Assistance League of St Louis

Analysis

Assistance League of St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellisville, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 May 2024, Assistance League of St Louis reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income grew from $977k to $1.5m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Assistance League of St Louis sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Opportunity Purpose Empowerment Culture Inc ($1.5m), Cambridge Community Center Inc ($1.5m) and Hope Rising Pregnancy Center Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $4.4m.