St Louis Regional Public Media Inc

Analysis

St Louis Regional Public Media Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1955, 71 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 June 2023, St Louis Regional Public Media Inc reported income of $12.1m and spending of $13.0m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2018 to June 2023, income fell from $18.4m to $12.1m (-34%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2019, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Regional Public Media Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc ($12.1m), German International School New York ($12.1m) and Levine Music Inc ($12.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $728k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.6m. It paid $268k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $30.1m against liabilities of $3.2m, net assets of $26.9m. It reported 141 employees.