCING EDUCATION POLICIES THAT WILL ENSURE ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION NOW.

  • CEAM IS BUILDING A NETWORK OF CONCERNED PARENTS, BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH OUR OUTREACH AND MOBILIZATION EFFORTS. CEAM CONNECTS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CHURCH GROUPS, SCHOOLS, AND OTHERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION IN OUR CURRENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. CEAM REACHES CONSTITUENTS THROUGH LIVE EVENTS, PHONE CALLS, DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASING, ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA. CEAM HELPS PARENTS AND OTHER MOBILIZE FOR CHANGE TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION POLICY IN MISSOURI.

    Expenses $273,042

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.CEAM STAFF MEMBERS TRAVEL TO VARIOUS PARTS OF MISSOURI TO HELP POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS AND ADVOCATES UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF LEGISLATIVE POLICY CHANGE. ADVOCACY TRAINING PROVIDED BY CEAM HELPS EMPOWER PARENTS AND OTHERS TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE IN ADVOCATING FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND FOR CHANGES TO THE EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT WOULD SUPPORT A FAMILY'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. CEAM STAFF MONITORS THE EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY LANDSCAPE FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS AND OTHER ADVOCATES TO AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES AND TELL THEIR STORIES. IN 2023, CEAM TRAINED ADDITIONAL PARENTS IN POLICY AND COMMUNICATION. FROM THOSE PARENTS, MANY SHARED THEIR PERSONAL STORIES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN DIRECT MEETINGS WITH DECISION MAKERS INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARDS, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

    Expenses $211,630 · Grants $669

  • CEAM MONITORS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO TAKE ACTION AND CONNECT WITH ELECTED LEADERS. CEAM HELPS FACILITATE PARENT ADVOCACY DURING EACH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. CEAM ORGANIZES AND ENGAGES PARENTS IN RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS. CEAM HELPS PARENTS CONNECT WITH THE MEDIA TO SUBMIT LETTERS TO THE EDITORS OF MANY NEWSPAPERS.

    Expenses $4,083

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.

  • DR JOSEPH OJILE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAVANNA WROBLEY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLYN CLAY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARGARET HANSER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER FRANZEN

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $142,978
    From this org
    $134,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,825
    Hours/week
    40

  • LAURA SLAY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $65,763
    From this org
    $61,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,059
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $516,575
    Expenses
    $619,508
    Contributions
    $538,851
    Grants paid
    $669
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $584,182
    Expenses
    $788,207
    Contributions
    $566,109
    Grants paid
    $1,404
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $995,577
    Expenses
    $760,004
    Contributions
    $989,558
    Grants paid
    $3,594

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
    $509,017
    Expenses
    $487,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $586,196

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $538,793
    Expenses
    $443,628
    Assets (EOY)
    $568,440

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $481,615
    Expenses
    $478,733
    Assets (EOY)
    $477,515

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $427,450
    Expenses
    $495,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $463,555

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $452,119
    Expenses
    $485,744
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,420

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $474,403
    Expenses
    $430,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $565,991

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $507,029
    Expenses
    $452,261
    Assets (EOY)
    $533,364

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $680,733
    Expenses
    $712,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $518,390

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $557,868
    Expenses
    $546,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $502,661

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $535,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $488,087

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

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