St Andrews Charitable Foundation

Analysis

St Andrews Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 May 2023, St Andrews Charitable Foundation reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $1.1m (-62%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2020, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, St Andrews Charitable Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo Inc ($1.1m), The Twin Cities Christian Foundation ($1.1m) and Girard Free Library ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $128k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $146k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 4 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.