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OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL

EIN 43-0443279 SAINT LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2024
$3,908,856
Expenses 2024
$3,645,616

Program services were 67.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Classification
3000
Street
4494 LINDELL BLVD

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 1334), covering 833 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 833 subordinates →

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.

  • JAN OORD GRAVES

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • THOMAS KENDO

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • TRACY HUXLEY

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • MICHAEL BOLES

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • TERRY GORMAN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • ROD MCKENDRICK

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • PATRICK PRENDERGAST

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • PAULA REYLING

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • SANDI SCHMIDT

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

  • CHERYL BRENN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $175,382
    From this org
    $153,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,690
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,692
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,469
    Filer's total
    $175,382

  • BRIAN HUGGINS

    CFO (AS OF 10/24)

    Total calculated
    $25,099
    From this org
    $24,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $868
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

  • CONSTANCE PELLOCK

    CFO (THRU 10/25)

    Total calculated
    $131,224
    From this org
    $114,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,790
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

  • THOMAS CARVER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,923
    From this org
    $138,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,174
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,749
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,849
    Filer's total
    $165,923

  • STEPHANIE MONSCHEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,498
    From this org
    $114,119
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,379
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

  • MARCUS SHEKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,308
    From this org
    $118,823
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,485
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • DANA THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,633
    From this org
    $109,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,773
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

  • RONDA VAUGHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,553
    From this org
    $123,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,170
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,908,856
    Expenses
    $3,645,616
    Contributions
    $22,500
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,119,016
    Expenses
    $3,595,943
    Contributions
    $22,500
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,080,823
    Expenses
    $3,528,366
    Contributions
    $22,500
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2024

Tax period
1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025
Principal officer
KATHY MCCARTER
Mailing address
PO Box 3646Lawrence KS 66046

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 12 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

  • MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI

    $30,000

    2024 ASSISTED 400 CHILDREN BY PROVIDING FUNDS FOR YOUTH BASEBALL FIELD RENOVATION.

  • GOOD SPORTS INC

    $0

    2025 INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS TO CHILDREN IN NEED.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Listed by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.