St Louis Police Foundation

Analysis

St Louis Police Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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 Police Foundation reported income of $4.9m and spending of $5.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $10.4m to $4.9m (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, St Louis Police Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longwood Fire Co ($4.9m), Americas Poison Centers ($4.9m) and National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Inc ($4.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $248k (4.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $86k. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 2 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.