St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation

Analysis

St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in St Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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 Aquarium at Union Station Foundation reported income of $707k and spending of $619k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.3m to $707k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LC Nature Park Inc ($707k), Humane Society of Dickson County ($707k) and Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center ($707k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $496k, net assets of $1.7m.