St Louis County Library Foundation

Analysis

St Louis County Library Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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 December 2023, St Louis County Library Foundation reported income of $2.2m and spending of $3.6m, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.2m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Louis County Library Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Childrens Center for the Arts Inc ($2.2m), Cwcla Support Corporation ($2.2m) and Kidspeace Foundation Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.6m against liabilities of $520k, net assets of $8.1m.