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THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST

EIN 82-1838644 ST LOUIS, MO

Revenue 2024
$21,580,942
Expenses 2024
$21,538,891

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B19
Classification
1000
Street
5501 DELMAR BLVD SUITE A300

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

Mission

THE OPPORTUNITY TRUST INVESTS IN EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS EAGER TO BUILD THE CAPACITY REQUIRED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT AND MEASURABLE CHANGE.

  • OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF THOSE MOST UNDERSERVED BY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND EMPOWER FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO DESIGN AND DRIVE CHANGE AS PART OF A BROAD AND DIVERSE COALITION. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO 1) STRENGTHEN PARENT LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY INFRASTRUCTURE BY ORGANIZING AND GROWING NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS FOCUSED ON LOWEST 5% PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN ST. LOUIS CITY, SEEDING EFFORTS TO CREATE DEMAND IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AND IMPROVING CHARTER PERCEPTIONS BY ORGANIZING 10K CHARTER PARENT VOICES VIA STATE CHARTER ASSOCIATION, 2) INCREASING TRUST THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS, AND 3) CONTINUE INVESTING IN EARLY STAGE GROWTH OF KEY PARTNERS.

    Expenses $2,152,035 · Grants $909,453

  • OUR SECOND STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLS BY GROWING THE CAPACITY OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS, LAUNCHING NEW AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS, STRENGTHENING EXISTING SCHOOLS WITH CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED SUCCESS, AND HELPING DISTRICTS TO METHODICALLY TRANSFORM THEIR LOWEST PERFORMING SCHOOLS. THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO 1) DRIVE TOWARD GOAL OF 25% STUDENTS IN QUALITY SEATS BY EXPANDING INVESTMENTS IN NEW SCHOOLS, EXPANDING INVESTMENTS TO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS, AND MAINTAINING INVESTMENTS IN HIGH PERFORMING CHARTERS, 2) CATALYZE SUPPORT FOR DISTRICT AUTONOMOUS MODELS THROUGH COMMUNITY DESIGN AND POST-SECONDARY INTERMEDIARY INITIATIVE, AND 3) EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVEN COUNTY DISTRICTS REPRESENTING 27K STUDENTS ENROLLED IN LOW-QUALITY SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $11,835,939 · Grants $7,276,391

  • OUR FIFTH STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS ADMINISTERING THE "EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES: MISSOURI CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM (CSP)" THIS IS A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT WITH AN APPROVED BUDGET OF $35.5 MILLION TO HELP MISSOURI EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ATTEND QUALITY CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MISSOURI'S CSP PROGRAM HAS THREE OBJECTIVES: 1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALITY MISSOURI CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL SEATS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS; 2) SUPPORT QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZING IN MISSOURI, THROUGH THE DISSEMINATION AND SUPPORT OF BEST AUTHORIZER PRACTICES STATEWIDE, AND 3) CODIFY AND SHARE LESSONS FROM HIGH-PERFORMING CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM.

    Expenses $5,118,562 · Grants $4,338,655

  • Expenses $1,475,763 · Grants $365,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • BISHOP MICHAEL JONES SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN LEMKEMEIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC SCROGGINS

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $441,418
    From this org
    $428,406
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,012
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,406
    Bonus
    $85,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,012
    Filer's total
    $441,418

  • JOHN W KEMPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA PENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH WILLIAMSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CINDY BRINKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEMINA BERNARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSE DIXON

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $234,249
    From this org
    $220,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,475
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,497
    Bonus
    $14,277
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,475
    Filer's total
    $234,249

  • AYANNA BANKS

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $145,064
    From this org
    $137,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,763
    Hours/week
    50

  • RACHEL DONNICE POWERS

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $180,938
    From this org
    $175,793
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,145
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,793
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,145
    Filer's total
    $180,938

  • TANESIA LASHAY SIMMONS

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $189,657
    From this org
    $174,341
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,316
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,341
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,316
    Filer's total
    $189,657

  • BRANDI CHIN

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $215,308
    From this org
    $196,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,018
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,290
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,018
    Filer's total
    $215,308

  • ANTONIO PACIFICO

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $161,477
    From this org
    $145,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,400
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,077
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,400
    Filer's total
    $161,477

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
    $21,580,942
    Expenses
    $21,538,891
    Contributions
    $21,242,340
    Grants paid
    $12,889,499
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,600,936
    Expenses
    $14,089,865
    Contributions
    $12,325,965
    Grants paid
    $5,934,504
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,021,553
    Expenses
    $12,750,091
    Contributions
    $13,957,608
    Grants paid
    $5,151,838

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,924,434
    Expenses
    $10,470,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,217,060

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,977,207
    Expenses
    $7,497,157
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,127,437

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,183,458
    Expenses
    $6,679,146
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,457,653

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,344,779
    Expenses
    $4,131,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,574,188

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.

Grants made

  • BELIEVE SCHOOLS

    $1,488,050

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY OF ST LOUIS

    $1,307,077

    2024 EXISTING SCHOOL EXPANSION

  • KAIROS ACADEMIES

    $1,265,207

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL

    $991,848

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ST LOUIS VOICES ACADEMY

    $842,131

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $819,270

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • FRIENDLY ACADEMY

    $746,607

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL

    $740,000

    2024 NEW SCHOOLS

  • ST LOUIS VOICES ACADEMY

    $732,175

    2023 NEW SCHOOLS

  • PREMIER CHARTER SCHOOL

    $714,750

    2024 EXISTING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.