LUMINARY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A40

Classification

1200

Street

2701 CHEROKEE ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• COUNTERPUBLIC

  EIN 61-2018440

Mission and programs · 2025

• Exhibitions: We organize three major exhibitions each year that are always free and open to the public. These shows bring together artists whose work explores important issues like equity, justice, and representation in culture. Each exhibition is designed to be immersive and engaging, and is often paired with talks, publications, and other events that help spark conversation and keep the ideas moving beyond our gallery.

  Expenses $157,201 · Revenue $15,581

• Regranting:Through the Andy Warhol Foundations Regional Regranting program, The Luminary provides $60,000 each year directly to artists in St. Louis. Individual projects can receive up to $8,000, with 610 artists supported annually. This program focuses on community-based and socially engaged projects, giving local artists the resources to take on bold ideas that might not be funded otherwise.

  Expenses $123,901 · Revenue $11,684

• Residency:Our residency program gives visiting artists, writers, and curators time and space to focus deeply on their work. Residents receive full support to research new ideas, create projects, and connect with St. Louiss cultural community. Many residents develop new writing, artworks, or programs while here, and the residency helps build connections between local audiences and national or international perspectives.

  Expenses $78,601 · Revenue $7,791

• Public Programs:We host a wide range of public events that connect artists and audiences. These include our EMERGE professional development program for artists, as well as talks, screenings, workshops, and performances. Public programs are designed to be welcoming and responsive, creating opportunities for people to learn, share ideas, and take part in the larger conversation around contemporary art.

  Expenses $33,300 · Revenue $3,896

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $574,598

  Expenses

  $507,858

  Contributions

  $522,939

  Grants paid

  $11,000

• 2024

  Revenue

  $472,141

  Expenses

  $462,882

  Contributions

  $418,550

  Grants paid

  $46,950

• 2023

  Revenue

  $531,591

  Expenses

  $487,615

  Contributions

  $488,747

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $427,544

  Expenses

  $456,964

  Contributions

  $349,366

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $347,413

  Expenses

  $480,741

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,481,561

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $566,930

  Expenses

  $354,884

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,164,593

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $191,300

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,385

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $181,927

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,509

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• REGIONAL CULTURAL & PERFORMING ARTS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

  $17,935

  2023 · ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS

• THE GREATER ST LOUIS ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL

  $12,350

  2022 · ARTS FUNDING

• CEC ARTSLINK INC

  $5,525

  2024 · INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

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