St Louis Community Foundation

Analysis

St Louis Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1950, 76 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 December 2023, St Louis Community Foundation reported income of $10.3m and spending of $12.4m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $9.6m to $10.3m (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Community Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valero Energy Foundation ($10.3m), Cise Foundation ($10.3m) and Social Impact Fund ($10.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $660k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $99.0m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $97.4m. It reported 38 employees.