St Louis Public Schools Foundation

Analysis

St Louis Public Schools Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Public Schools Foundation reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.0m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $3.9m to $3.3m (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, St Louis Public Schools Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baton Rouge Community College Foundation Inc ($3.3m), Wiregrass United Way Inc ($3.3m) and Your Community Foundation of North Central WV Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $111k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $154k. At year end it held assets of $6.0m against liabilities of $153k, net assets of $5.8m. It reported 9 employees.