CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
To provide high-quality, Montessori-informed early childhood education and family support to young children of Rice University faculty, staff, students, and joint venture partners.
About CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Center for Early Childhood Education (CECE) is a Texas 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates the Rice Children’s Campus, a Montessori-grounded early learning program serving children from birth through five years who are connected to Rice University (faculty, staff, students, and joint venture partners). Opened in 2008, CECE delivers a developmentally appropriate, play- and Montessori-based curriculum and emphasizes family engagement; its program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and is an American Montessori Society (AMS) member program housed in a LEED Silver-certified facility. Recent public filings for fiscal year 2024 show CECE as an active, operating nonprofit with program-service-driven revenues (approximately $1.46M in FY2024) that sustain staffing and campus operations, indicating continued, donor-facing program delivery and financial activity.
Notable achievements
NAEYC accreditation
Maintained National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation for the Rice Children’s Campus, reflecting adherence to national standards for early childhood program quality.
Sustainable campus operations
Operates the Rice Children’s Campus since 2008, sustaining program delivery at scale (licensed capacity in the mid-hundreds) and reporting program-service revenues of approximately $1.46M in FY2024, supporting continued enrollment and staffing.
LEED Silver facility
Houses its early childhood program in a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver-certified building, demonstrating investment in a healthy, sustainable learning environment.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $12K
- Annual revenue
- $1.4M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)School
- EIN
- 26-1840971
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Website
- www.discovercece.org
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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