Cinema St Louis

Analysis

Cinema St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1993, 33 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cinema St Louis reported income of $1.1m and spending of $964k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $775k to $1.1m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cinema St Louis sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winston Salem Theatre Alliance Inc ($1.1m), Hand Rehabilitation Foundation ($1.1m) and Cable Natural History Museum Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $90k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $232k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $920k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 16 employees.