Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← SINQUEFIELD CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SINQUEFIELD CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,140,056
Total expenses
$9,367,272
Contributions and grants received
$5,000,000
Grants paid
$9,351,469
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$140,056
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,212,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$988,087
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,224,277
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,351,469
Management and general expenses
$15,803
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,351,469

Program services were 99.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,000,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $140,056 · excluded $140,056

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,351,469 · program services $9,351,469

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,235 · management and general $10,235

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,345 · management and general $5,345

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $120 · management and general $120

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $103 · management and general $103

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $396,502 · end of year $17,317

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,054,991 · end of year $2,195,047

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $988,087

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $5,451,493 · end of year $1,224,277

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMIC STANDING IN VARIOUS ACADEMIC RANKING SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS ACADEMIC STANDING.

  • PROVIDED DISTRIBUTIONS TO ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS IDENTIFIED BY SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT.

    Expenses $9,351,469 · Grants $9,351,469

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ellen Barnidge

    SECRETARY/TREASURER - BEGAN 05/2024

    Total calculated
    $252,050
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $237,016
    Other
    $15,034
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $235,829 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $1,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $187 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,775 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,259 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $252,050 related

  • Kenneth Olliff

    SECRETARY/TREASURER - END 05/2024

    Total calculated
    $247,757
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $218,469
    Other
    $29,288
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $104,373 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $114,096 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,879 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,409 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $247,757 related

  • Michael Podgursky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $32,084
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $32,084
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8 + 40 related

  • Jeanne Sinquefield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

  • Rex Sinquefield

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.8

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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
KENNETH OLLIFF RECEIVED SEVERANCE DURING THE YEAR OF $83,276.

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

  • STLOUIS UNIVERSITY (SLU)

    $9,351,469

    ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES RESEARCH PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY DESIGNATED MEMBERS OF THE SLU ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND EXCLUSIVELY EARMARKS FUNDS FOR THOSE RESEARCH PROJECTS AS SELECTED BY IT FOR FUNDING. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION GRANTED $500,000 SPECIFICALLY FOR SLU CHESS CLUB.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541199349301779

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.