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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ACTION ST LOUIS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,029,259
Total expenses
$1,782,114
Contributions and grants received
$1,944,595
Grants paid
$54,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$67,506
Other revenue
$17,158
Total assets, end of year
$3,216,160
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,524
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,213,636
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,646,171
Management and general expenses
$106,421
Fundraising expenses
$29,522
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,646,171

Program services were 92.4% 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

    $27,137

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,917,458

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $42,530 · excluded $42,530

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,323,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,298,024

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $24,976

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $24,976 · excluded $24,976

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $42,214

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $27,137

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,392

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,822 · excluded $10,822

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $6,336 · excluded $6,336

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $40,700 · program services $40,700

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,800 · program services $13,800

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $113,452 · program services $113,452

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $960,612 · program services $960,612

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $130,706 · program services $130,706

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,380 · program services $105,380

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,692 · management and general $48,692

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $11,775 · fundraising $11,775

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $185,992 · program services $129,702 · management and general $56,290

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $398 · program services $398

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,706 · program services $29,728 · management and general $978

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,851 · program services $26,851

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,400 · program services $31,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,105 · program services $16,358 · fundraising $17,747

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,184 · program services $45,184

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,860 · program services $1,860

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $501 · program services $40 · management and general $461

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $47,773 · end of year $687,791

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,752,012 · end of year $1,919,519

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $43,779 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $127,083 · end of year $99,084

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $13,021

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $3,255

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,626 · end of year $9,766

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $500,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,782 · end of year $2,524

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,966,491 · end of year $3,213,636

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ACTION ST. LOUIS IS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS CAMPAIGNS THAT LEVERAGE ORGANIZING, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS TO TRANSFORM THE ST. LOUIS REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACTION ST. LOUIS IS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION WORKING ON DEMOCRACY, HOUSING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

  • ADVOCACY - ACTION ST. LOUIS WORKS TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY ISSUES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND HOUSING. THROUGH CAMPAIGNS, WE WORK WITH RESIDENTS OF ST. LOUIS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND BUILD A COLLECTIVE ANALYSIS ON HOW TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS WORK INCLUDES HOSTING EVENTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT TO THE BROADER PUBLIC.

    Expenses $957,120 · Grants $54,500

  • DEMOCRACY AND VOTER EDUCATION - ACTION ST. LOUIS ROUTINELY ENGAGES THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH FIELD AND DIGITAL MEDIUMS TO EDUCATE THEM ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS. ACTION ALSO WORKS TO ENSURE TOOLS OF DEMOCRACY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COMMUNITIES BY CONFRONTING BARRIERS.

    Expenses $462,514

  • TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - ACTION ST. LOUIS RECRUITS AND TRAINS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON ORGANIZING FUNDAMENTALS, CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND HISTORY TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITY TO CHAMPION ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $226,537

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Higgins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Redmond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aleidra Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bukky Bgadegesin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Blake Strode

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kayla Reed

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,546
    From this org
    $93,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,713
    Hours/week
    30

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349312685

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