Evangelical Children's Home

Public charity · Grantmaker St. Louis, MO EIN: 43-0654856

Evangelical Children's Home at a glance

In short: Evangelical Children's Home gave $476K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $476K), mostly in Missouri. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$475,887
+21.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$475,887
+21.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$475,887
Total assets
$42,351,841
+0.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Missouri (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Evangelical Children's Home funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Evangelical Children's Home School: $476KEvangelical Children's HomeSchool$476K

The largest 2025 recipient was Evangelical Children's Home School ($476K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K4$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

St. Louis

How Evangelical Children's Home gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+2%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $392K (2024) to $593K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $476K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Evangelical Children's Home School St. Louis, MOTo fund excess operating expenses to the School.$475,887
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$42,351,841$14,668,171$16,435,832$475,8871$1,218,923
2024$42,226,435$15,128,820$15,773,225$392,1371$1,750,999
2023$39,144,185$12,446,251$13,566,390$593,2781$1,424,571
2022$36,872,488$20,473,055$12,968,512$468,4261$2,008,373
2021$35,970,155$15,187,962$12,407,303$409,1641$2,524,543
2020$32,764,644$12,185,356$13,176,795$451,4671$1,076,616
2019$30,968,010$13,736,118$12,393,818$430,7651$1,475,676

About Evangelical Children's Home

Based on IRS filings

Evangelical Children's Home is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in St. Louis, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $42.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $476K. Net investment income was $1.2M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Evangelical Children's Home is led by Julia Adami, CEO on every filing since 2023; 5 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Julia Adami

    CEO

    On filings since 2023

    32 hrs/week

    $84K (2024) → $188K (2025)

  • Shari Smith

    President

    Board President → President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Gerke

    Chief Development Officer

    CDO → Chief Development Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    32 hrs/week

    $106K (2020) → $119K (2025)

  • Angela Sliepen

    Former COO

    COO → Former COO, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    32 hrs/week

    $111K (2024) → $132K (2025)

  • Peter Guiffrida

    CFO

    On filings since 2024

    32 hrs/week

    $93K (2025)

  • Irene Alberro

    Chief Administrative Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    32 hrs/week

    $121K (2025)

  • Annie Williams

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Viehmann

    Vice President

    Board Vice President → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis Mertz

    Board Member

    Board Secretary → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → Board Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail Saxton

    Board Member to

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Board Member to, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerhard Glassl

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy Fettig

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucille Smith

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Flynn

    Treasurer

    Board Treasurer → Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Regina Berwin

    Secretary

    Director → Member, 2023

    Member → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Selena Vaughn

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Schroeder

    Assistant Treasurer

    Board Assistant Treasurer → Assistant Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Shelton

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Gamewell

    Board Member

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Brandi Behne (2019–2024) — CFO to
  • Former: Micheal Brennan (2023–2024) — Former CEO
  • Former: Duane Lewis (2019–2023) — COO to
  • Former: Ron Hail (2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Michael P Brennan (2019–2022) — CEO
  • Former: Oliver Berwin Jr. (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ronald Hail (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Alan Hautly (2019–2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Julia Adami — CEO: $188KJulia AdamiCEO$188KAngela Sliepen — Former COO: $132KAngela SliepenFormer COO$132KIrene Alberro — Chief Administrative Officer: $121KIrene AlberroChief Administrative Officer$121KSherry Gerke — Chief Development Officer: $119KSherry GerkeChief Development Officer$119KPeter Guiffrida — CFO: $93KPeter GuiffridaCFO$93K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $188K, to Julia Adami (CEO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Evangelical Children's Home

How much does Evangelical Children's Home give each year?

Evangelical Children's Home gave $476K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $392K across 1 grant.

How large is Evangelical Children's Home?

Evangelical Children's Home reported $42.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $14.7M.

What is Evangelical Children's Home?

Evangelical Children's Home is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in St. Louis, MO. It holds $42.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Evangelical Children's Home operate?

Evangelical Children's Home has awarded grants in Missouri.

What is Evangelical Children's Home's EIN?

Evangelical Children's Home's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-0654856. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 8, 2024)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 12, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 2, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 11, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 14, 2025)

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