Stages St Louis

Analysis

Stages St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Chesterfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1987, 39 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Stages St Louis reported income of $5.1m and spending of $6.1m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.7m to $5.1m (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Stages St Louis sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Bay Area Council on Drugs & Alcohol Inc ($5.1m), Foundation for Excellence in Education ($5.1m) and Marshall County Caring Inc ($5.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $3.2m, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 271 employees.