St Louis Earth Day

Analysis

St Louis Earth Day is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 August 2023, St Louis Earth Day reported income of $729k and spending of $667k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $561k to $729k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, St Louis Earth Day sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A M Huntington Trust Fbo Brookgreen Gardens PV 3584 ($728k), Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association ($729k) and Moose Mountains Regional Greenways ($727k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $170k. At year end it held assets of $403k against liabilities of $25k, net assets of $379k. It reported 14 employees.