Great Rivers Greenway Foundation

Analysis

Great Rivers Greenway Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Great Rivers Greenway Foundation reported income of $10.4m and spending of $2.6m, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.7m to $10.4m (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 765%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Great Rivers Greenway 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 94th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Vision Capital & Consulting ($10.4m), Greenwood County Community Foundation Inc ($10.4m) and Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Inc ($10.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $29.6m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $28.2m.