CHESS CLUB AND SCHOLASTIC CENTER OF SAINT LOUIS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

N31

Classification

2100

Street

4657 MARYLAND AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE O:APPLIED EDUCATION:IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED TO HOST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-LEVEL CHESS COMPETITIONS, PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A REAL-WORLD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FAR THEIR ACADEMIC AND STRATEGIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN CHESS COULD TAKE THEM. THESE EVENTS OFFERED STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO WITNESS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CHESS PLAYERS COMPETING, SHOWCASING HIGH-LEVEL CHESS STRATEGY. THE ORGANIZATION'S LEADERSHIP BELIEVES THAT EXPOSURE TO SUCH TOURNAMENTS INSPIRES STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN CHESS, WITH THE PROSPECT OF ONE DAY COMPETING FOR SUBSTANTIAL CASH PRIZES AND ACHIEVING PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL RECOGNITION. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED THE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP, U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, U.S. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, U.S. GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP, AND U.S. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, IN ADDITION TO THE SINQUEFIELD CUP, CAIRNS CUP, ST. LOUIS MASTERS, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. THESE PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITIONS, FEATURING SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP PLAYERS, CONTINUE TO DRAW GLOBAL ATTENTION TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND ITS ROLE IN PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN CHESS EDUCATION.

  Expenses $8,543,671 · Grants $639,308 · Revenue $107,736

• SEE SCHEDULE O:DIRECT CLASSROOM:DIRECT CLASSROOM:THE ORGANIZATION'S CORE MISSION REMAINS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING CHESS INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS THROUGH TWO PRIMARY MODES: AT ITS CAMPUS LOCATED AT 4657 MARYLAND AVENUE IN SAINT LOUIS, MO, AND IN SATELLITE CLASSROOMS AT PARTICIPATING K-12 SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER SAINT LOUIS METRO AREA ("PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS"). ADDITIONALLY, THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PLATFORM ESTABLISHED IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO BE A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S INSTRUCTIONAL OFFERINGS. FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS PROVIDE LESSONS IN-PERSON AT THE CAMPUS, WITHIN AREA SCHOOLS, AND VIRTUALLY, SUPPORTING A DIVERSE RANGE OF STUDENTS. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION SERVED APPROXIMATELY 6,000 STUDENTS AT ITS CAMPUS, WHILE MORE THAN 6,000 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN SATELLITE CLASSROOMS AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A STRUCTURED CURRICULUM, USING FORMAL CLASSES AND TEXTBOOKS TO DELIVER A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED AND ORGANIZED OVER 100 CHESS TOURNAMENTS AND 200 LECTURES, CLASSES, AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. IT ALSO CONDUCTED VIRTUAL INSTRUCTIONAL SUMMER CAMPS, BOTH LOCALLY AND FOR STUDENTS NATIONWIDE, INCLUDING SPECIALIZED CAMPS FOR TOP-TIER STUDENT CHESS PLAYERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $5,589,514 · Grants $3,136,228 · Revenue $494,124

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $31,206,877

  Expenses

  $19,681,176

  Contributions

  $30,572,962

  Grants paid

  $3,775,536

• 2023

  Revenue

  $16,677,688

  Expenses

  $15,695,405

  Contributions

  $16,187,063

  Grants paid

  $1,751,080

• 2022

  Revenue

  $15,124,357

  Expenses

  $14,309,513

  Contributions

  $14,715,685

  Grants paid

  $2,162,974

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,557,243

  Expenses

  $11,600,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,249,029

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,161,436

  Expenses

  $10,171,097

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,046,700

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,096,458

  Expenses

  $13,934,202

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,318,928

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,100,977

  Expenses

  $10,366,337

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,548,702

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,366,616

  Expenses

  $9,687,002

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,534,227

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA

  $1,888,728

  2024 · COLLEGIATE CHESS PROGRAMMING & SUPPORT

• KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION

  $900,000

  2023 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION

  $900,000

  2022 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• KASPAROV CHESS FOUNDATION

  $600,000

  2024 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• GRAND CHESS TOUR

  $555,000

  2024 · CHESS TOUR OPERATIONS & PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

• GRAND CHESS TOUR

  $535,000

  2022 · CHESS TOUR OPERATIONS- UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTIONS

• INTERNATIONAL CHESS SCHOOL INC

  $512,500

  2024 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• INTERNATIONAL CHESS SCHOOL INC

  $415,000

  2023 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• INTERNATIONAL CHESS SCHOOL

  $400,000

  2022 · CHESS PROGRAMMING

• GRAND CHESS TOUR

  $350,000

  2023 · CHESS TOUR OPERATIONS & PROGRAM ASSISTANCE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $42,125

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $32,600

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SSM CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL

  $10,000

  2022 · charitable support

• EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY FUND OF THE BOEING COMPANY

  $10,000

  2024 · COMMUNITY SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $7,000

  2024 · SPORTS AND RECREATION

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $7,000

  2023 · GROWTH

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,100

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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