L Arche St Louis

Analysis

L Arche St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Brentwood, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, L Arche St Louis reported income of $3.5m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $3.5m (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, L Arche St Louis sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Insight Memory Care Center ($3.5m), Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation ($3.5m) and Chico Feminist Womens Health Center ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 65% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $93k (3.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. It paid $9,808 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 68 employees.