St Louis County Parks Foundation

Analysis

St Louis County Parks Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2015, 11 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 County Parks Foundation reported income of $528k and spending of $111k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $89k to $528k (+494%), an average of +494% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 494%. Over the whole period it spent 26% 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 County Parks Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cortland Community Foundation ($528k), Akha Outreach Services Inc ($528k) and Platte River Trails Trust ($527k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. It paid $12k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $655k against liabilities of $232, net assets of $654k.