Totals
- Total revenue
- $563,503
- Total expenses
- $402,667
- Contributions and grants received
- $794,165
- Grants paid
- $75,250
- Program service revenue
- $19,792
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$250,454
- Total assets, end of year
- $532,413
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $44,492
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $487,921
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $75,250
- Management and general expenses
- $327,417
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $75,250
Program services were 18.7% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$193,840
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$600,325
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2a · Program service revenue: GRANT ADMIN FEES
total $19,792 · related or exempt $19,792
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$96,230
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$193,840
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$380,613
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$284,383 · excluded -$284,383
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11a · Other revenue: EDUCATION TABLOID
total $12,750 · excluded $12,750
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11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
total $8,579 · excluded $8,579
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11c · Other revenue: YOUNG LEADERS TABLOID
total $7,350 · excluded $7,350
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11d · All other revenue
total $5,250 · excluded $5,250
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11e · Other revenue, total
$33,929
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $75,250 · program services $75,250
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11b · Fees: legal
total $23,526 · management and general $23,526
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11g · Fees: other
total $114,667 · management and general $114,667
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,561 · management and general $1,561
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,861 · management and general $4,861
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14 · Information technology
total $2,488 · management and general $2,488
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17 · Travel
total $180 · management and general $180
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $158,325 · management and general $158,325
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE
total $21,050 · management and general $21,050
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24b · Other expenses: SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP
total $759 · management and general $759
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $67,928 · end of year $521,413
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $81,575
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $44,492
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $15,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $315,598
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$181,095 · end of year $487,921
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, AND PROGRAMS THAT UPLIFT, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, AND SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE EVENTS THAT EDUCATE, UPLIFT, AND CELEBRATE THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY.
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THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH BOTH ITS OWN AWARDS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH 10 REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES, AWARDING MILLIONS IN SUPPORT SINCE INCEPTION. ITS NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION (NIE) PROGRAM DELIVERS WEEKLY DIGITAL CONTENT AND MONTHLY PRINT EDITIONS THAT BRING CURRENT EVENTS, LITERACY, STEM, AND WELLNESS EDUCATION INTO CLASSROOMS, ENGAGING THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WITH STANDARDS-ALIGNED LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PRODUCES ANNUAL SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE EVENTS, WHICH SERVE AS MAJOR FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES AND HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY LEADERS WHILE SUSTAINING SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, IT SUPPORTS HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND EXPANDS ITS REACH THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
Expenses $75,250 · Grants $75,250 · Revenue $19,792
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Michael HolmesMICHAEL HOLMES
BOARD CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dina M SuggsDINA M SUGGS
VICE-CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dawn SuggsDAWN SUGGS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dr Donald M SuggsDR DONALD M SUGGS
FOUNDER & MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $51,458
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $51,458
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dr Kelvin AdamsDR KELVIN ADAMS
MEMBERS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dr Denise BordersDR DENISE BORDERS
MEMBERS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Gary DollarGARY DOLLAR
MEMBERS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Raven A WhitenerRAVEN A WHITENER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $63,726
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $63,726
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO INC
C · NEWSPAPER · MO
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202522899349300627
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