Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,813,203
- Total expenses
- $1,649,607
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,721,260
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $3,167
- Investment income
- $93,892
- Other revenue
- -$5,116
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,272,559
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $283,176
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,989,383
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,368,262
- Management and general expenses
- $176,322
- Fundraising expenses
- $105,023
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,368,262
Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$70,497
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,650,763
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$46,281
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2a · Program service revenue: SHOW ME FORUM INCOME
total $3,167 · related or exempt $3,167
-
3 · Investment income
total $94,771 · excluded $94,771
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $879
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities -$879
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$879 · excluded -$879
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$22,950
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$70,497
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$28,166
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$5,216 · excluded -$5,216
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $100 · excluded $100
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11e · Other revenue, total
$100
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $283,770 · program services $240,901 · management and general $25,665 · fundraising $17,204
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $823,812 · program services $699,450 · management and general $74,454 · fundraising $49,908
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $23,532 · program services $19,892 · management and general $2,180 · fundraising $1,460
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $16,076 · program services $13,293 · management and general $840 · fundraising $1,943
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $76,881 · program services $66,219 · management and general $6,053 · fundraising $4,609
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11b · Fees: legal
total $3,080 · management and general $3,080
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $41,233 · management and general $41,233
-
11g · Fees: other
total $218,033 · program services $211,325 · management and general $6,207 · fundraising $501
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $11,295 · fundraising $11,295
-
13 · Office expenses
total $21,252 · program services $12,649 · management and general $4,837 · fundraising $3,766
-
14 · Information technology
total $19,311 · program services $11,663 · management and general $1,563 · fundraising $6,085
-
16 · Occupancy
total $52,151 · program services $41,888 · management and general $5,725 · fundraising $4,538
-
17 · Travel
total $6,137 · program services $5,010 · management and general $170 · fundraising $957
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $8,421 · program services $7,731 · management and general $690
-
20 · Interest
total $438 · program services $353 · management and general $47 · fundraising $38
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $12,452 · program services $10,023 · management and general $1,343 · fundraising $1,086
-
23 · Insurance
total $10,123 · program services $8,148 · management and general $1,092 · fundraising $883
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24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $7,871 · program services $6,336 · management and general $849 · fundraising $686
-
24b · Other expenses: EVENT & OUTREACH
total $7,352 · program services $7,352
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24c · Other expenses: COMMISSIONED RESEARCH
total $5,500 · program services $5,500
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $887 · program services $529 · management and general $294 · fundraising $64
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $174,930 · end of year $146,376
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,687,450 · end of year $2,845,377
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $7,500
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,176 · end of year $8,401
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$228,174
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$211,963
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $5,614 · end of year $16,211
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $283,021 · end of year $248,694
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $40,813 · end of year $33,119
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $8,437
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $284,154 · end of year $250,057
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,719,778 · end of year $2,948,132
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $106,009 · end of year $41,251
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO RESEARCH, DEVELOP AND ADVANCE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI.
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SHOW-ME INSTITUTE PUBLISHED FIFTEEN (15) STUDIES, ESSAYS, AND REPORTS BY STAFF, TWENTY-ONE (21) COMMENTARIES, AND 179 BLOG POSTS, RELATED TO VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, STATE TAXES, AND MISSOURI'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE STUDIES, ESSAYS AND REPORTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN PRINT FORM, COMMENTARIES WERE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS, AND ALL STUDIES, ESSAYS, REPORTS, COMMENTARIES, AND BLOG POSTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
Expenses $963,916
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DRAFTED AND DISSEMINATED NEWSLETTERS, REPORTS AND OTHER CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING INSTITUTE RESEARCH AND EVENTS.
Expenses $309,944
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IN AND THROUGHOUT MISSOURI, SHOW-ME INSTITUTE HOSTED LECTURES BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL, PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS EITHER IN-PERSON OR THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING, AND APPEARED IN NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS, I.E., RADIO AND TELEVISION, TO PRESENT ITS RESEARCH FINDINGS TO LOCAL AND STATE NONPROFIT, LEGISLATIVE, MEDIA, AND CITIZEN GROUPS. WITH RESPECT TO LECTURES AND SEMINARS, THE INSTITUTE SPONSORED OR CO-SPONSORED FOUR (4) EVENING LECTURES, THREE IN ST. LOUIS AND ONE IN KANSAS CITY, AND TWO (2) VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS WITH NOTED SCHOLARS AND STAFF, ALL OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. THE INSTITUTE ALSO SPONSORED OR CO-SPONSORED EIGHT (8) IN-PERSON FORUMS IN MISSOURI, SIX IN ST. LOUIS, ONE IN SPRINGFIELD AND ONE IN COLUMBIA; ALL OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, THE INSTITUTE PARTICIPATED IN THE CREATION OF FORTY-FIVE (45) PODCASTS RELATED TO ITS RESEARCH TOPICS.
Expenses $94,402 · Revenue $3,167
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Rex SinquefieldREX SINQUEFIELD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Joseph ForshawJOSEPH FORSHAW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
Megan HolekampMEGAN HOLEKAMP
VICE CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
W Bevis SchockW BEVIS SCHOCK
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer BukowskyJENNIFER BUKOWSKY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
James Forsyth IIIJAMES FORSYTH III
CHAIR & TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
-
Louis GriesemerLOUIS GRIESEMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
Hon Robert HellerHON ROBERT HELLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
Gregg KellerGREGG KELLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
John LampingJOHN LAMPING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
Michael PodgurskyMICHAEL PODGURSKY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kevin ShortKEVIN SHORT
DIRECTOR (TERM END 9/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.2
-
Crosby Kemper IIICROSBY KEMPER III
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.6
-
E Carter SmithE CARTER SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Brenda TalentBRENDA TALENT
CEO
- Total calculated
- $283,770
- From this org
- $275,505
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,265
- Hours/week
- 25 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $255,505
- Bonus
- $20,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,265
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $283,770
-
Andrew WilsonANDREW WILSON
SENIOR FELLOW
- Total calculated
- $151,919
- From this org
- $147,494
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,425
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $147,494
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,425
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $151,919
-
Susan PendergrassSUSAN PENDERGRASS
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POLICY
- Total calculated
- $149,833
- From this org
- $145,469
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,364
- Hours/week
- 28
-
David StokesDAVID STOKES
DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL POLICY
- Total calculated
- $128,660
- From this org
- $124,913
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,747
- Hours/week
- 35
-
Jessica GatewoodJESSICA GATEWOOD
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $150,519
- From this org
- $140,249
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,270
- Hours/week
- 35
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,249
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,207
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,063
- Filer's total
- $150,519
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(C)(3) · SEE PART VII · MO · controlled entity
Directly controlled by SHOW-ME INSTITUTE
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513119349301881
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