Missouri · Nonprofit
LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER
LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,172 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,757,779). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Lemay Child and Family Center does
Mission
Lemay Child and Family Center provides early education and support for families in a diverse, nurturing environment regardless of financial situation or a child's developmental level. Our goal is to strengthen families by promoting childrens' physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development and by partnering with parents and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The infant toddler program at Lemay Child and Family Center targets families with children up to 36 months old living in the st louis area. The program is state licensed for 29 children. Most of the children come from low income families whose parents are either working or going to school. More than 90% of the children qualify for scholarships. We use a primary caregiver model to help parents and teachers form strong relationships and to ensure that every child benefits from a nurturing relationship by bonding with a trusted adult caregiver. Teachers use the creative curriculum to guide lesson plans and daily activities with children. Creative curriculum emphasizes individualized care and planning so that each child progresses developmentally. All children receive a formal developmental screening within 30 days of starting in the program and their development is tracked on an on-going basis through the use of developmental checklists and regular observations. Our program has also embraced the strengthening families framework which uses seven strategies that have been proven to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect. The strategies include facilitating friendships and mutual…
$755,758 spent$135,342 earned by the program66% of program spendingThe preschool program at Lemay Child and Family Center serves up to 60 children ages 3 through 5. More than 90% of the children qualify for scholarship assistance due to low family incomes, and most parents are working or going to school. The overall purpose of the program is to equip children with skills they need for future success, academically, socially, and emotionally. Our degreed teachers use creative curriculum in a constructivist environment that encourage children to discover knowledge. Children receive developmental screenings and we develop individual plans for each child based on a combination of assessments, observations, and parent input. We regularly work with parents, guardians, and school districts to develop individual plans for each child. Individual goals are then incorporated into weekly classroom lesson plans, so that children experience progress and success. Through partnerships with other agencies, we offer on site speech therapy, occupational therapy, and individual and family counseling services.
$392,315 spent$70,251 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,148,073.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.3M to $3.0M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 51% · 2018 36% · 2019 34% · 2020 49% · 2021 38% · 2022 48% · 2023 67% · 2024 43% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $277k → $188k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 88% · 2019 93% · 2020 96% · 2021 95% · 2022 91% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER?
- LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER (Missouri) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,172 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ($1,757,779). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,941,172 in grants to LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,757,779 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEMAY CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing