St Louis Building Arts Foundation

Analysis

St Louis Building Arts Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sauget, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, St Louis Building Arts Foundation reported income of $232k and spending of $178k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $27k to $232k (+743%), an average of +104% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 718%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, St Louis Building Arts Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ether Sea Projects Inc ($232k), Vail Performing Arts Academy Inc ($232k) and Stage Left Theater Association ($232k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $99k. At year end it held assets of $910k against liabilities of $3,088, net assets of $907k. It reported 2 employees.